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Place it on a cloth towel, folded underneath it. This will quiet it down quite a lot. The same method works for Blenders and Food Processors as well.
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It’s not that loud really. But then again after years in dancing in clubs next to bass bins, my hearing ain’t what it should be!!
I was wondering the same thing about the noise. I haven’t purchased a dehydrator yet, but I’ve been doing research for the past few weeks and I believe I would like to get an Excalibur. But I
Get a 9 tray, if you want to save time, because you can send one morining in the kitchen and make all your food for 2 weeks. I think it is worth it.
It really is not that loud!! It is much quieter than a hairdryer for example. You can’t hear it if you close the door, or have a radio playing in the kitchen. It is just a low hum anyway, the noise really is not prohibitive. If it is you could always take it back, but really, I don’t see there being a problem. They are made for domestic use, they wouldn’t be so popular if they were too loud.
Thanks Zoe. Your information and advice sounds very sensible. I appreciate it. Cheers!
I agree with Zoe. The noise doesn’t bother my household at all! It’s really not a big deal.
So I guess most people get the 9 tray (if they go with Excalibur)...
Definitely the 9-tray! Just like Zoe said, you can make your food all at once to last for a while, and I like that I can buy whatever fruit is super cheap & dehydrate it all at once, etc. My dehydrator is in the basement because my mom didn’t like the constant hum (I didn’t know about using a towel), but it didn’t bother me. She just doesn’t like ANY noise – she can’t stand having music on at home or in the car, hates hearing the TV from the other room, etc. Most people are fine with it.
Sounds great (the 9 tray model). And I don’t mind a little bit of humming noise. I think that the other reviews that I read on other sites must have been exaggerating! Thanks for your input. :)
It’s the fan, it sounds like a normal fan you would have in your house its not unpleasant at all.
ghostgirl I got the 9 tray with the timer and it came today!!! I love love love it and I can’t wait to get started making things.I have a new baby so I figure if it is noisy I can just use it as white noise when she sleeps. :)
Oh man, this topic is making me get all excited about getting a dehydrator in September. I can’t wait. SIGH
It’s too noisy for me to have in my kitchen, so I have it in the garage, BUT do not let the noise stop you from getting an Excalibur. I love it. If I lived in an apartment I’d put it in a closet with good ventilation. Worst case I’d put it in my kitchen (imagine that!). It’s worth the noise. It’s easy, efficient, and nice looking. Have fun!
joliepolie – thanks for the response. I’m glad that you are happy with the 9-tray Excalibur. After deliberating for quite some time (and getting great feedback from everyone at goneraw) I think I’m going to get that one too. Rawguru.com seems to have good deals on dehydrators – even less expensive than those offered on the official Excalibur site. Cheers, gg13
We run our dehydrators thru the night so we don’t hear it during the day. I have to laugh because I used to have a l’equip dehydrator running, which was pretty darn quiet, and we now have a Cabella’s commercial dehydrator which is REALLY loud compared to other dehydrators…it’s the size of a small refrigerator. It’s the fan which makes the noise though, not vibrations. So running at night is our best bet, or when we’re not home. There was a post on goneraw where people put them in rooms where they needed “heat” because they do give off a little heat. I would rather have more trays, even if some were empty while dehydrating, than not enough trays and have to do double days of dehydrating.
i have the 4 tray and it’s great. not noisy at all. I don’t use it a TON but my guess is come winter I will be using it a lot more. I do think the 9 tray is louder, but the 4 tray is totally not loud, so how bad could it be? have fun!!
i have a 4 tray. it’s about the noise of a fan on low. no big deal.
I just plug mine in at night before I go to bed and then in the morning my food is ready. Or if it’s during the day I plug it in the bedroom and close the door so that I don’t hear it.
We keep it in the basement because it is practically always on to supply our families needs. We live in a quiet rural area. I like peaceful quietness and the sounds of nature. I find my PC fan loud and the dehydrator fan is louder than that. That said I wouldn’t use any other dehydrator. We’ve had it for 10 years and it works great. I suggest to anyone that is sensitive to constant background noise to locate it in a room where they can close the door.