I received the unit yesterday (4/5/17) and it was double boxed so there was no damage in shipping. Everything was in there for assembly and i put it together in less than a half hour. Plugged it in, turned it on and everything ran fine. I hope to have some supers in another month or so, the bees are busy this spring. I wouldn't say this is the Mercedes of extractors from the finish work but in reality it's intended to spin frames to extract honey and from what I see it should work fine. I was glad to see there is a lot if support for tangential extraction of deep frames. I might add additional wire over the vertical bars just in case but it has good coverage for the deeps. It has a nice deep conical well for honey to collect and a rounded outer bottom edge not a seam so the honey should flow out the gate nicely and clean up easily. I just want to order a couple extra ball bearings in case I lose the one in the center post support. 5 gallon bucket fits under the gate and i also plan to attach the legs to a 3/4 inch plywood base for stability. I turned it on full speed empty and there is no vibration or wobbling at all. it's well balanced.

This thing is a wonder! I’m a bee keeping hobbyist (3 hives) and I’ve spun about 4 supers and 3 deeps with this extractor and it’s held up wonderfully. I don’t have it mounted to anything yet so I have to make sure it’s relatively balanced and start slow. It’s in my basement and I fold the laundry while it spins.

I have used this twice and it is Great. I had a 2 frame hand Crank and I wish I would have bought this back then. It is well with worth the money.

After assembling and using this extractor - I can confidently give it five stars. I have used many others from Dadant and Mannlake - this is very solid and it takes care of the comb. I didn't mount it and it did shake when load was uneven, but that is an easy fix. I used medium frames. love the auto stop and the clear covers. I waited years to buy an extractor and I am glad I waited and this is it. I keep about 10 hives year round.

I love this spinner. After using a 2 frame hand crank for 3 years I decided to upgrade. I bought this one and I am so happy I did. This spinner and I spun 1004 pounds of honey in 2019. It never missed a beat! Do yourself a favor and buy this spinner.

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.

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!