The device is really extremely quiet and can be - despite warning on heat - touch during operation. For Seldom to occasionally dried out the device is well suited to people who want to make this professional, you should invest money in expensive devices, where a thermostat is installed.
So far I have only dried chilies, soon I will also start preparing an experiment to me beef jerky.
Why 4 of 5 stars?
The plates are shaky on the main unit, this verstuzte me at first. Although it is quite stable and I doubt that my dehydrator towers collapses, but remains always a slight hesitation at touchdown.