Rabbit L-Press Stainless Steel Manual Citrus Juicer (Gray Handles)

flimsy and does not make enough juice per orange

It's true that if your fruit is large-ish, you'll wind up with some that is unjuiced. I bought this specifically for my mom, who can no longer use a juicer with a shorter handle, and she was easily able to make her own juice again. It's kind of large, so it won't really fit in smaller kitchens.

I was impressed by the look of the appliance and was persuaded that the high price was an indicator of quality. However within days of light daily use the rack and pinion rod played up and soon after the unit failed completely: the teeth on the rod were stripped clean by the pressure arm. Also the stainless steel cone was poorly finished which meant that a cleaning cloth always snagged on the cone's rim. In addition the manufacturer's packaging was soiled. I have requested repairs from the Metrokane but as yet I haven't had a response. I am quite disappointed as I was keen to give the unit as a gift to my partner. Peter Gerhard.06.05.2015. Metrokane cheerfully replaced the product but the same problems continued and the unit(s) are now in the shed awaiting my decision to either replace the problematic aluminium components with stainless steel (at my cost) or chuck them. either way Metrokane should consider resourcing the item or scratching it off there stock list.

This is my second hand-press juicer. First one was Metrokane Rabbit Citrus Juicer. L-Press is definitelly better because:1 it has stronger construction (Rabbit was broken after obe week of use).2. No problem in selecting oranges by size. Rabbit is goid only for small fruits like mineola or mandarin. L-Press is succesful for normal and big orages as well.Satisfied.

This is a citrus press, it presses all the pulp into a mashed mass in the bottom of your fruit half. It will not get all the juice out. I tried a dozen lemons on it and was able to take the pressed lemon half and using a bowl reamer get half again as much juice out of the lemon. This is a terrible product, the old-fashioned way is best even if it hurts your hand (bowl reamer). This will not save you any time and will waste 1/3 of your fruit (unless you process the fruit thru a reamer too!). Of course, I lost the $14 I paid for shipping/handling (plus more to ship it back) even after all the research I did. I hope someone learns from this.

I'm giving this five stars despite the fact it is not perfect. The design is great, simple, easy to use, beautiful as well as functional. I have squeezed hundreds, maybe thousands of oranges with various juicers. They all have issues. I prefer this one to the Hamilton Beach which is nearly 3X the price. Much simpler and easy to clean. There is no "Fresh squeezed orange juice, not from concentrate' that remotely compares to to true freshly squeezed juice. The Metrokane L-Press could probably be improved by slightly altering the shape of the straight sided cone that presses down on the orange, but the various sizes of oranges is a a problem. Also, the strong armed among you should be careful not to squeeze too hard and exceed the endurance of the rachet mechanism of the piston. 3 seconds of patience works better than brute force. Center the orange and press down on it a little. No need to 'balance' it one reviewer claimed was necessary. As with any hand juicer those of you who think you are Hercules will be able to strip the gears by applying excess pressure. One of the reasons I give this juicer the highest rating is the excellent service and response of the company to issues and questions. The company stands behind their product and promptly and fairly responds to questions and issues.

The design is not good, and when pressing to squeeze out juice the plastic shaft bends and does not work how it should

I have a lemon tree that produces so many lemons I can hardly keep up with getting them off the tree. I used to manually juice them which was tiring and slow. Then I borrowed my neighbor's L-press. Well, I've borrowed it 3 times now because I love it. My six-year -old has learned how to use it -- all I have to do is slice the lemons in half for her and she can juice 20 lemons in no time at all. The juicer is very high quality, easy to clean, the cup holds a lot of juice, and using it is absolutely fool proof. Anyone who doesn't think so isn't using it properly. Sorry, but it's true. Now I'm going to buy my own because I feel guilty borrowing it all the time! Oh, and it's the best deal on the market.

It broke eventually (screw on cone gave way). But it was good while it lasted.

The first one was twisted and missing a foot on arrival. Great service with a replacement, which arrived very quickly. Problem is that it just doesn't juice well - ended up using a hand reamer to get the last 20% (we measured) of the juice. Disappointing.

It Fell to bits ( handle ) fell out, I put the Spring washer back in, And it fell out again RUBBISH!!!!

Almost a year later and I still love this, it looks great there is nothing to go wrong AND IT JUST WORKS delivering the most juice posible fro all sorts of fruits, even limes.