Large 2 Frame Stainless Steel Honey Extractor Beekeeping Equipment

Very high quality for the price

Very high quality for the price. It works perfectly and its made of very good quality. NOTE, I used mine for about 5 occasions, and realized it was a bit too much to use and clean so I sold it as I only have 3 beehives and I'm a very hands-off treatment free beekeeper so I'm not in my hives much. I finally went foundation-less and the crush and strain method works much better for me on a small scale operations. If you have 10 or so hives and your in it for the honey, I 100 percent recommend this item, it works very well.

Great value

Arrived in excellent condition. Needed to tighten a few bolts but spun my first honey harvest ( 38 pints) very well.

Easy to use

Easy easy easy to use.

Great gift for beekeeper

Got this as gift for a beekepers friend. He said he really like it and was very please to recive it. After used it for a few times he asked me where i got it and he will need to get more for his buiness. I am gald this works great for him.

excellent extractor for the price

i borrowed this money extractor based on the reviews and i am glad that i got it. The materials are really good, easy to set up and operate. Great for a small family operation.

good capacity for good money

The capacity is good for the price range. The instructions is easy to use. Also the bucket steel gauges is good, not easy to bend or scratches.

drain spout

Drain spout was a little difficult to install. Had to remove frame basket to do so, and it was a long reach to get the nut on and tighten. Basket comes out easy enough by removing two nuts, making it pretty easy to clean. All in all a good little extractor.

Did the job but there are some issues.

The price was right, it was delivered on time and it did the job it was supposed to do, but I did have some issues that should be noted.The tap is set about an inch above the bottom of the barrel. This means that to get all the honey out the barrel must ultimately be turned upside down for a long time to get all the honey out. I built a contraption to support the barrel upside down above the honey bucket.There are two bolts that attach attach the head gear manual honey extractor drive to the top of the barrel. These bolts swivel easily so that correctly positioning this assembly so that it properly connects to the spin cage is awkward.Where there are welds there was some indication(looked like) of rusting when I received it.I used a piece of plastic pipe that fits over the handle, as the handle does not spin in your hand.Warning spin slowly - spinning too fast may result in the foundation breaking up in the frames.

Good value

Good product

Great quality product.

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

Bang for the Buck

I'm a doing myself kinda person, figuring that I could "upgrade" the design if I needed to. I just wanted a basic starting point. Well, I haven't had to do anything to it. I used it twice last year and is worked just fine. I have no complaints.It did arrived with a scratch, had a small screw missing, and the wrapping was a pain to remove... but what can I expect for the price? Would I buy it again? Yes.

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`