DONT USE EXCALIBUR DEHYDRATORS I FOUND A MUCH BETTER ONE!!!

[Guest guest]

Excalibur is all plastic and sucks, they keep promoting making beef

jerky, when I met them I could tell they are not really into being

vegetarian or raw and that they only do it for the money, they are

really fake and all their parts are plastic, flimsy and gross I

finally found a much better brand, make, model with tons of better

features, is nice glass cover so you can see the food and not have to

remove the cover all the time, the inside, and trays is metal so you

don't get plastic all in your food or body anymore! Why did we ever

use EXCALIBUR? EX TO EXCALIBUR! Here is the info, it is a little more

BUT WORTH IT YOU ARE WORTH IT:

 

THE BEST Dehydrator and I am going to promote this to the RAW FOOD

COMMUNITY big time is Cabela!

 

http://www.cabelas.com/hprod-1/0019202.shtml

 

Cabela IS AWESOME as you can see from the photos, ok so they are a

little more but they ROCK! They are all metal and glass, it is only

plastic outside. And it is digital and all groovy. I discovered them

when my friend opened her raw organic restaurant TERRA BELLA, in

Redondo Beach in Los Angeles I LOVED IT and makes Excalibur so lame.

When I got the new Excalibur dehydrators I immediately noticed a very

strong outgassing of plastic, then the trays were plastic too and the

little screens on the tray were also plastic and outgassing huge

fumes! I tried to " AIR " it out by turning it on and guess what MORE

PLASTIC smell and odor came off of everything even stronger! I didn't

know what to do. SO I tried to air it out as much as I could but the

smell got stronger and stronger, my lungs felt so polluted. Yuk! But

I had to make food sooner or later so I started to use it and I

noticed that all my food had a plastic smell and taste, this never

decreases over time that much I have no idea why anyone would use a

Excalibur Dehydrator I SAY EX TO EXCALIBUR also notice how Cabela

says JERKY and not specifically BEEF JERKY? Nice! I was really

upset, I called Excalibur and told them about my plastic

complaint/problem and asked them if they could design a

glass/stainless steele model for me they said it would cost too much,

of course they did not mention Cabela! Only many many years later

after much plastic in my food, pollution, dissapointment as the

plastic never really stops outgassing it just is less noticeable but

because of the heat and nature of plastic is ALWAYS THERE OUTGASSING

PLASTIC MOLECULES INTO MY FOOD AND LUNGS! Finally I discovered there

are better Dehydrators and that are glass so you can see the food and

not have to take the dang cover on and off wasting heat and also time

and more plastic in the food! ONLY CABELA so spread this in the RAW

FOOD COMMUNITY THEY ARE THE BEST AND ONLY A LITTLE MORE it is WORTH

IT. They are easier to clean, better design, all have a timer, EX to

EXCALIBUR WHICH DOES NOT HAVE THESE FEATURES they have a timer but

not on all models and is extra cost and flimsy knobs that break.

 

Carolyna

[Guest guest]

I happen to like my excalibur. I have never had a problem with mine and use it

all the time! It may not be the most expensive model on the market, but it does

the job just fine!~

 

 

carolyna_first <carolyna_first wrote:

Excalibur is all plastic and sucks, they keep promoting making beef

jerky, when I met them I could tell they are not really into being

vegetarian or raw and that they only do it for the money, they are

really fake and all their parts are plastic,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I have two of them - EXCALIBUR ROCKS!!!

 

 

On 12/20/06, Dobby the house elf <dobeythehouseelf wrote:

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> I happen to like my excalibur. I have never had a problem with mine and

> use it all the time! It may not be the most expensive model on the market,

> but it does the job just fine!~

>

> carolyna_first <carolyna_first <carolyna_first%40>>

> wrote: Excalibur is all plastic and sucks, they keep promoting making beef

> jerky, when I met them I could tell they are not really into being

> vegetarian or raw and that they only do it for the money, they are

> really fake and all their parts are plastic,

>

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[Guest guest]

Cabelas is America's HUNTING STORE. What they promote is killing

animals.

 

Plastic doesn't cause any problems if used within design temperature

ranges and in fact consumes less resources in it's manufacture. I am a

manufacturing engineer and make these calculations all day, everyday.

Thermoplastics are very cool materials if properly selected according

to application.

 

There are much better dehydrators like the harvest saver, but they cost

much more money and the payback doesn't exist, unless you are operating

the units commercially. Efficiency includes efficiency of funds.

 

> THE BEST Dehydrator and I am going to promote this to the RAW FOOD

> COMMUNITY big time is Cabela!

[Guest guest]

Cabela is still better on all levels. The plastic in Excalibur sucks, doesn't

sound like you use them otherwise you would agree, anyways I know they advocate

hunting, but in the world they advocate cooking, meat eating etc. but at least

they don't talk about making BEEF JERKY they only say JERKY, anyways the choices

are up to you, I wanted people to know about Cabela, no one told me, and I think

it is a much superior product/design/value than Excalibur, I want people to be

aware there are better dehydrators out there, I feel ripped off by Excalibur on

a lot of levels.

 

Carolyna

 

mstrong56 <mstrong wrote:

Cabelas is America's HUNTING STORE. What they promote is killing

animals.

 

Plastic doesn't cause any problems if used within design temperature

ranges and in fact consumes less resources in it's manufacture. I am a

manufacturing engineer and make these calculations all day, everyday.

Thermoplastics are very cool materials if properly selected according

to application.

 

There are much better dehydrators like the harvest saver, but they cost

much more money and the payback doesn't exist, unless you are operating

the units commercially. Efficiency includes efficiency of funds.

 

> THE BEST Dehydrator and I am going to promote this to the RAW FOOD

> COMMUNITY big time is Cabela!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I thought all food dehydrators are plastic other than the big industrial types

that probably suck so much energy your bills go up. $$$

 

Judy Cozza <judycozza wrote: I have

two of them - EXCALIBUR ROCKS!!!

 

On 12/20/06, Dobby the house elf <dobeythehouseelf wrote:

>

> I happen to like my excalibur. I have never had a problem with mine and

> use it all the time! It may not be the most expensive model on the market,

> but it does the job just fine!~

>

> carolyna_first <carolyna_first <carolyna_first%40>>

> wrote: Excalibur is all plastic and sucks, they keep promoting making beef

> jerky, when I met them I could tell they are not really into being

> vegetarian or raw and that they only do it for the money, they are

> really fake and all their parts are plastic,

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Well, I can certainly see that you are unhappy with this dehydrator, but

I have to at least comment that Excalibur IS a business, so of course

their aim is to make money, and absolutely not would they refer you to a

competitor! The raw/macro community is still a fledgling lifestyle,

especially in the land-locked Midwest. Local newspapers frequently host

" shoot fests " with the additional promotion of dehydrating the kill.

Couple that with the rapidly declining income for most families and it's

easy to see that plastic dehydrators fill a niche. Most folks could

care less about out-gassing and I suspect it's be tough to find 2 people

in my little town (southeastern Colorado) that even know what

out-gassing is, let alone care about it. We have nearly as many liquor

stores as we do dollar stores and Walmart has put everything out of

business, even some of our local, organic farm markets. ...and yes,

Walmart sells dehydrators too, cheap, plastic, melt-on-your-food units.

Our extension office even offers classes on how to preserve food using a

dehydrator....PRESERVE food, not prepare it for consumption on a raw

diet. It's only in the last 5 years that restaurants have even offered

anything on their menu that a vegetarian can eat (aside from salad from

a bag slathered in nasty bottled dressing)....and I can tell you THAT

change has come from a select few folks politely offering some

suggestions on how to cater oh so slightly to a growing trend in healthy

eating.

 

I'd encourage you to encourage Excalibur. Inform them of the " new

eating lifestyles " and how Excalibur can profit from their consideration

of a new line of dehydrators. Talk to them on their level....MONEY....

That's the only way we can make a change for the betterment of us all.

 

Kendra

--climbing off her rural soapbox---

 

 

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf

Of carolyna_first

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 3:26 PM

 

 

Excalibur is all plastic and sucks, they keep promoting making beef

jerky, when I met them I could tell they are not really into being

vegetarian or raw and that they only do it for the money, they are

really fake and all their parts are plastic, flimsy and gross I

finally found a much better brand, make, model with tons of better

[Guest guest]

Oh and PS...Cabellas is the largest promoter of hunting in the U.S., and

not always in a humane way either.

 

Kendra

[Guest guest]

Probably they say " jerky " rather than " beef jerky " because some of their

purchasers make venison jerky and pheasant jerky. I doubt they are

thinking about vegetable jerky.

 

 

 

And.I sort of don't care. I have an Excalibur and I love it and if you love

your Cabela good for you - it's always good to find something you really

love.

 

 

 

Carol Ann

 

 

 

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Cabela is still better on all levels. The plastic in Excalibur sucks,

doesn't sound like you use them otherwise you would agree, anyways I know

they advocate hunting, but in the world they advocate cooking, meat eating

etc. but at least they don't talk about making BEEF JERKY they only say

JERKY, anyways the choices are up to you, I wanted people to know about

Cabela, no one told me, and I think it is a much superior

product/design/value than Excalibur, I want people to be aware there are

better dehydrators out there, I feel ripped off by Excalibur on a lot of

levels.

 

Carolyna

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I would say that most people are out to get money. I know when I go to

work I want to get paid for what I do. That is so I can go out and buy

the things I want or need also to pay my bills. If I had a business I

would want to sell what I make to all so I could make all I could. My

son makes trays and he make all kinds that way he can make the most.

They are cramation trays.

 

Theresa \o/