Hello. I want to buy a simple, cheap freeze dryer to fuck with some long term food and liquid storage options.
Anyone got any good cheap recommendations to start off with?
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Best value vacs vacuum chamber
Harbor freight vacuum pump
Chest freezer
Cold trap
Silicone tubing
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Don’t forget some heat mats
120v relays
And a microcontroller
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Whats the best cold to heat cycle?
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I have been searching for that information. I turned a deep freezer into a lager fridge for brewing and it was pretty simple. You can drill through 90% of the low end chest freezers lids, and they vac pretty damn well. Vac port, thermal probes, and wiring for heat mats through the lid. You can then setup a super easy python program to cycle the freeze dryer if you have the “curve”.
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Harvest right.
Or as others have suggested build your own. If you are using it for hash I wouldn’t rely on a self built unit.
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For food use. I am debating between DIY and buying one but I want to DIY badly
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Where are you? Just saw this recently.
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Oh I couldn’t afford that lol
I’m looking for cheap options
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Used rides are expensive these days. I hope you find one!
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If freeze driers are outside your price range, have you considered making a cold room and air drying? I’ve seen videos on making a homemade cool bot, and it’s very simple and cost effective
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Never heard of that before
Like a walk in freezer?
Exactly. The coolbot just needs to be hooked up to an ac unit to keep the room at walk in freezer temps. Insulation will definitely help keep it there.
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My last comment was meant for you. Forgot to reply directly to you
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Not necessarily the cheapest but eBay can work out sometimes!
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ebay \
you are ghetto= that was my old setup.
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It actually works and will only cost 400 dollars
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who wants to compete on oldest oil run= i have a brass tube from 2002