Freeze Dryer (7 Shelf ) with Standard Pump

I have had the machine for 2 months and have run quite a bit through it. The unit has performed flawlessly. I am happy with how quiet the unit is. I am new at this but learning every load i do, product has been turning great.

Took me a couple runs and quite a few videos to learn the basics. But this thing has been running pretty steady the first month.

The options on this machine make Harvest Right seem basic. And the build quality is superb.

Stay Fresh allows you to make all kinds of tweaks to their machine. Change preset curves, change default values, and the function screen will allow you to do each step manual or u can use auto mode.

The electric bill definitely noticed the new toy. Seems like about $3 - $5 worth of electricity per food run. Candy runs are much quicker. But it is what it is.

The industrial pumps are about indestructible as long as you keep oil in them, AND always run them under load. Don't ever run the pump with any valves (or door) open with free flowing air going into pump. It will blow all the oil right out into the baffle. (Which will mostly run back into the pump after the pump shuts off) I work with these pumps everyday at my job. They like to work.

The ONLY thing that stuck out to me as odd with this purchase was their instructions to keep the pump as far away from dryer as possible. But they only included about 30 inches of vacuum hose. I ended up buying a 10' section (1/2" ID) vacuum hose from Amazon to move my pump further away from the machine. Be nice if they included 6' of hose.

The Freeze Dried Candy sellers at the local fairs all advised me "if your going to buy one, don't buy Harvest Right, unless you like to wait for parts to fix the machine yourself".

I'm glad I took their advice and bought quality. Haven't had to contact Stay Fresh for any customer service. But from what I have read their Customer Service is hands down the best. And that alone is huge.

Happy freeze drying.

We are very pleased with our new Stayfresh freeze dryer. We started to freeze dry various foods and it works as it should. Very good quality equipment.

We have been very happy so far with our freeze dryer. The seven trays hold a substantial amount of food, which we hope to put to good use next year from our large garden. Very quiet too!!

I had 2 freeze dryers from harvest , a medium , then large. Medium to small for me. Gave to my brother. Got a large one that didn’t make a year ( I think 7 months) started last September with freezing issue. We start with service paying for a service call (hmmmm) then we have to package and return($$$$) and I received it back last friday(a week today) I’m out of town during the week. So yesterday , I had to determine if I was happy with repair. So obviously , I didn’t get it tested — in the mean time my brother who lives 5 hours from me returns the one I gave him. It failed after 3 batches spent about a month trying to solve ( which I never did) instead I ordered a large stay fresh and have been freeze drying for better than a month ( kinda fun using 2 different brands ) I love everything about stay fresh except I wish the trays were Beveled for easier removal

Hands down better built , it seems to dry food faster with much more consistency

Maybe now would be a the time to say

THANK YOU