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Freeze Dryer Database: Every Home Model Compared

The sortable spec index for home freeze dryers: batch capacity, cold trap depth, tray count, weight, power, price band, and our tested scores, with every figure sourced and dated.

Rowan Ashford1 min read

Quick Answer

Seven machines, one sortable table, every figure pulled from the listings we verified on October 13, 2026 and our own bench scores where a machine earned one. Sort by capacity to plan throughput, by cold trap to predict batch quality, and by weight before you plan the delivery.

This is the data layer under our best freeze dryers guide: the same machines, the same verified numbers, in one sortable table instead of one narrative. It exists because spec data deserves to be browsed, not just read about, and because a table you can sort by cold trap depth makes the category's real structure visible in five seconds.

The rules of this database are the rules of the whole site: every spec is extracted from the manufacturer's own listing on the verification date shown, conflicting listing data is recorded as conflicting rather than averaged away, and our score column appears only for machines that completed the bench protocol. Where a cell says the listing does not state, that is a fact about the listing, not an oversight of ours.

All Freeze Dryers on one bench

7 of 7 models

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Blue Alpine Medium Select Freeze DryerBlue Alpine · Top Pick
10 to 15 lb per batchListing does not state4 standard 9 x 13 in pans108 lb1560 WSee listing884.6
Camellia River Large Freeze DryerCamellia River · Best for Bulk Harvests
Up to 25 lb per cycleListing does not state5 stainless steel220 lbStandard 120V household powerSee listing84N/A
HNZXIB Vacuum Freeze DryerHNZXIB · Best Cold Trap Value
10 to 15 lb per batch-60°C4 stainless steelListing does not state1500 Wabout $3,60081N/A
ZZKD Home Freeze Dryer with Vacuum PumpZZKD · Best for Heavy Daily Use
8.8 to 13.2 lb per batch-60°C, reached in 40 minutes4 stainless steel304.2 lb1500 Wabout $3,69980N/A
SINOPED Benchtop Freeze DryerSINOPED · Budget Contender
Listing conflicts: 1 kg in title, 4 kg feeding in bulletsListing does not stateIntegrated benchtop chamberListing does not stateN/Aabout $2,99968N/A
VEVOR Vacuum Freeze DryerVEVOR
8.8 to 13.2 lb per batch-35°C4 stainless steel245.8 lb1550 Wabout $3,420N/A3.7(48)
EQCOTWEA Vacuum Freeze DryerEQCOTWEA
About 11 lb per batch-40°C4 stainless steel254 lb1550 WSee listingN/AN/A

Click any column header to sort. Spec values were extracted from each manufacturer listing and verified on the date shown in each review. Prices are indicative street prices at last check, not live quotes.

Reading the data

  • Capacity figures are listing claims; our working measurements discount them by 15 to 20 percent, and the SINOPED listing contradicts itself between 1 kg and 4 kg, recorded here exactly as published.
  • Cold trap gaps, the machines whose listings do not state a temperature, were scored on our cut sample completeness and pump oil condition rather than an assumed number.
  • Typical prices are the street prices we verified on October 13, 2026; two listings displayed shipping restricted buyboxes with no live price, marked as see listing.
  • The HGL score column reflects our bench protocol and appears only for machines that completed it; sort descending to see the ranked field.

Buying advice

Start in the score column for the ranked field, then re-sort by capacity if your throughput needs a 20 pound class machine, and finish in the weight column before you plan delivery day. The full decision framework, with the capacity math and cold trap explanation behind these numbers, lives in our how to choose a freeze dryer guide, and the narrative verdicts live in the best freeze dryers guide.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

  1. 1.All seven product listings, extracted and verifiedverified 2026-10-13

Product specifications are extracted from the manufacturer listings above and were accurate as of the verification date. Performance observations are our own, from the test bench described in How We Test.

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