Large 2 Frame Stainless Steel Honey Extractor Beekeeping Equipment

Great quality product.

It's just what I needed as a hobbie beekeeper. Great value for the price.

Fits our needs just fine.

Good for a SMALL home operation because it only holds two frames at a time. Very deep, so a little hard to clean (long reach to bottom in a narrow, honey covered chamber and many parts to take apart/put together) but it should not be considered a deal breaker. It could make cleaning difficult for someone with physical limitations. We've used this two seasons and the material quality is good.

Good value for the money

We did have a little trouble with the handle. No matter what we do, after a while the thing comes off. I wish there was perhaps a hole to screw the handle shank into, but regardless it did an exceptional job. We have only two hives and this did the trick for us. Good purchase in every way.

Good value for the money

We did have a little trouble with the handle. No matter what we do, after a while the thing comes off. I wish there was perhaps a hole to screw the handle shank into, but regardless it did an exceptional job. We have only two hives and this did the trick for us.Good purchase in every way.

Works great, affordable, easy to use

As a hobby beekeeper with only a few hives, this worked great for my needs. It seems durable enough to last me for many years. My honey frames are medyim size. It wobbled the heck out of my flimsy table when I cranked it so I just put it on the floor where I could more easily see inside and also put some of my weight on it to control the wobble. Even so, the wobble wouldn't be enough to tip it. It's important to note that the wobble isn't due to any defect in the extractor, just that my frames were apparently not similar enough weights to balance the centrifugal force. The extractor was still light enough for me to pick it up later, full of honey, and transfer it to the table for dispensing. I liked that there can be gallons of honey in the bottom and still not impede the spinning baskets. I had about 2 gallons of honey in there with a lot of extra headspace - I would guess that you could have around 5 gallons in there before it reached the bottom of the spinner baskets. Easy to assemble and clean.

Good deal for the money

Works, nuts and bolts needed to be tightened before using. I double check each time I use it. Good deal for the money.

Four Stars

Nice works good for small honey extractions. I use Medium frames.

... five gallons of honey last Summer and this worked great. Best to secure bottom to heavy boards or ...

Extracted our first five gallons of honey last Summer and this worked great. Best to secure bottom to heavy boards or permanent surface or use two people one to spin and other to hold extractor because it will move.

Five Stars

It arrived with a dent but otherwise works fine. A good extractor for the price.

So far it's working fine. Ive done a couple harvests this year and ...

So far it's working fine. Ive done a couple harvests this year and had no problems. I did go through the entire machine and snug up some nuts and bolts. I used a large C clip to take up space behind the drive gear (on the horizontal shaft) inside the gearbox. This pushed the drive gear more into the slave gear (on the vertical shaft which spins the cage) and got rid of the slop when the gears mesh together. Voila`

Four Stars

It works

Cleaned easily, and again stored in the box it was ...

Worked flawlessly. The reserve at the bottom holds over 20 # of honey, so you can spin out quite a few frames before emptying. Cleaned easily, and again stored in the box it was shipped in. Price was great and quality was too!

Maybe the best for the price

This is a two frame *tangential* extractor. That means you have to put the frames in, extract honey from one side of the frames (take about 50%) and then turn the frames to extract the other side (extract 100%) and then turn them once more to finish extracting the first side. Doing it this way helps prevent "blowout" where the weight of the honey on the inside (the side not being extracted) breaks the comb and blows through. If you are aware of this limitation of all tangential extractors then they can do a good job.This one rates four stars rather than five because the bottom of the shaft doesn't turn on ball bearings meaning that with repeated used there will be wear on both the shaft bottom and the socket is fits in. Also unless you have very long and skinny arms installing the honey gate is almost impossible without taking off the top bar and removing the basket. Fortunately taking the top bar off and removing the basket is pretty simple and makes reaching the opening for the honey gate much easier. It would also be nice if it came with legs but I knew when I purchased it that they weren't included so no points off for that.I've used the extractor and feel that even with the limitations I was able to extract the honey easily. The cranks turns pretty smoothly and spins the basket well.

Five Stars

For the money worked great for me.

Five Stars

Works very well for my needs, and at the right price point.

Five Stars

Worked great for my small setup.

Five Stars

Had to modify the honey gate hole due to it being too low to add the honey gate.

Five Stars

Excellent option for the money!

Good, roomy, efficient extractor.

I just spun 10 frames of honey and I must say I’m really happy with this extractor. Until now I’ve always borrowed my friend’s extractor, a Mann Lake brand 3 frame one. That one was about the same size as this, if not smaller. The problem with that one is that the “baskets” as I’ll call them (the parts that hold the frames inside the extractor) were too low in the body of the machine so that as the thing filled up with honey, the frames would quickly get half submerged in honey and I ended up just stirring up honey and getting honey all over the frames. This product, however, has a lot of room between the bottom of the “baskets” that hold the frames and the bottom of the cylinder. That means you can spin a ton more frames before you even open the valve to drain the honey out.This extractor comes almost completely assembled, so there isn’t much work to do before you get started. All you really have to do is attach the handle that spins it - which is nice and sturdy metal - and the spigot, which is plastic with a little wingnut that is meant to tighten the spigot cover to hold the honey in as you spin it. Getting the spigot attached to the bottom wall of the cylinder was pretty uncomfortable for me and I have pretty long arms. If you can, get someone to help you and even with help you will probably have to disassemble some of the insides of the extractor in order to reach the hole that the spigot threads into.This is only the second honey extractor I’ve ever used, but it’s definitely superior to the other one my friend has. I recommend it for people that have one or two hives and plenty of time to devote to spinning frames. It’s a good extractor for the price.

Excellent for the price! A total Win!

This is perfect for the small homestead with just a few bee hives. Just as the other reviewers mentioned the small ball bearing is something that you want to pay attention to. Had I not read about it being an issue.. I wouldn't have noticed it actually fall out at cleaning. No worries however, I simply picked it up... put it back in.. and finished cleaning. It does take 2 people to use. One to hold it.. and the other to crank and such. But overall it was a breeze and we got our honey harvested! The cap was a little tricky to get on... and the rubber seal didn't seal perfectly... but again... the cost of the item...... I am perfectly fine with it all....