I plan to use this tomorrow. I have 2 medium supers of honey. This unit takes 8 medium frames laterally at a time if I choose to do that many. But I am a newby and hope to see it just work and save me some time. I will post more later.
An excellent alternative to a hand-crank honey extractor!! My kit was missing a screw and small plate that operated the safety switch, but their customer service was very friendly and they sent me out the parts quickly. It is definitely worth the money!!
I ordered this for my sister and brother in law who have bees and were exhausted from using a manual extractor. After reading some of the reviews, I was a little reluctant to order this for them.
This extractor is a wonderful machine that works very well.
I would suggest this machine to anyone for it is a great extractor that does a ver good job of extracting and it seem to have very good balance if loaded correctly. I was able to extract as fast as I could uncap the comb.
Worked wonderfully! We didn't want a hand crank and this fit perfectly into our price range. Worked exactly as described and we are super happy with our purchase!
I built a base out of 2x4’s to expand the surface area. It helps when the frames aren’t all the same weight. I used to do gravity extraction, that would take a week or more to clear the frames, this speeds up the time to a couple hours.
In no time the honey was flowing, even at full speed there was hardly a bit of vibration, and we extracted roughly 35% more honey, than the previous extractor. Anticipated 9 gallons got 13 and a half.
This extractor is perfect for the price! I only have 2 hives and it made the job SO much easier and faster than borrowing my friends manual 2 frame extractor.It definitely needs to be mounted to a piece of plywood or secured to the floor. Works flawlessly and is very quiet. I’m really happy with it!