Customer Reviews for VEVOR Manual Honey Extractor Separator 4 Frame Stainless Steel Honeycomb Drum Spinner Crank Beekeeping Equipment Apiary Centrifuge Equipment

The honey extractor works great for my needs. You do have to be careful putting the thicker end of the frame into the recess of the holder. Otherwise it will hit the top when you are spinning. But it's very effective with only 15-20 seconds per side

We are new bee keepers and couldn't wait to borrow our local bee associations extractor. This price was right to invest in our own. It arrived very quickly and was easy to put together. I mounted mine to a 4x4 piece of plywood with rubber washers and feet to help with vibration. It worked great! We left the lid off as it made a lot of noise because it's not attached. No "clutch" on the handle but what do you want for such a great price? Clean up was easy with a cold then hot hosing out. I would recommend!

Worked great! Excellent addition to my back yard bees! The legs are a little thin but once secured seemed ok

Used once. Worked very well. attached a cordless drill instead of using the hand crank. Only downside was that the gate does not drain the lower 1 gallon or so of honey without tipping it. I ended up supporting it upside down to drain all the honey before letting the bees thoroughly clean it.

Assembly was easy. The only issue is the plexiglass lids do not have hinges and will not work with the screw pegs.The pegs will hit the rotating basket. I used duct tape to hinge them in place and it works fine. Other than that it works awesome.

The extractor is great if you don't mind manual cranking, which was easy for this 68 year old. We did 10 frames and will have more to do in a week or two.The only thing that I had a problem with was honey comb frame would end woulld hit the protruding plastic lid support. I didn't get a chance to see if it was a minor adjustment I can make.

My frames were slamming against the crank assembly so.. I had to cut about a half inch off of the shaft on the basket assembly (lowering the basket to make more room at the top). Now, it works.

It is a good low end extractor. The feet on my extractor has broken off after the first use. That is easily over come. I'm just concerned with what will be next.

I am unable to comment on easy to use as I have not yet used it. It was easy to assemble and I presume it will work as it should.

For whatever reason Amazon shows that I bought the 4-frame extractor when this is the one I actually bought. So if \"verified purchase\" is not indicated, this same review appears on the 4-frame extractor. I’m updating this review after extracting 138 pints in the past year. Still five stars only because I can’t give it 10. My single biggest concern with buying an extractor was how good the machinery is. I’m happy to report that the Vevor extractor machinery is top-quality and very well made. The handle rod is held securely in place, has good bearings, the gears mesh tightly in a leak-proof gearbox, and there’s no play in the spindle that holds the frame cage. The gear ratio is excellent so the frame basket can be spun without having to put a lot of effort into it or wind the handle at a high speed. The basket is heavy duty with good welds. All these factors alone would have convinced me to buy this extractor had I known it ahead of time. I read all the negative comments before I received my extractor and wanted to check those out specifically once mine arrived, and again after it was assembled and put to use. All of them of them are minor issues and quickly fixed. Here are the complaints: Red paint flakes falling into the honey. The gearbox assembly is painted after it’s put together. A small amount of lubricant is still on the spindle attachment on the bottom of the gear box so the paint doesn’t adhere properly, thus flaking and falling off. This is fixed in sixty seconds while the extractor is being assembled by sandpapering, filing, or just scraping the paint chips off with a knife. Black grease where the spindle rests in the bottom of the extractor. Wipe this out completely, the honey itself will provide all the lubrication necessary. Leaking spout. First, when attaching the spout, the large nut inside the drum which holds it in place must be tightened down properly. Secondly, be sure that the bolt opposite the wing nut is tight. The spout has rubber o-rings o