This squeezer is such a disappointment because it looks so good
937705
This squeezer is such a disappointment because it looks so good. However, it's got several functional issues:
1. There are not enough holes, so that the pulp tends to block the holes and the juice stops flowing thru them. I typically have to drain the juice through the side.
2. There is too much gap between the two plates/bowls so that it does not fully squeeze the juice if the fruit has thin skin (like lime). It works better for thicker skinned fruits (like lemon).
3. The plastic handle is lose so that it tends to slides off, especially when you are squeezing them.
The item seems like it was designed only on paper and the designers never tested it in real life. Though I'm now stuck with it, I would not recommend this juicer.
4694686
I have got the Lemon Squeezer and disappointed with it. First of all the metal wire part which connects both parts of the squeezer looks different than it is on the picture on amazon .com. On amazon.com there is no hole between both sides of the metal wire. It makes the squeezer more stable and durable. The squeezer I got should be exactly the same as it is on the picture on amazon.com. Otherwise it is a misrepresentation of the item.  Overall performance is very average.
3622740
I bought this coffeemaker for work, as our previous unit burned out. We are a nursing unit in a nursing home setting. I thought I was buying a quality product that really looked good, and it does look good, but works like a piece of junk. All the previous comments are true. It also is very awkward to dump the water into the machine from the carafe. Pre heating the water & carafe peior to making coffee? What? In the microwave am I to suppose! I too want to throw it out now! Maybe Hamilton Beach will reimburse all of us, I do not want a replacement! Going back to Black & Decker, Mr Coffee, and save $45!
3479241
I was so excited about this faucet.  It looked so nice at first.  But, first, the faucet head never really fit in the hook.  It always drooped below it.  Then after a few months, different parts started coming loose and leaking.  I've had to turn the head almost backwards now with the buttons towards the back to stop it from leaking.  While it looks great at first and really, I still like it, it has some serious flaws and doesn't look or work as nice as I had hoped.

UPDATE March 2015:  It got worse from there.  After only having this for about 2 years, the piece where the lever is to turn the water on started leaking and we couldn't shut the water off. There is no way to repair anything in this assembly.  We basically had to turn off the water under the sink while not in use until we could replace the whole thing.  That being said, we actually replaced it with the same exact product.  I had a hard time buying something more than twice the price that didn't look exactly how I wanted it.  I figured that I could go through 2 of these for the price of one of those.  I took my chances again due to the price and the fact that I like the way it looks.  Hoping this one lasts more than a year.
877462
After you get over how beautifully designed it is and talk functionality it's a big disappointment.

* It is hard to balance it to stand on its own as shown in the picture.
* You make a mess when trying to use it for its intended purposes.
(As you can see on the picture the neck of the Nessie is very thin, once you fill it with the food you are trying to serve, it wobbles. Also since the design is a straight up neck slightly inclined towards the serving scoop, it is very unpractical for serving.)
* The size of the scoop is tiny, more for baby portions.

Not worth the price. :(
1223196
THIS LEMON SQUEEZER , ITS NOT STRONG THE WAY THEY MAKE SOUND., AFTER FEW USES THE SQUEEZER  BECAME OVAL
CAN'T USE ANYMORE.. LIES AGAIN
133917
Bought this last month & am extremely dissapointed. It's won a lot of design awards for its LOOKS, but no engineering awards. This vac has a lot of suction as advertised but the various tools are awkward to use--

* the wand slides inside of the flexible hose. This makes it time consuming to keep pulling it out and pushing it back in everytime you need the wand. Many other vacs have a wand that's all ready to go by just disconnecting it. Try one in a store and see what you think. I really have to wonder about the durability of the flexible hose when an aluminum shaft keeps getting jammed inside of it.

* the flexible hose is extremely stiff. It gets your arm sore if you use it for an extended period of time. It's always under tension and will sometimes even pull the vac with it or tip it over as you are using it.

* once you pull the wand out then you no longer have a handle to operate the vac, unlike other vacs that have a separate wand. That means you have to constantly be snapping the wand in and out and also pushing and pulling the wand out of the flexible hose in order to use it. Imagine vaccuming and then needing the wand to just pick up a small piece of dirt. You'll probably leave the dirt there rather than taking the time to use the wand assembly. You are basically disassembling the vac by using the wand.

* the cord just manually wraps around a few pegs. Why not have a retractable cord?

* the instructions are 'classy' looking- the typical Swedish type of graphic design. However, not a lot of words accompany the pictures resulting in an operating manual that is sometimes confusing and leaves a lot to be desired.

* there are some rubber gaskets used in this vac that press against mating rubber gaskets. All of these mating surfaces don't pull together too well until the vac is on. I wonder how much dust is being blown into the air for the few seconds it takes for those gaskets to form an air-tight seal.

What's with all the other excellent reviews? I can understand that some people will be pleased with this vac. However, things such as the really stiff hose has to be noticed by others. I get really suspicious when I see people who only have 100% good things to say about this vac.
2006631
Wow, what a disappointment.  I really like the look of it, but from day one, it leaked out the pump.  I use it to put dawn dish soap in so it can be out all the time and look nice.  The pump doesn't seem to be able to handle liquid that thick very well, and the soap oozes out the shaft.  It did leak from where the pump screwed on to the bottle too, but that seems to have lessened.  The round silver piece that fits over where it screws on to the bottle keeps popping off too.  I would not recommend this.
2730397
I bought this teapot because it looks beautiful and I love the green color, but unfortunately it is poorly designed on multiple levels. First of all, the glass is very thin all around, including on the handle; within only a few days, the handle cracked off at the bottom when I picked it up. This could have easily caused a serious accident! Secondly, the strainer portion of the pot does not keep the tea leaves out of the tea itself, as the openings are too large and get clogged easily as well.
4092003
When you unpack it, it looks so cool and shiny! The hardware quality is definitely on the top.
If only promises of different working modes where true.
- First, you have to power-cycle the device if you want to connect to it. Every time. Annoying, but ok.
- You need to know more than basic of networking to play with it. Unless you use a cable to connect all the time.
- Repeater. Forget about it. The power output of the device is so low, it is not able to amplify (repeat) your existing network.
- The USB Sharing feature. This is what I bought it for, hoping to bring my portable drive to the trip and watch movies on the go, in the car and hotel. Never made it work. The documentation says nothing about in which mode you can do it. Assume, in every mode. I tried them all, no luck. Never seen my shared drive on the network.

Bottom line, I have a tiny beautiful box that cost me $23+tax and has nothing to offer me.
1828341
So the thing looks good but, that's about it. The suction cups suck... (not in the way they are supposed too either). They won't stay suctioned to anything. I've tried to wet it before and still doesn't work. Also, the thing is super narrow. The thing will hold a very thin sponge and nothing else. The heads of the cups take up a lot of the room on the cradle.
4261134
Came on Friday, broke by Sunday. Such a shame because I loved how it looked.
4207751
man i wanted so badly to love this thing.

i replaced a plastic injector i got free with some marinade (and broke after about 3 uses) with this one and i think it might be best to just keep using and breaking the free ones.

while it looks impressive and is pretty solid when assembled, here are the problems i've found with this:
- threading is very fine and easy to mis-thread
- the holes on the closed-end needle are big and extend too far up the injector--about 2.5"--so you have to be able to get it at least 4-5" into the meat or you will get marinade squirting back out at you.
- the size of the holes in the closed-end needle is too big to allow whatever property of physics is supposed to keep the liquid in to do its job, so it basically flows out if you point the needle anywhere but up.
- the hole in the end of the open-end needle (which has no side holes) is even bigger and liquid just pours out of it if it is not pointed up. it's basically impossible to use this injector with either tip without spilling a fair amount of marinade.
- the instructions recommend coating with oil after every use to prevent corrosion. i know stainless steel isn't really completely rustproof, but come on, coat it with oil? i would think that properly cleaned and dried after every use this device would be no more prone to rusting than a good stainless knife. that's what i've been doing and i haven't seen any corrosion yet (after about 4 months and about 4 uses).
- the needles have tiny gaskets that are bound to be lost or wear out, and my unit did not come with spares.
- as with all marinade injectors it's impossible to clean the needles well. i cycle boiling water through it a few times, which is about all you can do with these.
All in all a very disappointing purchase.
476422
This is my review on the Kictero Lemon squeezer.  You know when you look at a product online and go "I hope it looks like that when i get it."  Well when i got this in the mail and i was blown away.  I mean this thing look just like it online.  Not only that this thing has some weight to it!  As in you can really feel the weight which is good.  I also squeezed one lemon and i had perfect results.  This thing is so shiny as well.  I have to say this lemon squeezer is a 5 star product.

I received this product at a discounted price in exchange for my honest and unbiased review. The company did not tell me what to say in any way and everything I mentioned was my own thoughts and comments. Just like you, I rely on the reviews to make my decision about purchasing a product.  This product is no joke!
1710397
This knife was such a let down. I ordered this knife from the internet with nothing to go on other than pictures and previous experience with Gerber products(which until now was excellent). The knife looks beautiful, unfortunately that's all it does. It is advertised as an assisted  opening knife but if you try and use the punch out on the blade with your thumb as a one handed opener your going to get hurt by the ungrounded edges of the punch out. the knife does not have any thumb studs or flip-out tab on the blade whatsoever, and when you do open it with two hands the "assisted  opening" kicks in and really messes things up. I'm still trying to figure out what the designers of this knife were thinking when they designed it to operate this way. I should have known when they said it was good for spreading peanut butter I was in trouble.
1255118
How disappointing.  The problem with this juicer is that it does not squeeze the fruit completely, not even 75% I would say.  Like some other reviewers said, it leaves a rim of unsqueezed pulp around the edges of oranges -- it does the same for limes.  Even after reading some of the other reviews I had some hope that it would still work for limes, which we use most often.  Alas, not.  If you still insist on buying one of these lame juicers, I have since found them at Crateandbarrel for 39.95 -- their description touts the "museum-quality design", but tellingly says little about performance. Better to find something else.
62964
Disappointed! Leaks from the ball joint. Looks good, but disappointed.