Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is our first food dehydrator we have ever purchased or used. It is easy to use and cleaning is a cinch. It comes with enough trays to dry a fair amount of food. The only thing it lacks is an on/off switch. Temperature and moisture can be adjusted with vents on the cover. I would recommend it for first time users.

It's a little faster than other dehydrators I have had. And there is no way to turn the heat up or down unless you unplug it. But nonetheless it does what it's supposed to do!

Mine stopped working the second time we used it. Completely dead, Not too much that can go wrong, its a simply heating coil that plugs into the wall and dehydrates your food. After a few hours into the second use I noticed that the fruit was wilting and not becoming dehydrated. The coil was cold. I plugged it into a wall socket that I knew was okay, just to be sure, and it was dead. I hadn't kept the box because it was a simple item, what could go wrong. Couldn't locate that exact receipt either, so we ended up just throwing it out. :(

This is my second Ronco Food Dehydrator. The first worked fine for 20 years. This one melted and cracked after two uses. This is a piece of JUNK now. If you call to complain, you have to pay tons of shipping and handling charges to get replacement parts. They charge $14 for the base, $6 for the top, and $2 per each tray. Basically, you have to re-purchase their piece of junk product if it breaks under warranty. Nice warranty, huh? DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY. Nesco makes a much better one for a little bit more money. Oh, and it doesn't even dehydrate well anymore. Now that I have the Nesco and Ronco and have dehydrated simultaneously, I can unequivocally say, NESCO is the best! Ronco sucks!

a good purchase, adequate capacity for one person. the lack of noise is important to me.

I've never used a dehydrator before and it's been great using this one! Very easy although I initially underestimated the importance of rotating the trays every 2 hours.