Norpro Stainless-Steel Citrus Juice Press
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Norpro Stainless-Steel Citrus Juice Press
Customer Review: Citrus Lover
Summary: 5 Stars
I first used a citrus press like this at one of those places where you prepare meals in advance and then take them home to freeze and serve later. I was impressed with it but thought it was available only to restaurants. I happened to see this online and ordered it on the spot. I love it and use it nearly every day. I use a lot of lemon and lime juice and this baby will get every drop out of the fruit with little fuss or mess. I have arthritis in my hands so I was worried that the squeezing motion might be too hard for me, but I have no trouble at all. The tool is hefty and stainless steel so it doesn't react with the acidic citrus like an aluminum one might. I just throw it in the dishwasher after using it. To use the tool, you slice the fruit in half between stem ends and place the half with the cut edge up in the lower perforated bowl. The perforations allow the citrus juice to drip out but the seeds stay in the bowl. The top portion then squeezes down on the cut edge with it's inverted bowl. That inverted bowl has a lip that laps over the lower bowl so you don't get squirted when you press the tool arms together. After the pressing, I tilt it sideways to allow any juice trapped under the lip to drain out.I find myself using it several times every day. I do a lot of cooking and love this tool.Customer Review: Big and Strong Enough
Summary: 5 Stars
I had bought one of the cast aluminum citrus press a week before and broke it after one day. As I use it mostly for limes and lemons I didn't want a stand type press because it took up too much kitchen counter real estate. So I did a search on the net and came across this one.
First it's stainless steel and built tough,very heavy duty. second it's got a 3" bowl, large enough for the large limes and lemons, but I'm afraid that it's too small for most oranges sold in supermarkets.
I feel that the design could be improved with another roll of holes in the bottom of the press, but other than that it's the best I've come across. Since I've received it, I've had a chance to look in several specialty cooking stores and haven't found one comparable.
**** Update, it's now 8/15/07. I use the press almost every day (my favorite drink is 2 packets of splenda, one fresh lime and a quart of carbonated water over ice). The press is in the same shape it when I bought it. No deformation of the handles (I'm a big guy 6'6" and 325 lbs and I've really squeezed the handles hard), after a pass through the dishwasher it shines like new.
**** Update it's now 11/18/2009. Still using it just about every day and it still looks and works like new.
Customer Review: Built Like a Tank
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this rather expensive gadget after wearing out a succession of nearly identical cast aluminum juicers, which cost about ten dollars less. However, if you wash the aluminum juicers in the dishwasher as I insist on doing, they only last six months or less before the paint starts peeling off, exposing the perishable metal beneath. No such problem with the Nor Pro, which is solid stainless steel, and should last for years no matter how you wash it.
The short-lived aluminum juicers work very well, and since the Nor Pro is a virtual line-for-line cousin, it's no surprise that it works well, too. Some of the reviewers have commented unfavorably on the "springiness" of the handles, but I don't find this a problem. Yes, the handles do deform just a little in the process of squeezing (and then recover their original shape just as quickly, with no permanent deformation), but the lemon juice is fully removed just the same. (If you want to get the very last drop, just reverse the position of the lemon, facing the cut edge away from the drain holes, squeeze again, and empty the last dribble from the side. This not rocket science.
An excellent, durable tool.
Customer Review: Purchased others, this one does the trick
Summary: 5 Stars
After a few years of using a Williams Sonoma lemon press, I was extremely disappointed when it began to have the enamel peal off in chunks. It was particularly bad around the holes in the bottom of the press. After reading many similar reviews, from many different manufactures of enamel presses, I went in search of a stainless steel press to avoid the issue of pealing in the future.
I have to say, I am impressed with this juicer so far. We've had it for about two months now and used it probably 15 times. I have no idea what people are talking about when they say it can be bent. I juiced the daylights out of a tough lemon the other day and in no way, shape, or form did it bend in even the slightest bit. It is dishwasher safe, sturdy, and up to the task.
The only thing I would improve upon is to add another ring of holes. Many reviews for all similar juicers said the same thing. Not sure why no one can figure that out, but this is no worse than others, just the same.
Overall, highly recommend.
Customer Review: Works great
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a good example of a simple tool that works well.
Pop in a Lemon, Lime or small orange half and the juice flows right out. Remember to put the cut side of the fruit toward the holes so the juice come out the bottom. Seems backwards at first but it makes sense as it basicly turns the fruit inside out.
This works amazingly better than juicing by hand, and I am large guy ;)
After juicing it's good to clean it up soon, it's alot easier use very hot water because wax from the citrus peel tends to get stuck on it and makes cleaning difficult.
I like the stainless, it looks modern compared to the other cast presses, and cleans up much more easily.
Only problem is the limited size of fruit that can be used with it, only small oranges and forget about grapefruits. Need a bigger one for those anyway to get more leverage. But I am only using it for mixed drinks, and I mostly want lemons and limes for that so works great for me.