Customer Reviews

European Style Stainless Steel and Chrome Manual Citrus Press

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Overall impression was that it was of fair quality, but unsuited to my needs. I have a lot of grapefruit to juice, and this is not a good tool for that job. The juicing dome, cup and presser cone were too small for all but the smallest grapefruit. Consequently, using this juicer left about 1/3 of the available juice behind. (I measured the volume the juicer squeezed out - then used a small electric juicer to extract the remaining juice. The first squeeze extracted about a cup. The second juicer extracted about half a cup.) Additional pressure did not help the situation because the part of the fruit with the juice was not getting pressed.

The results were much different with oranges. This press extracted virtually all of the available juice from medium-size oranges. Were I only dealing with small citrus, this press would probably have been quite satisfactory for moderate use.

I would characterize this as a satisfactory juicer for medium-sized oranges, lemons and limes for periodic use. It is not suitable for any but the smallest grapefruit, nor do I believe it would hold up under heavy use, but beyond its shortcomings as a grapefruit juicer, it may be all you need.

This unit is only OK. I've been using it for a few weeks now, and every time I use it I think it'll be the last. Meaning, it feels like it'll break every time! It does a fair job at juicing, but it's not very durable. The main housing is already bent out of shape, so it's no longer straight, and the dome no longer aligns with the juicer base. I have to adjust the fruit each time, so the dome will "catch" onto the fruit. I bought it as a quick-fix because I didn't feel like spending a hundred dollars or more. I didn't pay very much for it, and feel like I've already gotten my money's worth out of it. But, if I had to do again, I would just pony up for the more expensive (and presumably better quality) juicer.

I purchased this because one of my friends had a similar one made by a different company. This one does pretty well but not as good as my friend's.

Where it is lacking... when you pull the lever down to squeeze the juice, it doesn't always hold the fruit in place and the fruit might slide to the left or right. Then, you need to do it again. No huge thing but just not as user-friendly as the one I had used at my friend's house.

What it does well... it does juice citrus fruits pretty well, separating the seeds from the juice.

This is a no good piece of ... equipment, I squeezed two oranges and in the second one it broke, it's made out of cheap plastic painted with metallic paint.

I DON'T recommend this item whatsoever!.

Got it, tried it, sent it back. The small organic limes I use aren't large enough for the press to juice completely. I ended up hand squeezing the lime anyway, and then had the press to clean, which doesn't assemble easily. The cover on the press didn't line up with the strainer well, possibly due to damage during shipping as the box the product came in was just taped shut and mailed, not packed in a second box. Overall, very disappointing. I was trying to save money by not buying a larger press like my daughter's, and I ended up wasting money instead! I'll stick to buying things that I can see on the shelves at stores, and I'll take time to read the reviews more carefully before making any purchase. The Amazon customer reviews can be a real money saver!

I didn't even get to finish juicing one lime before two pinion teeth snapped off. Didn't bother returning it because the expense of the item didn't warrant the hassle and shipping expense.

I had a similar juicer previously that I purchased from Cost Plus World Market 10 years ago, but don't let the similar appearance fool you - this one was made of cheap, flimsy steel and weighted ½ as much as the World Market one did. Could be that it is from the same manufacturer and they have just gone to cheap metal and poor manufacturing.

This is amazingly better than an electric juicer! So simple and easy. I love it.

I takes out quit a bit of juice but can't get it all! so after you compress it take the wrine and twist around the top. If you can't do that you better pay someone to do it for you. (LAZY)