Harvest Right Freeze Dryer

[CS1983]

I'm seeing these in a lot more places than previous.

Did you notice a huge jump in your electric bill when using this?

I haven't paid attention or noticed any insane jumps in costs for electricity. I suppose I *should* get a watt meter to plug in and keep track of it.

ETA: Most things seem to run about 24 hours w/ the Premium pump. The standard pump wasn't as efficient and ran longer. I often will extend time such as if a session runs long and I need to get to work or we are going somewhere.

I personally like to pre-freeze everything I put in, regardless of if it's a liquid. I find I get better results when I do that. So if you only have 1 set of trays (most people ask HR for an extra set) you are looking at the following turnaround:

1 day in freezer
1 day FD
6 hours defrost (I just let it defrost naturally rather than letting the machine do it).

That about what.... 10-14 runs a month on a pretty consistent schedule? Some people do more runs. The pre-freezing of food in a regular freezer and the defrost take time. But the actual engagement with the thing is... minimal. The post-FD placing in bags is what takes longest and that's maybe 10 min per load all in.