How large of fruit can it handle? I juice oranges, grapefruits, and LARGE pomegranates. Will it work on the latter? Thanks!
1876396
Hi there, I've only used it for oranges and grapefruits so far - even large ones- and it's been great. Haven't had a chance to try pomegranates bc they haven't been in season here quite yet but my sense is - medium sized pomegranate will fit just fine! If you need to do a very large pomegranate, you could always cut it in thirds and juice that way.
2181240
Yes! I love this juicer! I generally just put whole apples and carrots and what not in and it always does fine. Pretty large shoot. Of course, some fruits might be too big, like grapefruits and things like that, but I would definitely recommend this juicer!
771673
If a fruit is too big, simply cut it into smaller parts, or reposition the part of the fruit that didn't get juiced completely. I would say a large grapefruit may need to be quartered with a knife, then juiced.
771676
Yes. I can be used for grapefruit, oranges, and pomegranates. Just don't put too much pressure on the handle and squeeze too hard or you will be able to taste the rind instead of getting pure juice.
1356374
It does a better job than any other juicer I have tried. It works the best with veggies and fruits but I also use it to juice berries. Any soft fruits like mango and berries should be run through the juicer two or three times to get the maximum juice out. I save the soft fruit pulp and run it through at least 3 times as I have found this gets the best juice yield. I have seen other people use a hydrolic press to get the remaining juice out of the pulp if they don't want to run it through the juicer again.
714534
Yes! Absolutely. I got this for my brother and he juices EVERYTHING! And fruits and vegetables he can get his hands on. Oranges are no exception. It works amazing.
678844
It works great for what I use it for. I use it to mash and separate the skin from the insides of my rejuvelaced (wheat berries I have soaked for about 3 days)wheat berries. It will do any soft food (ie fruit, avocado, corn). Handle turns very easy. With fruit I find the first run through does not get all the juice out. So just run it through a second time. I bout this one about 3 months ago. This is the only hand juicer I have ever owned so I have nothing to compare it with. However, it suits me so far so I'll probably not buy another one.
1465446
It worked real good for the smaller oranges but it didn't squeeze the outer edge of the larger oranges. So you lose quite a bit of juice. The diameter of the lower "cone" where the orange sits is 4.375". the upper "cup" which squeezes the fruit is 3.75 so there is 5/8" ring of fruit that doesn't get squished into juice. Other than that it works good, better than the electric juicers.
1362122
Did not have any luck - tried many different ways was unbalanced - would work well with citrus, I returned the unit. Have two pomegranate bushes and returned to juicing with the skin removed.
771674
The Olympus Commercial Juice Press is large enough to be used on grapefruits. We have used the Juice Press on grapefruits (and oranges, lemons, and limes) and have been very satisfied with how it works.
1315200
I have only used it for pomegranate juice. I think if you used less pressure it would also work for citrus as it looks just like my citrus press juicer; just stronger.
246942
I have used it for my pomegranates for 2 seasons now. Works great! The big ones need to be quartered. And they sometimes spray so protect your clothing. :) I have not had a problem w the juice being bitter.
2004789
Doris, For lemons and limes, the Metrokane works reasonably well....as long as they are small. Forget about oranges; the crank shaft gets stuck in one of the grooves and it just doesn't work. I ended up purchasing a vintage Wearever juicer that does a fantastic job!
1780517
The carton indicates it can be used for citrus as well as pomegranates. We have used it only for pomos and it works very well. It looks like it would press citrus very nicely.
1868971
This could literally produce over 2 gallons a minute. ...it's an amazing piece of machinery....if you are serious about orange juice. ...don't think twice....I've had it for over a year and it works perfectly.
687255
Yes, and we regularly squeeze pomegranates into our orange/grapefruit juice. Use smaller poms, if you can, about the size of grapefruits, they fit the apparatus better. The bigger ones work, too, but it's my impression more seeds end up not getting pressed.
115005
No clue on that. I know we have tried it on most citrus based fruits with no issues, but keep in mind its a press, it just exerts pressure down on the fruit to squeeze out the juice.