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Your cart is empty.The it's useful. Solid Wood Fruit,Cider and Wine Press is the perfect companion to juice and wine making. Featuring a large 18L enclosure, you are sure to make buckets of your favorite recipes quickly. Designed with an easy to pour spout to take your fruits from pulp to cup in a breeze. The hardest thing about other fruit/wine pressers is the mess, which we solved by making the it's useful. presser that much easier to clean.
DWVD
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2023
This is an update to my initial impressions before and with limited use, as stated below. Two pressing seasons later, I must conclude that the people who considered the quality poor must have received a different press than I got. We have pressed 75 gallons and the press is like new. Anything we have done in pressing has not come close to causing any parts to fail. We use a standard bag without a center hole and arrange it around the center screw and it gives an even press. A piece of 3/4 in wood raises the back and two short screws hold the front at the edge of the table.As a side comment, we continue to match it with a garbage sink disposal on a custom-made stand and have minimal problems with overheating if the apples are sliced down to 2-inch size. I have not used this press yet. Am presently surprised at the quality of the components. Before buying this, I had just about decided to construct my own. The reason was that so many of the other reviews indicated a disappointment with the quality. This one seemed to have fewer negative reviews for that, so took a chance. Also, the size is greater than many. There are 2 extra slats and all are very thick.The holes are nicely drilled and a screwdriver is included although a power tool makes the job easierSince writing the above, I have used this press 3 times and it works quite well with no component appearing to be on the path to failing. The stationary center post is different from the type with side supports and a center screw dependent on their strength,The mash bag has to be packed around the screw which is not hard to do.Overall, this press combined with a sink grinder mounted on a table is an excellent way to make small to moderate amounts of cider in a reasonable length of time. Is easy to clean.
Cosmic Filth
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2018
I got this for my mother because her age, she is in her 60’s and squeezes the grapes by hand. It doesnt help that she has carpel tunnel (not sure if spelled right). I decided to get her this and she loves it. She made about 15 gallons of wine from her backyard Concord grapes. Wine was fantastic.
David McNamee
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2018
I've been making wine as a hobby for 9 years using a large wine press from the guy who sold me grapes. This year I decided to get my own wine press just...because. This little press easily handled 107 pounds of grapes (enough for one carboy of juice). High-quality parts and easy to assemble. Unexpected bonus: It doesn't take two people to put it away and doesn't take up space in my garage because it disassembles easily (except for the basket, of course) and stores on a shelf until the next batch. If you're only doing a few carboys, this is perfect.
dane
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2017
Just received this today and used it to press the juice from about 200 pounds of apples. It worked very well! It came unassembled and it took about 15 minutes to put it together and was very simple. Screwing it to a worktop or a piece of plywood is a must. Really enjoyed the price as it was about $150 cheaper than anywhere I could find it locally! I would recommend this to anyone wanting to press a large amount of fruit. The nylon mesh bag that came with it held up very well and was really strong...no rips or tears and the hole in the bottom that the steel thread passes through didn't get damaged when removing the bag to be emptied.Be sure to use a grinder in coordination with this press if you want to get a lot of juice from your fruit. Pressing the pulp from the grinder was so much easier than any whole fruit.
Marmie
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2017
Purchased in Sept 2016. The apple press seemed great until putting it together and one of the holes in a vital metal plate for pressure is placed wrong. We called - when we first got it - told by "Isaac" that it is made in China and they have some replacements coming. He also told us we could use the press - the wood may split from pressure without the metal plate but they would also be sending a replacement wood along with the new plate. So we used it - with success but as expected - the wood has a crack in it. The replacements did not come. Called again - spoke with Isaac - he told us they should be coming. Called a few months later (in early 2017) with same answer about China. No replacement on its way. Here we are - August 2017 - close to needing it. No replacement. Not happy.
Jack Buchanan
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2017
Awesome press! Does have a few imperfections in the paint as others have noted, but not in any place where the fruits/juice will come into contact so we aren't worried about that. We pressed over 400 lbs of grapes/50 gallons of wine "must" and this little press made it easy and an enjoyable/fun experience for us. We didn't want to press the grapes too hard to help hold down the tanic acid from the seeds but still got over 25 gallons of wine. The resultant 'cakes' of solids and skins were still slightly moist and easy to dispose of. Good product and at a good price!
Dennis K
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2015
I have never made or assisted with helping to make apple cider with a grinder and press before.. This press was significantly less expensive than others I've seen and should last quite a while if taken care of. It does appear to be something made overseas FWIW as evidenced by the instruction booklet's improper usage of English. The screws holding the vertical slats are not a real good quality metal but if use a driver of the right size there will not be undue wear on the phillips head. The bands are solid and secure and the vertical wood slats are hardwood and very durable. You will need to cut some more blocks for the press but this is very easily done using 2x4s or 2x2s. There is a mesh bag that comes with and it seems very adequate to do the job. I screwed the 3 legs of the base to treated 1x4s for a stable base and seems to be working fine. I would buy this again based on my usage thus far (10 gallons of cider) and assuming the >$300 presses are similar in construction. I purchased the Weston grinder along with this and the combination works just fine for me.
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