Customer Reviews for OXO Good Grips Citrus Squeezer

OXO Good Grips Citrus Squeezer
by OXO

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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of OXO Good Grips Citrus Squeezer

Customer Review: works great for lemons, not so much for limes
Summary: 3 Stars

I read the review of this item by Omar Siddique and immediately placed an order. For my cooking, I use about 10 times as many limes as I do lemons. But now that I've had the citrus squeezer a few months, I'm just not very happy with it for us with limes. It's got too large of a diameter for limes, and doesn't flip them inside out as it's supposed to do (and which it does just fine for lemons).

I think I'll stow this one way in the back of my kitchen drawer and try a different product that is smaller and better suited for squeezing limes. I've been finding myself just squeezing limes by hand the past couple weeks, which must mean that this product just isn't providing me any value.

Customer Review: Decent, but could be better.
Summary: 3 Stars

I believe this is the same Oxo model I picked up at a local store. It extracts lemon or lime juice fairly well, but I have two complaints:
1. Longer handles would be helpful to provide better leverage;
2. The anodized aluminum surface picks up a difficult to clean visible residue each time it is used to squeeze lemons or limes. The odor stays on the press even after washed with vinegar and baking soda. I believe a stainless steel press might be better in this regard.
This is a very functional item for occasional home use but would be inadequate for heavy duty or professional service.

Customer Review: It leaves much to be desired
Summary: 3 Stars

The Oxo Citrus squeezer for use with lemons is quite imperfect. The problems:
1. It will often spurt juice out of the sides no matter what kind of hand pressure one uses.
2. It requires that you reverse or invert the fruit for a more complete extraction after the initial squeeze.
3. Many lemons are too large for the bowl and must be trimmed.
4. It requires a fair amount of hand strength to use without bracing it against something.

Nonetheless, I use it frequently because while imperfect, it is handy and I don't know if another type would perform better.

Customer Review: little easier than squeezing by hand
Summary: 3 Stars

Handles should be longer. Juice squirts out sideways one third of the time. After one month of use, the coating is starting to come off. A little small for lemons, okay size for limes. If only there was someplace that reviewed many brands instead of forcing consumer to guess and get it wrong like this one.