Could you be more precise about how much a coffee grinders' worth would measure ?

We LOVE fruit leather here. I don't have a dehydrator. I just use my oven. I pour it onto a cookie sheet and then I put it in the oven overnight on the lowest setting with the door slightly ajar. My littles are 1.5 & 3.5 so I can only do this overnight while they sleep. Our favorite is strawberry fruit leather. I usually make it as we get closer to strawberry season with anything I have left in the freeze from the previous season. YUM!!! Apple is very yummy too, as is blueberry. Thanks for sharing!

But, I don't love it (sorry, Janet- I'm still 100% grateful for it, but you and I both know which one we'd choose if money wasn't an issue!). My ideal would be the Excalibur, which is square, rather than round. Some things just don't work as well on round trays.

That said, it works just fine overall. It dries things (and isn't that the point?), and has an adjustable temperature as well. Honestly, I think most dehydrators work fine, but if you want a really great one you might need to splurge on something like the Excalibur. I would definitely check out Craigslist (because so many people buy them, never use them, and then sell them cheap), garage sales now that it's almost spring, and ebay.