Our Freeze Dryers Just Work Better!  If you're interested in freeze drying and you want to purchase the highest quality home freeze dryer, you have come to the right place! A freeze dryer is a large purchase/investment, so we have included many details below to help. Every one of our machines comes with amazing customer service and support. Call now if you have any questions at 208-607-1722.   What is Included: 1x Medium Freeze Dryer  1x Impulse Sealer 1x Premium Vacuum Pump + Oil 5x Stainless Steel Trays  5x Silicone Mats  50x Mylar Bags  50x Oxygen Absorbers  Lifetime of Good Customer Service! Freeze Dry Candy Faster (Food Too) Speed up your candy freeze-drying with the Blue Alpine Freeze Dryer! Users have the flexibility to set the pressure limit for each recipe. This lets the candy undergo the freeze-drying process at a significantly faster rate compared to other foods. With the Blue Alpine, you can freeze-dry Skittles in as little as a couple of hours! Additionally, our freeze dryer includes a distinctive "Candy Prewarm" feature designed specifically for certain hard candies like Jolly Ranchers, providing the extra heat needed to puff up and facilitate the freeze-drying process. Read more about freeze-drying candy in our blog post. Delivery Time   Our current time till ship is 3-5 weeks for medium freeze dryers.     What makes us Different: Here at Blue Alpine, we are serious about three things: freeze dryers, quality, and customer service. We are never satisfied with the status quo and we push for improvement through researching, engineering, and testing.   A lot of minor improvements add up to a huge difference in quality. Ultimately our machines are simply superior.  25% more cooling capacity, which translates to up to 25% faster batches. Built In Idaho by technicians who hold themselves to a higher standard.  A circulating fan inside the chamber blast-freezes the food, creating better quality food and faster freeze times.  A P100 filter inside the chamber protects your vacuum pump from particulates, increasing the lifespan of the vacuum pump.  The trays are a food industry standard size (quarter sheet pan, 9x13), so you can easily buy more pans from your local stores.  Each machine goes through several hours of quality control tests to make sure every component of the machine is operating within normal parameters before it ships.  Smart software utilizes PID control technology and solid-state relays to accurately freeze-dry your food. We use a natural refrigerant (R1270) that is future-proof, unlike R404 or R410 which will be discontinued soon. On our machine, all vacuum fittings are barbed fittings. We do not use crimped fittings which are prone to vacuum leaks.  We use thread-locker to seal all threads. We do not use Teflon Tape which is also leak-prone.  The frame of our machines is made with extruded aluminum and is incredibly durable.   Recipes built into the software allow you to optimize your freeze-drying cycles. Candy, for example, can get done in about 2 hours. Fruit, on the other hand, takes about 6-18 hours depending on the load.  The bottom tray has a higher wattage heating pad so the bottom tray stays the same temp as the rest.  If we send out a bad machine we don't hide behind warranty fine print. We own our mistake and make it right.  Specs: Overall Machine Size: 20" x 21" x 30", 110 lbs Up to 15lbs of food per cycle 5 trays (standard 9x13 inch) Average freeze-drying cycles take 12-20 hours  Candy Mode: 2-4 hours for most candies Plexiglass Door Thickness: 1 inch 120V, 15A Breaker (Normal Wall Outlet)  13 Amps Maximum Power Draw (1560W max) 9.0 Amps Average Power Draw (1080W average)   Shipping  Shipping for the lower 48 states is free  For shipping to Alaska or Hawaii contact us for a quote  For shipping to Canada or Mexico contact us for a quote     Warranty  3-years limited warranty.  This is 3 years of use, not just 3 calendar years. So if the machine breaks for any reason this will stop the clock on the warranty until it is fixed.  See warranty policy for details.