ATUIO Food Dehydrator - 6 Tray, Stainless Steel, Rectangular, 530W, 95-158°F, 10 Year Warranty

This is a dandy dehydrator. For the price it has many features I liked. I liked the timer, the temperature control, and the sturdy construction. I like that you can add shelves up to 20 and make good use of the vertical space. I researched for quite awhile before I purchased it. It does a good job and is nice looking. That being said, I would have preferred to have the shelves slide out from the front with a door, for easier access. This one you have to dismantle every time to load and unload. Because it loads in layers and the air/heat comes up from the bottom, all the bits from the shelves falls into the base unit requiring care and cleaning which isn't easy since the raised portion in the middle of the base unit and the construction of it is difficult to clean with a sponge or other means to get those bits up. As a result I've tried a couple of solutions to make it easier and not been able to find one. It would have been nice to have some kind of lifting plastic tray to clean out not attached to the base. It does a good even job of dehydrating and I've had it in constant use since purchase. If you don't mind the above inconveniences, it's a good unit and I have recommended it to others.

This dehydrator has been working wonderfully. I would recommend anyone looking for a dehydrator to purchase this model. Great product.

It's really great. It does a considerable amount of food rather evenly. You do have to shift some things around for large jobs, but less than with cheaper models. The yogurt and fruit leather extras also work well. I highly recommend this dehydrator for those looking for an upper-end machine without shelling out two or three times as much for the big names. Basically this device is on the lower side of the hard-core/professional range (as opposed to the top end of the cheaper dehydrators). Why not five stars? Little things, I suppose. The temp is in farenheit, it's a bit ugly and you do have to watch drips and bits going into the fan. I did a bushel of apples in the autumn in a few loads and tonnes of camping meals. I'm very satisfied.

I have been dehydrating for many years and have used 3 types of machines, this one being my favorite of all. It does a great job in every way. Sadly, my old one recently died after about 10 years of heavy use. It was the L'Equip without the timer. I never had a single problem with it in all of those years. I upgraded to this model.To show how much I love this machine, I bought a second one,like my old model, to use as a back-up for the times that I have an abundance of drying to do. One of the dehydrators that I also have is the Styx. I do not like this type at all. You have to constantly rearrange the food as the items in the back next to the fan dry much faster. While you are rearranging, the food falls off of the trays when you try to pull them out. This is not a problem with the L'Quip. The trays have a nice lip around them instead of the flat trays that come with the other models of dehydrators. This model is ultra quiet and I love the timer. Yes, sometimes you do have to rearrange the trays, but I have not used a dehydrator that you don't have to rearrange at times. That is just part of the process, at least you don't have to worry about your food falling all over the floor while you are doing it. I highly recommend this machine above all of the rest.

This is my first dehydrator and I love it already. I have been wanting a dehydrator ever since I became a vegan but finally made the plunge into purchasing one because we got a dog and she eats sweet potato chews. At the pet store a bag the equivalent of one medium sized sweet potato runs $9-13 for plain old dehydrated potatoes. Well at the grocery store a sweet potato of equal size is under $2. We just finished our first batch of potatoes and for the amount of money we spent (not sure of the energy costs yet) we just made 5 bags worth for $7. Plus we dehydrated a few apples while we were at it so now the dog has treats and so do we! I was really happy at how quiet the system is. It sounds like our son's bathroom fan is on in the distance not a machine working right next to the living room (his bathroom is a hallway and a room away). The system was easy to set up and operate without even looking at the owners manual. I eventually did but that was after already using it for 2 hours. The book helped me make some temperature adjustments which helped a lot. I cannot believe how excited my husband is over this purchase too; especially since it takes up valuable counter space in our next to non-existent kitchen (we live in a single floor apartment) He has all sorts of plans so he tells me (most of which he says involves meat and fish - I am sure he knows that is not happening!) but making some flax crackers is in the near future. I just need to dehydrate some tomatoes first to make tomato powder. I only gave this 4 stars though because I really wanted a back fan model not a bottom or top fan. This model is quiet and inexpensive which is a huge plus though so I will survive the inconvenience of not being able to make some of the wrappers and things I wanted to (at least in the sizes I had hoped). The dehydrator came with 2 fruit leather BPA free trays 4 yogurt cups and lids plus mesh covers for all of the trays to prevent things from slipping through the trays. 2 of the trays are marginally larger than the rest of the trays (about 1/2-3/4 inch larger)