I bought this for my wife for all her raw food endeavors. She hated it because she wanted the Excalibur or Sedona units. Those machines are double, and triple the price of this one, and they have faults whether it be an under-sized heating element, lack of a timer control, or premature failure of critical components. This LEM unit, on paper, was better than either of those. So I told her "Fine! I'll take it then". And that's what I did.

So far I've done apples, berries, all manner of citrus and it works great. Interestingly, LEM markets this primarily as a "jerky maker" and meat dehydrator yet this machine does a fantastic job with fruits and vegetables.

It is a little bit noisy, enough to keep me awake at night. So plan on setting aside some space in a far part of the house if you will use it frequently.

The design is great because it holds so much and is very quiet when it dries, It also comes with a booklet that tells you what temperature and how long to dry almost anything you can think of. It fits on the countertop but is light enough to move easily when your ready to store it. LEM makes great and reliable products

It has all the features of Excalibur's high end model, however this LEM has one more tray and a digital timer which is very nice, and is about fifty dollars cheaper. It performed well drying some string beans. I would recommend it to anyone.