..or if you backpack. I have a garden and so use mine quite a bit. But what I really like it for is backpacking meals. I make my favorite meal, say Chili or a soup or stew and then dehydrate it. While my camp mates are shelling out $10 a meal for packaged stuff, I'm eating homemade meals that I carried in a small ziplock bag. A lot less waste to pack out, cheaper, healthier, and way tastier!! I also make something called walking carrot salad - it's a mix of shredded carrots, applesauce, agar powder, honey, raisins, and walnuts - cooked for about 5 min to soften the carrots. Then put them in the dehydrator in disc form -- totally yummy snack anytime!