I do have a dehydrator, just used it to dehydrate a bunch of zucchini slices for addition to soups next winter. I also use it for apples, hot peppers, garlic, onions and leeks, I've made jerky and fruit leather too.

I have an Excaliber and I like it a lot. It has the front that comes off and I can remove the trays and set 4 quarts of yogurt in there to ferment.

Annie

Mine's an inexpensive one with stacking trays - forgot the brand - maybe Proctor-Silex. I've had it for a number of years now and it works quite well.

Not the same brand, but very similar:

Bought this baby 25 years ago and still going strong. American Harvest. Makes great kale chips and fruit leathers (from our peach and plum trees). Also I can "sun-dry" tomatoes without having to screen out the insects doing it the old-fashioned way.

I've used it for drying herbs but we live in a pretty dry environment anyway so I usually just hang those in the kitchen. You know, for that rustic look. @annie1992 I would love to try jerky!

I do. So much I've killed a couple of them through the years. I just burnt one out last week during a batch of purselane and need to order a replacement. I like to have two of them, especially this time of year.

I like to use the Nesco stacking trays kind. I was gifted with a heat riser element one ages ago that I can't remember what brand it was, and while it's fine for some herbs, not sufficent for more serious dehydrating. That does need moving air IMO. I like the Nescos because they blow from the top to bottom of the unit. If there is a drip or something, it falls onto a tray and not potentially onto the blower unit. I also like them because I can choose how much to load, and only use that much dehydrator. With the bigger box ones, the whole box runs if I got one tray or the whole box full. With the Nesco, I can run one tray or up to 8 depending on what I'm drying. I also like to have two so I can do bigger amounts, and also for when I want to run different batches of stuff that I don't want to junk each other up. Like if I'm drying hot peppers and tomatoes or smoked salmon and cucumbers or onions and apples at the same time. The flavors can really cross over, and also I don't run everything on the same time and temp.

I've also set up a box fan dehydrator for larger amounts of herbs in the past, and it works fairly well in the autumn lower humidity around here. It is a bit fussier since it uses a small heater that I only run if I'm awake and around it, so it gets run as a dehydrator during the day and then as an air dryer overnight.

People are buying air-fryers that also dehydrate. I wouldn't want a single use item like a dehydrator. But if you're using it for a huge quantity, then that might be a better option.

We had a recent thread about dehydrators so I won't go into the detail here that I posted on that one. I've had 2 of the Nesco American Harvestors over the years. The first one had the fan motor quit after 10-12 years and I bought another of the same model so now I have 8 trays.

I need to dehydrate some garlic and onions pretty soon to make powder.

If you do a search of the cooking forum, using the term 'dehydrator' there are a number of threads going back several years...

I have a Nesco dehydrator, and I use it for apples, bananas, and chilies. I like it well enough for my purposes. We get more apples than anything else, but it's very convenient when I have a good supply of chilies.