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Solar Powered Hanging Food Dehydrator
Bananas overripe? Slice and dry them for snacks. Sprouts wilting? Grow them where everyone can see them. Hanging "Solar Pantry" dries and sprouts food naturally, without electricity or loud fans. Stainless steel, with dishwasher-safe polypropylene trays. Three cu. ft. of drying space Folds to 3"H x 16" sq.; 6 lbs.
Dimensions & Specs
- Three cu. ft. of drying space
- Entire solar food dryer Folds to 3"H x 16" sq.
- 6 lbs
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
75 of 76 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
The dryer does a great job of drying while keeping bugs etc. away from your food. I plan actually to buy another one of these.
HOWEVER, the supports that hold the trays can (and do) easily slide out of the support straps in the process of moving it around. Meaning the whole thing can easily basically come undone and then you have to put it back together again. Until you get the hang of it, it takes FOREVER to slide the loops back on and put the thing back together. After fiddling with it for over an hour, I can now reassemble it without too much time, but when this first happens you want to fling the whole thing into space.
If it weren't for the fact that this device easily disassembles itself, I would say it's perfect. It does just what I need it to do (for a reasonable price). With some practice you can learn to handle it so that it doesn't come undone too often and put it back together quickly if it does. If there were a better-made, similar item I would buy it, but I haven't been able to find anything that does the same thing at a reasonable price.
HOWEVER, the supports that hold the trays can (and do) easily slide out of the support straps in the process of moving it around. Meaning the whole thing can easily basically come undone and then you have to put it back together again. Until you get the hang of it, it takes FOREVER to slide the loops back on and put the thing back together. After fiddling with it for over an hour, I can now reassemble it without too much time, but when this first happens you want to fling the whole thing into space.
If it weren't for the fact that this device easily disassembles itself, I would say it's perfect. It does just what I need it to do (for a reasonable price). With some practice you can learn to handle it so that it doesn't come undone too often and put it back together quickly if it does. If there were a better-made, similar item I would buy it, but I haven't been able to find anything that does the same thing at a reasonable price.
49 of 49 people found the following review helpful
By H. Rodriguez
Amazon Verified Purchase
I purchased this Food Pantry after contacting the company to see if the past issue reviewers were experiencing was resolved and I got a quick reply back that it was. I ordered this product and have now used it twice and I love it. I have an Excalabur dehydrator but actually like this dehydrator better as it is non-electric, lighter and makes no noise. The trays stay in their spot no problem, so the previous issue was fixed. I used it to dry herbs which took two days and the pasta was ready overnight in my house. I'm sure it depends on the humidity where you live though. I have not tried it outside as it has been windy the last couple of days, but am excited to try that as well. I have uploaded product pictures so you can see the dryer in action. I would definitely recommend this product to a friend and am sooo glad I got it, well worth the money.
62 of 64 people found the following review helpful
By drdave
We use this a lot. We use it to sprout wheat and to dry fruit (fruit leather or just dried apricots, apples, etc) and vegetables. Last year we dried some peppers and we are still enjoying them.
We have had our dryer for about 8-10 years.
We have had our dryer for about 8-10 years.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not for everything
I bought this in an effort to prepare foods in the event of power loss. I dehydrated apples easily. Next I tried bananas, which did didn't turn out so well. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Hollywood
1.0 out of 5 stars
Rotten design
When I opened up the Hanging Raw Food Dehydrator, it started falling apart immediately. As a retired architect and designer, I decided to figure out what was wrong. Read more
Published 1 month ago by offthegrid farmette
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Alternative to Electric Food Dehydrators
I have a water distiller and rather than buying an Excalibur dehydrator, we got this one and are hanging it over our water distiller which produces warm air that is blown out of... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Paul Reimers
5.0 out of 5 stars
Using it non-stop
A great way to dehydrate with or without the sun and no electricity. Make sure you designate a good hanging place so it doesn't get bumped and don't drop it cause it can makes a... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Les Vegas
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not so good
To filmy and did not work like I thought it would. I probably would not buy another one. Tried it several times and it took so long and the trays were to hard to deal with.
Published 4 months ago by nurseing96
2.0 out of 5 stars
Good idea, limited application
My first crop of tomatoes molded after two days. You need uninterrupted hot and dry weather, just as it says buried in the user manual! Warm and humid will not work. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Jeffrey L Lind
5.0 out of 5 stars
GREAT NATURAL FOOD DRYER
EXCELLENT DEHYDRATOR. WORKS GREAT. EASY TO USE AND STORE.
FOOD DRIES NATURALLY. WOUDN'T BE WITHOUT IT.
THANK YOU.
BOB L
TROY, MI
FOOD DRIES NATURALLY. WOUDN'T BE WITHOUT IT.
THANK YOU.
BOB L
TROY, MI
Published 5 months ago by Robert T. Lewanski
1.0 out of 5 stars
NOT worth the money. Not even close
As others have stated, this thing comes apart very easily and is extremely annoying and difficult to put back together. Read more
Published 6 months ago by C. Hopf
4.0 out of 5 stars
problems
The hooks that hold the tray holders in place come unattached easily so that the whole thing has to be pulled apart and repaired. Read more
Published 7 months ago by jeanie sims
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing
We had an old screen dryer and when I found this I was super excited. But we have only used it 4 times and I've had to put it back together 6 TIMES. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Naomi Wilson
