Please note that I have only dried a few batches with the Excalibur 2900.
Pros: It's holds a lot of food when fully loaded. It drys efficiently and is very fast. The trays are easy to clean.
Con: Much louder then expected.
I was in the middle of drying left over vegetables from the garden, when my old dehydrator heating coil died. I had over the years had heard many hikers and campers call the Excalibur the Cadillac of dryers. I read the reviews and a few people remarking that the Excalibur was a little loud. I was expecting the noise level to be comparable to an old computer fan. It is much louder then that. I can hear it across the bedroom, down the hall and across the living room, about 30 or 35 feet distance.
I did find that by changing the trays around I could reduce the noise somewhat. Then while playing with that, I found by leaving out the 3rd and 7th trays I could reduce the noise by 50%
MY old dryer would dry 5 small trays of tomatoes in 26 hours at 55% humidity. The Excalibur did the job in 9 hours at 85% humidity and had 3 or 4 times the amount of tomatoes.
Love the dryer, hate the noise.
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