I have a Nesco food dehydrators at my farm home. I have used it several time to dehydrator pears and it works great, . It just takes several hours and sometimes days, so it's slow. If I have lots to do, I put some in the oven, set it on 200 and it usually takes a lot less time. I have dehydrated mint in my air fryer, set on 150 and it take about 4 hours. It works just as good as a dehydrator and a lot smaller to store.