Norpro 1952 Jumbo Tomato Press

I have a small community garden plot which provides my wife and I was lots of fresh tomatoes. Last year's canning process was so tedious trying to separate the juice from the seeds and pulp. I brought this machine even though a couple reviews weren't so positive. But I'm very happy with the quality and the way it sped up my tomato sauce process. The suction worked great on my granite counters. At times things got a little messy, but that was mostly my doing. I'm already looking forward to next year's garden!

I find it more effective than the handheld alternatives. Applying some silicon grease to the O-ring on the handle will extend its life, which will prevent leakage later on.

This idea works but this version is cheap and broke putting it together. It’s a handful of pieces that come with it and no instructions or photos. The suction never worked and it tipped over twice. Also hard to clean. Once we “taped” it together it works but this is a cheap version. I will buy one made of metal and that clamps to counter.

Works better than I thought no assembly instructions though but easy to figure out use and clean

That it was easy to set up did not make a big mess .

I got this for Christmas, and hadn't needed to use it until now (August). If you weren't familiar with better ones, you might think this is good. Last year a friend of mine let me use her Weston tomato press. It was so much easier than this one. All you had to do was core and cut them before putting them through the press. It skinned them, and there was very little waste except the skins and seeds. This one required you to blanch and peel them. I wish I could return this, but unfortunately it's to late. Spend $20 more, it will be worth it.

I purchased it in good used condition. There was food dried in the strainer and the instructions were missing. It worked as advertised and I agree with the prior reviews that it loses suction when you turn the handle, it breaks loose. Juice leaks out the handle, food gets stuck inside the grinder, you have to disassemble to clean the inside. For the price, I guess I can't complain, I was able to process my tomatoes but a huge mess when done. No bin for pulp output and the juice bin was way too small. The chutes are too close to each other for me to use a large bowl. I would spend the extra money to get a different model.

The product is easy to use