Customer Reviews

Leifheit Pro Line Triple Plated Chrome Over Zinc Cherry/Olive Pitter

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

I was excited to buy a cherry pitter, as I love cherries, but hate the labor of pitting them. I actually searched online reviews to find the best one. The Leifheit took the cake according to what I read. What a disappointment. I was happy with it at first - I was chugging out pitted cherries at lightening speed! I have had my pitter for about 6 months, used it probably 3 or 4 times, and the metal "plunger" fell right out. It doesn't stay in anymore, I can't use it. What a piece of junk. It looks pretty, but save your money.

I was pitting my seventh cherry when this piece of junk fell apart. The plunger loosens and falls out, and you can no longer use it. Do not buy this.

A very simple gadget that does its job very well. It makes short work of pitting cherries and olives, goes in the dishwasher for quick clean-up, and takes up almost no space in the gadget drawer.

My cherry pitter lasted longer than the previous reviewers. The plunger, however, did fall out. The design of this product is obviously flawed.

I used this pitter for making a cherry pie, and it worked great! Then, the second time that I used it to pit an olive, the base fell off! This item is not worth purchasing!

I owned two of these cherry pitters because local stores only carry this one. On each the plunger fell out during first use. I do like the stainless steel and how it feels in your hand, but when a product breaks repeatedly and becomes useless it's badly manufactured and designed. Do not buy this product!

This is a TERRIBLE cherry pitter. I paid WAY too much money for it at an upscale kitchen gadget shop but thought that I would make the investment terrible mistake. The plunger has fallen out and comes out with each cherry. I have tried to glue, and fix and nothing works. It really is a poorly made piece of junk.

This is a very convenient cherry pitter. It does a nice clean job with little waste. However, sometimes it misses the pit and just makes a hole in the cherry. Whether that's user error or not isn't for me to say but, let's face it, it isn't exactly astrophysics.

I had the same experience as reported in all the negative reviews. Works great at first, but then the "plunger" fell off the second time I tried it. This obvious design flaw is all the more disappointing, since it would otherwise be an excellent and worthy kitchen gadget.

I bought this primarily as an olive stoner. It is possible that it might work on very small olives, but the big green Italian kind I buy in large tins are almost impossible to insert into the pitter in the first place, and then the plunger goes off center just enough to jam the stone. As an aside, the not so clever metal hinge stopper on the end which is supposed to keep the thing closed when not in use is badly cast and simply will not work. This is a piece of junk, even, I suspect, for cherries.