Review on Commercial Chef CCD100W6 Food Dehydrator & Freeze Dryer - Efficient Jerky Maker, 280 Watts, White by Danny Bell

I bought this to dry some of my PETG and PLA filaments for my 3D printer as I live in Washington and have been on the west side which has had non-stop rain for four months at this time of year. with thread. Needless to say, it got saturated and I *hoped* to use it for drying. One problem with this plan: PETG takes about 65°C (149°F) to dry properly, and the dehydrator only gets to 45°C after that. 4 hours work. Before anyone says cardboard releases all the hot air: it doesn't. Double wall corrugated board has a higher thermal insulation coefficient than the plastic used in trays. Really keeps you warm. I put it on ONE tray and put a thermometer in it and after an hour it had never gone above 51C. After 10 hours of drying the filament, the fan stops starting. In comparison, my mom's old dehydrator lasted over 1,000 hours and still performs like a champ. EDIT 2: I found out why the fan stopped. The fan cover above it is made of thermoplastic with an extremely low glass transition temperature. When the dehydrator is running at its advertised maximum temperature (which I was able to achieve by taping duct tape over ALL the vent holes in the cover), the fan guard sags a lot in the middle, abutting the fan. This even prevents the fan from starting. We need to disassemble, drill holes in the shield and reinforce it with metal. Will likely end up with an old metal hanger or 18ga solid wire. That's ridiculous.