user37818: This has definitely been asked before but the questions I found were years old and I want to know if the landscape for dealing with this has improved, and if there's a simpler way for an "average user" to consolidate these tiny inputs.
I have lots of transactions from faucets and cloud mining that has been running quite a while now.  Even setting my wallet (Trezor) to use the lowest fee will cost more than 1/3 the total value.  Is there any way I can consolidate these without getting completely reamed, and without having to have a deep understanding of linux, running bitcoin core, etc.?  
I'm on OSX and while I am frequently the most technologically savvy person in my circles, I'm not a linux/bitcoin expert and am more just an early adopter playing around with something new that I only somewhat understand.  Would really like to be able to use these btc someday without giving up most of them to fees.
Also my mining is ongoing so I get another small transaction every single day, so this will continue to be an issue for me.

user38482: Just now (July 2017) the mempool is down, which allows for small fees.
Usually fees are created by the size of the transaction. With lots of dust, a transaction will have many inputs, and increase in size. That increases the fees. 
I have seen transactions with low as 5 satoshis per byte. So it's a good time frame. 
Similar reply here:
Why was the transaction fee more for a 20 mBTC transaction than for a 25 mBTC transaction?

user74347: I believe the answer given at 1,500% transaction fee and 3,5 months to confirm? is 'the' answer to the dust question (though I am only starting with bitcoin and doing research, this answer makes a ton of sense to me).
Basically, the way to handle dust is to combine it into one place, as it comes in, not make a new address every time - and piggy-back that consolidation onto a 'value' transaction.
That doesn't help much for the dust you have now, perhaps, though it can certainly make a difference to those new ones coming in.

37818: <p>This has definitely been asked before but the questions I found were years old and I want to know if the landscape for dealing with this has improved, and if there's a simpler way for an "average user" to consolidate these tiny inputs.</p>

<p>I have lots of transactions from faucets and cloud mining that has been running quite a while now.  Even setting my wallet (Trezor) to use the lowest fee will cost more than 1/3 the total value.  Is there any way I can consolidate these without getting completely reamed, and without having to have a deep understanding of linux, running bitcoin core, etc.?  </p>

<p>I'm on OSX and while I am frequently the most technologically savvy person in my circles, I'm not a linux/bitcoin expert and am more just an early adopter playing around with something new that I only somewhat understand.  Would really like to be able to use these btc someday without giving up most of them to fees.</p>

<p>Also my mining is ongoing so I get another small transaction every single day, so this will continue to be an issue for me.</p>
 38482: <p>Just now (July 2017) the mempool is down, which allows for small fees.
Usually fees are created by the size of the transaction. With lots of dust, a transaction will have many inputs, and increase in size. That increases the fees. 
I have seen transactions with low as 5 satoshis per byte. So it's a good time frame. </p>

<p>Similar reply here:
<a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/55137/why-was-the-transaction-fee-more-for-a-20-mbtc-transaction-than-for-a-25-mbtc-tr/55149?noredirect=1#comment64097_55149">Why was the transaction fee more for a 20 mBTC transaction than for a 25 mBTC transaction?</a></p>
 74347: <p>I believe the answer given at <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/24869/1-500-transaction-fee-and-3-5-months-to-confirm?rq=1">1,500% transaction fee and 3,5 months to confirm?</a> is 'the' answer to the dust question (though I am only starting with bitcoin and doing research, this answer makes a ton of sense to me).</p>

<p>Basically, the way to handle dust is to combine it into one place, as it comes in, not make a new address every time - and piggy-back that consolidation onto a 'value' transaction.</p>

<p>That doesn't help much for the dust you have now, perhaps, though it can certainly make a difference to those new ones coming in.</p>
