Freeze Drying Bud and Commercial Freeze Dryers

EhCndGrower said:

no idea on the shops, but yeah it does come out dry but smells amazing. Although 6-8 hours after drying in a paper bag will add some moisture back and soften the buds up a little. I just know I don't wanna go back to my regular drying method in paper bags. No guessing game anymore and no burping of the jars either.

I believe the “per batch weight“ is the wet weight it can handle on the trays. There isn’t that big of a space between the trays and can’t freeze too much liquids because of the tray depth height. I think I mentioned earlier that can fit roughly 900-950g of semi crammed wet bud on all 4 trays in total. Plus I think they are basically making the annual rate as if you are doing a load every other day, because it needs almost 24hrs to rest and defrost the ice on the inside of the machine.

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changarian said:

Thanks for the answer.
This would save so much time and effort plus you get a good product?! I'm in. I guess. I emailed harvestright, shipping outside the US would add 200$
Problem with the small fd is they don't sell it with 220v only 110v. So I would need the medium size. And i have to pay 7% customs on the price incl. shipping and on that another 19% tax. This adds up to a price I have to think twice about.
I looked into freeze dryer on the national market but what I found is only lab and industrial machines which cost as much as my car and beyond.
Maybe I get lucky and find a used one!

cheers!

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EhCndGrower said:

Are you a fellow Canuck? If so, we went through the Canadian distributor Juicerville.ca I do believe because of the whole Covid thing, that they are behind on orders by a couple months. Got our medium size ordered in late Feb and didn’t get it until mid April, but didn’t use until last September because we didn’t have a 20Amp plug for the unit. Still on an old fuse box, and finally upgraded to a breaker switch panel and got her working.

The product is amazing from smell, taste and a better high I find to my old method.

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changarian said:

Unfortunately no Canadian, I'm from Europe and usually not active in any forum but since laws have changed in the U.S. and Canada, you guys are a great source for information and facts.
We are not very progressive and do things like we always do, never tried to change my running system myself. Until now.
This freeze drying topic really got me hooked. I still didn't find anything affordable in europe or it has the same price and design like the harvestright but is from China (alibabaCOM).
I did the math for the medium harvest right (~2700$), it would cost me 4300$ w shipping, custom and tax.
But if I see your fresh looking product I really have to think about it. Looks very good, not brownish at all. And this would save me ~2weeks between grows, because I only have one room available to work in.

Thanks for the Infos!

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EhCndGrower said:

Are you a fellow Canuck? If so, we went through the Canadian distributor Juicerville.ca I do believe because of the whole Covid thing, that they are behind on orders by a couple months. Got our medium size ordered in late Feb and didn’t get it until mid April, but didn’t use until last September because we didn’t have a 20Amp plug for the unit. Still on an old fuse box, and finally upgraded to a breaker switch panel and got her working.

The product is amazing from smell, taste and a better high I find to my old method.

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EhCndGrower said:

I just know that for my next attempt at drying I’m going to lower my tray temps for the final dry. I’ve left them at the default temps for my dries, except for one. I recently got a job at a local rec. cannabis store and lent out some sampls. They liked but they said it was missing the terps that would send them over the top. The default setting they think cooked some of them off, but I’ve enjoyed the default high I’ve gotten. Plus I’ve liked the taste/flavour I’ve been getting, but I’ve been smoking 3 years to their 20+ years of use. So I’m gonna try a lower and slower setting. I would usually put them on at 9pm and finish around 1-2pm the following afternoon. So I’m thinking of dropping the trays down to the 80-85, start at regular 9pm and let them go until 7pm. I tried lower temps on a Moby Dick harvest but pulled them too soon from the drier at that 2pm finish. Centre of my bigger buds were still cold/icy moist, and so I’m thinking a few more hours will be needed at that temp. See if there is any change with my buds and go from there.

best of luck when you get your unit and I will report back if I find the lower temp setting works better.

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GrowurownNewEngland said:

Hello. I spotted this forum and joined to message you after buying a harvest right. Curious as to any tips you can give me. Currently harvesting and eager to sample. Have 1st run in now for 22 hrs at default.

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