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Written by Technology Connections on 2024-10-31 at 18:28

I have been working on this video in the background for months, and I barely got it together before no effort november.

So let's learn about freeze dryers and how bonkers it is to own one (in my opinion, anyway)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Namf-Ddo_Xo

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Written by BJ@loðfíll.is on 2024-10-31 at 22:40

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It seems to me that you have completely missed the point of freeze dried meals.

THE WEIGHT

The point isn't preserving, it is weight reduction.

Go to any outdoor shop and you will find racks of ready made freeze dried meals just add (boiling) water.

They are really expensive and just all right tasting nothing special but well worth it for the weight loss.

For a trek of over 3 days carrying fuel and stove becomes a lot lighter than the water from 6 meals (lunch and dinner).

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Written by BJ@loðfíll.is on 2024-10-31 at 22:47

@TechConnectify

You are quite focused on hating on preppers but staying in a bunker during the apocalypse is not the reason mankind developed food preservation.

If your source of food is NOT the supermarket but rather you farm/forage/hunt you end up getting most, if not all, your supplies during the fall months (harvest season) and this poses the problem of a human not having evolved to eat it all during those weeks and hibernate until next year.

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Written by Technology Connections on 2024-10-31 at 22:57

@BJ I think there are several points to wanting a freeze dryer, but even this one is one that is very difficult to make the math work for spending $3,000 on a machine which you will then spend many many hours fiddling with.

If you're an avid hiker and truly think it could be of good value to you, then sure I guess. But you're gonna really have to work hard to have a reasonable ROI (and value your labor at $0)

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Written by BJ@loðfíll.is on 2024-10-31 at 23:36

@TechConnectify

Not all returns are financial.

There is also the point of being able to make a home cooked meal, to your own preference, and freeze dry it.

A home cooked meal on the go.

It also makes it easier to cater to your food intolerance, allergies etc. which can severely limit the variety of freeze dried meals available to you.

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Written by BJ@loðfíll.is on 2024-10-31 at 23:45

@TechConnectify

This last point doesn't only apply for trek food, some allergens don't survive desiccation.

I believe people suffering from (some forms of) egg allergy could eat your scrambled eggs from the video because the freeze drying process prevents them from having a reaction.

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Written by Technology Connections on 2024-11-01 at 00:27

@BJ do you own a freeze dryer or are you really just incapable of imagining other ways to do the same things?

This has never been about whether freeze dryers have a point or not, it's whether it's reasonable for individual people to drop $3,000 on them.

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Written by BJ@loðfíll.is on 2024-11-01 at 01:11

No I don't own one, but I also don't see what the "other ways to do the same things" are, but I'd love to hear them.

Because if you know a way to achieve the same results for cheaper, boy am I intrigued.

I mean yes $3000 is steep but it's not outlandish.

For someone who wants to be able to make their own freeze dried meals ... then that's the prize.

Being able to offer it for that low is an achievement in and off itself since not to long ago this technology was exclusively available to industry.

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Written by cputecch on 2024-11-01 at 05:36

@TechConnectify if you ever wanna get rid of that freeze dryer I’ve been trying to get one for along time. I even tried to make my own, but any who. I’ll pay what ever you thinks fair and I don’t complain. Thank you cputecch@gmail.com first name Jordan

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Written by cputecch on 2024-11-01 at 05:38

@TechConnectify also why don’t you do what the astronauts do and just add hot water no steam in a vacuum sealed bag

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