Vollum Hand Press Manual Citrus Juicer - citrus squeezer Commercial Grade Home Orange juice Squeezer for Oranges, Lemons, Limes - Stainless Steel and Cast Iron Non-skid Suction Cup Base- 15 Inch, Gray

Great value! Very sturdy and functions very well!

Received today, tried with oranges, works like a charm and if you rinse the removable part immediately it is one of the easiest to clean appliances (wipe the rest of the device with a wet napkin, and you are done). Oranges straight from the fresh drawer of a fridge may be used ( no need to heat them up to room temperature): this device provides such a strong pressure with so little effort, it juices even chilled oranges dry. It comes with small suction cups, which improves the functionality greatly. Preserve the small tightening wrenches in a ziplocked bag so when the time comes you have them, but on arrival all the screws are perfectly tight. Sturdy, easy, reserve a space (tall, a tad heavy), all parts which touch the food are steel, just rinse before the first use after a touch up with soapy water. Again: reserve a space to store or keep on the counter permanently! Make sure to wipe the device with a wet napkin before the first use (it is clean but clearly straight from the factory): enjoy! A simple, non-electrical, satisfying mechanical appliances. Its large surface will be perfect to try with pomelo and pomegranates, in addition to oranges... we will try these soon!

Our new home came with two orange trees and we couldn't have been more excited. I looked at every type of juicer imaginable. I settled on this commercial grade manual juicer for several reasons. First, it's manual so that meant I didn't have to plug it in for it to work. It is solid, heavy, and easy to clean. We just remove the inside pieces where the fruit sits, wipe the rest of it down with a damp cloth and it's ready for the next use. It came with tools to tighten the bolts. They do get lose periodically, but tightening them is very easy. The one downside is forgetting to put the handle down when not actually squeezing juice. When that handle falls ... the weight is not something you want landing on your finger. I also like the rubber feet that keep it from sliding on the countertop. I like it so much I recently came back to order one for my sister!

This is a very sturdy hand press juicer. The suction cups on the feet really help keep the juicer in place when in use. It’s very easy and smooth to pull down the handle and juice your fruit. So far I’ve only used oranges, but it’s large enough to juice grapefruit. When the handle is up, it’s very tall. The basket where you place the fruit is tall enough to put a large 24 oz/3 cup mason jar under to catch the juice, which is great so I don’t have to keep pouring juice into a different container. The baskets are removable by turning until the notches line up and easy to clean. You also need to clean the presser portion that is attached to the device and where the baskets sit. This is not as easy because it’s attached to the device.

This review is for the 18.5 Inch Juicer. I researched press juicers and finally chose this one because it claimed to be large enough to accommodate a grapefruit. I have two orange one grapefruit and one pomegranate tree in my back yard. The grapefruits and pomegranates are huge so I was looking for a juicer that would be large enough to handle whatever we've got growing. This juicer definitely hits that mark! We had our nieces over for Christmas so we made a day of picking and juicing oranges. We picked and juiced about 100 oranges in about two hours. This juicer accommodated both the large and small oranges without a problem. The lever was not too difficult to pull such that my 8 year old niece could take part in the juicing as well. Both girls had a great time and, for the most part, the juicing went smoothly and cleanly. On the down side, occasionally, a bit of juice would squirt out shooting over the collection cup. Also, the suction cups occasionally came loose allowing the juicer to tip. On the plus side, the oranges were thoroughly juiced; to the point that if we pressed too hard, we would begin forcing the orange skin through the strainer! The VAST majority of the juice went straight down through the spout and into our container making for fairly clean operation. Because I selected the taller model, we were able to juice directly into used juice/water bottles; the down side of this was that when we juiced into a low measuring pitcher, there would be some splash because of the distance from the spout to the pitcher. The height (18.5" or 15") is measured from the bottom of the spout so get what you need. Five stars assigned advisedly; any conns noted above were minor and I'm very pleased with the quality and operation of this juicer.

Having used a couple of kinds of citrus juicers, this is my overall favorite so far. It is not perfect (it doesn't take much pulp out of the peel- and personally I like to eat that pulp separately) but it is simple, functional and does the job. It gets almost everything out of oranges and grapefruits. (That's all I've used if for.) And since the pulp doesn't mostly come out of the peel, I just eat it from the peel. The only thing I can imagine being a little different (though I'm not an engineer so maybe that's not possible) is if the handle could push down a little farther this is what I mean: when pushing the lever handle down to squeeze juice, it comes to a full stop at its bottom where there is no farther to push. If it could squeeze just a little bit tighter, it could get the little remaining juice and pulp. Overall though, I love it and it works well.

I bought this press several years ago and it is still just as good as the day I got it. Its a very solid, well built, high quality product. I've used it frequently and continue to due so. I've occasionally jad to re tighten some bolts ever couple years but that is to he expected fpr how much use it gets. For anyone who regularly squeezes citrus this is a must have!

Update 2: Forget the rubber band. They break too easily. I've done this enough to know that effective use of this type of juicer is procedural. Cut up all of the pieces you intend to juice beforehand. Then your squeezing hand never needs to leave the lever and the other hand can feed new pieces and remove the old. Keep the lever in the down position at all other times and you won't have a problem. Faster that way too. Update: I solved the floppy handle issue with a rubber band. Put it over the top of the handle down to the inflection point and behind the support post. Handle stays up and you won't have to remove the band to use it. Juicing oranges aren't peaking yet. Added limes and the combination is delicious. This is a pretty awesome looking beast and my inclination was to like it. I bought the larger model to fit taller containers underneath and they do fit. Think 32 ounce canning jars, Nutribullet glasses large and small, etc. Also the base is enormous and stable. No need for suction cups. The arm does tend to flop down so be careful. There has to be an easy fix for. Seems to be a problem with all of these devices. What about results? My first attempt was with a hard green apple because I didn't have any oranges. I tried to juice it in two halves like it shows with the oranges but that didn't work well. Finally smashed it down all the way, but the force pulled the pressing cone off center and I had to adjust it so it wouldn't hit the lower rim. Crushing was not complete and what looked like apple sauce gathered under the lower part holding juice from draining. This might work with apples but you have to dice them into smaller pieces. Too much trouble and not the best way to do apples. Next came limes. Worked perfectly extracting nearly all the juice. Lifting the lever slightly and repressing several times releases extra juice. After that I tried naval oranges. These are better eaten whole. Not a lot of juice there either. Juicing type oranges and grapefruit should work great. Looking forward to that. One warning is keep your fingers clear of the presser. I got into a bad habit with the apple pieces trying to hold them in place until the presser secured them. Not much room for fingers and you don't want the handle flopping down with your fingers in there. No harm done but holding pieces with your fingers is a bad idea. Warnings aside, this works great for its intended purpose.

Utilisé tous les jours pour les oranges et citrons. Petits défauts: le top du pressoir n'est pas en stanless steel, ĺe manche ne tiend pas en position vertical. Le jus dégoute parfois à côté du verre. Solution : utiliser un verre large. Mais on s'adapte et l'appareil est très efficace.

Excelente Tamaño compacto, material de excelente calidad, es súper fácil de usar y lavar, no se viene hacia adelante al tirar de la palanca, las gomitas que traer se sujetan bien a la base donde lo pongas, mi hijo de 9 años se hace solito su jugo sin problema! Es súper fácil y requiere poca fuerza para exprimir al 100% La base es de acero inoxidable por lo que dudará tanto como el exprimidor, lo encontré a precio increíble y mucho más barato que otros muy similares, definitivamente lo recomendó al 100%.

Product is broke after using it for 2 times only

Really good, strong, and easy to clean. If you have a net, you can also squeeze apple...and that was the BEST apple juice I've ever had. After some time I'll give more updates. But as of now, highly recommend

The juicer definitely juices all citrus fruits adequately, but not as effectively as it could have. There are three areas of improvement: 1. The bottom cast iron tray, which holds the stainless steel juicing strainer, was slightly too low to get a solid squish of any fruits smaller than a large lemon. 2. the pressure-cone (attached to the handle) and the bottom tray were not very well aligned, so you would often have to adjust them to fit together by hand. 3. there is no locking mechanism to keep the handle up-right, which means that the pressure cone can just slam down on your hand if you aren't careful, and it's edges are very sharp. It's really inconvenient when you need to switch fruit pieces. Lastly, we have been using this machine for 2 years, it's made of "cast iron" and stainless steel, when, what seemed like out of no where, the bottom tray just broke. It is not fixable and needs to be replaced, but as far as I can see, I can't purchase any replacement parts for this device. I will not be purchasing it again, as there are similar devices for less than half the cost.