Review on Gray Cast Iron Citrus Juicer & 🍊 Manual Mechanical Press - Perfect for Oranges and Pomegranates by Ada Jankowska ᠌

- The actual inner diameter of the bowl is 11.5 cm, not 12 cm, as many people write in questions and answers. In general, this is almost enough for grapefruits, if you choose small ones. There are no problems with oranges / pomegranates. In any case, the rest of the presses in this price category are 9-10 cm in diameter, which does not allow crushing grapefruit. - When extruding, you need to hold the press with your hand, otherwise it turns over, there is no such problem on more expensive, larger and heavier presses, but we do not forget: the price is 3000 Although the legs would have been slightly longer, this problem would not have existed. - The main disadvantage is the build quality, or rather lubrication. With each day of use, the juice pressure became more difficult, more effort was needed. After a week of use, metal shavings began to pour from all moving parts, one of the plastic gasket rings burst, and the central pin began to bite when moving both up and down. Lubricated without disassembly with a syringe: the central pin was completely cured, the rest of the nodes with varying degrees of success - chips are pouring from somewhere else. Apparently, the press will have to be disassembled in order to lubricate normally, and at the same time measure the ring and replace it. By the way, for disassembly, you need 2 octahedrons of the same size, the press comes with 1 small, one large (large for tightening the rack). In general: I recommend the press to those who are ready to get confused with the lubrication of moving parts - this is the price that you have to pay for a cheap press with a normal bowl diameter. p, s, after lubricating the press, it became VERY easy to press, even the wife copes, before lubrication she hung on the handle of the press with all her weight to squeeze out the pomegranate.