One Year with a Freeze Dryer. Was it WORTH IT?

you can vacuum seal the mylar bags.

do you have a video on how you made the freeze dried tomato powder?

The only issue I have with that black insulator is the Vegan 🌱 symbol.

Awesome video. Some great ideas you’re sharing with us. Thank you. I’m curious what model for larger freeze drying would you recommend?

Loved it :) Now I have to go look up the recipe for Kevin's crackers :)

You could also make your own teas and herbs for homemade spice blends. I want a freeze dryer so bad now. Thank you for awesome content!❤❤❤❤

Can you freeze dry breads?
Also, my husband doesn’t care for a lot of soups. So do you freeze dry meat loaf, chicken breasts, meatballs, fajitas? I’d love to see how that works and how you like it. Thanks for doing these videos, I’m going to out a FD on layaway.

Very important to know about the electric requirements are for whichever size; simply great contributions from this community!! Wish so much I had the $$ for it, & place to use it; but trying to learn for when/if I can get one!

Are the mylar bags recyclable when no longer usable?

Dan Campbell from HR actually advised me that the Premiere pump is more robust than the oil-less pump. That's the one I got (Premiere)!

I have an Industrial vacuum sealer $1000. It will seal the Mylar bags

Can you freeze dry can vegetables you purchase from a grocery store and will it taste good?

Looks great hope to have a large also.

Loving your hat..

God bless

Is that a harvest right freezer?

how noisy is the freeze dryer. where do you keep yours?

Husband love the T-shirt , where did u get it from. He wants one . Love it.

Do you folks have videos on making and freeze drying these? Thank you

Hello fellow showmes! You've convenced me, I'm going to get one. The crackers looked good too, do you have a recipe that you can share? Thanks

Not sure if you'll see this, after so much time....but I am wondering....what happens to bone, if you freeze dry it? I mean, like does it stay hard? Does it crumble? Could you grind it to powder, then put it on the garden, or feed it to livestock ascalcium supplement, or etc.

Thank you for the Pump oil you use I just went a signed up and had some delivered 🙂 I like putting my insulator in when I am doing long run frozen foods keep that cold cold in. When you vacuum seal too it will smash your foods all up.

Can't wait to try the tomato powder! Thank you for your informative video. I've ordered a freeze dryer and it should arrive any time. Soaking up all this information.

Don't know if y'all will see this since it's a couple years old, lol, but anyway - In watching your video, you replied to a question on why not vacuum seal your bags. You said that regular vacuum bags do not last very long (I agree - 3-5 yrs isn't long enough). But what about vacuum sealing (I'm talking vacuum chamber not food saver models) with the Mylar bags you've been using? Would that work? I'm still saving to get me the medium freeze dryer.

Love this. I want a freeze drier !

I have that same t-shirt! Love it.

I truly do not like freeze dried food.

I have always cooked for a large amount of people, now that i am alone it's difficult to cook for one. I either have left overs for weeks or i get tired of it and pitch it. I think freeze drying is a good way to save on food and skip leftovers.

A Vitamix will decimate the skin and seeds! Yay

Good.

With freeze drying, is there any chance of botulism? or somenella?

Do you freeze dry or dehydrate your herbs?

Thank you so much for sharing all your hard work with us! The tomato paste idea is so brilliant!

She’s cute

5 min and you're still babbling...next.

I am sooo interested in getting a freeze drier. I am currently exclusively pumping breastmilk for my baby and have a huge stash of milk in my freezer. I know there are companies that will dry freeze breastmilk and safely package it. However, they are SOOO expensive it’s almost better to buy your own freezer and do it yourself. I’m trying to convince my husband to agree with me to invest in a freezer.

If you weigh the produce before freeze-drying and after and write that on your package you actually KNOW how much water to add to rehydrate...

This is such a great video. I love how you taste test. I want to know about your crackers. Are you okay with sharing that

Big expenses and then more expenses with Mylar bags, oxygen absorbers etc.

I’m seeing all the love you got for your video! For storing freeze dried food, I’d like to use jars. Do you know if I could vacuum seal freeze dried food in jars successfully? Would I still need to add an oxygen absorber? I like to reduce plastic where possible.

Why would you put in mylar (plastic) bags just to throw them out? I know jars take up more space, but the cost of needing to buy new bags all the time and a machine to seal them.

My wife won't let me buy that shirt 😂

My experience with this company has been abysmal. My new machine does not work. They want me to jump thru all sorts of hoops, but have not sent a repair person of refunded my money. Definitely do noit recommend this company. Worthless guarantee.

Have you guys ever had to freeze dry a powder? Like any of the common supplements: collagen, creatine, protein, amino acids?

-Best,
Zachary

Thank you.
Take care.

I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you so thanks for watching our channel you idiot's.

I had chicken broth that looks like wool for insulation what happened anyone know

This was very informational. Thank you for sharing your experiences.