Amco Enameled Aluminum Lime Squeezer

Boy, from these reviews, people are very passionate about their lemon squeezers. This is my second Amco Enameled Aluminum Lemon Squeezer (or Lemon Thingy as it is called by those of us whose memories have been addled by time, fate and circumstance). My first Lemon Thingy was pilfered by a friend in retaliation for the theft of a potato peeler, so obviously it is a very good juicer or I would have tried a new one, but why tempt fate?This is a darn good lemon squeezer and I will defend it against all nay-sayers. It's easy to use, the juice comes squooshing out quite nicely, and I have suffered no lemon-related injuries as a result of using the apparatus. One reviewer complained that the lemon thingy was not dishwasher safe. It never occured to me that a lemon squeezer required such thorough cleansing. I just rinse mine under cold water and throw it back in the drawer. Certainly my housekeeping skills would make Martha Stewart take the gaspipe, but who scrubs the lemon juicer?Another reviewer rather ominously foresees the day when the pin holding the two sides together will break. Well, yeah, eventually. But maybe we'll all be dead by then, look at the bright side. Another saves her lemon squoosher for lemons and has a separate (green) one devoted especially to limes. Lord I admire that kind of organization. I'm always surprised that I remembered to get lemons or limes in the first place, let alone have segregated squeezing apparati for them. And of course, I am, admittedly, a wildcard when it comes to citrus. If I were to find an orange small enough, I'd squoosh it in the lemon thingy too. Without hesitation. Yeah, I'm like that. Don't mess with me. No telling what will happen.

Great for getting juice out of lemons. Get more liquid and the seeds stay separated. This was an America's Test Kitchen recommendation. They were right again.

I love this thing. I just got it today and had to post some pictures. So here are the good things:1) The material is metal and heavy, but not too heavy where your hand would get tired.2) It was easy to squeeze the oranges. I thought maybe it would be difficult or maybe my hand wouldn't fit around the device with an orange in it. But it was super easy.3) Easy to clean. I just rinsed it off.4) One of the reviews said it was messy, but I got a couple of drops on my hand. That's it. I squeezed the orange juice into measuring bowl with a spout. Then, when it was done I poured it into glass. Easy as pie. Seriously. There was no squirting juice everywhere so I am not sure what that reviewer was doing to cause such a mess.5) I never really thought about this before, but I guess an unexpected bonus is you don't have to strain out any seeds. By nature of the design, it does that for you during the squeezing process.I used regular sized (medium, I guess) oranges. See pictures. I tried to measure oranges and lemons I used. There was still a bit of space left even after I placed the oranges in the device. I also juiced 2 lemons and they worked just as well.Helpful hint: I made a glass of OJ. 4 medium-sized oranges and 2 lemons made an 8oz glass of OJ. It was delicious.Worth every penny. And so much fun.

I bought this after the one I bought from dollar tree broke within a week. I use this constantly for tea and recipes.

All these detailed reviews were very helpful in my decision to get this juicer, as I had a good idea of what to expect. This would be a five-star review if not for the enamel that many others have mentioned. Brand-new, it was already worn away in a few very tiny spots. I just plan to wash it thoroughly by hand every time.I'm juicing Meyer lemons, which have a much thinner skin than traditional lemons. As such, on a reamer the lemon tends to just squish all over the place. This squeezer solves the problem entirely. I got the orange sized one because Meyer lemons can also grow bigger than most lemons. However, on my first test I was using small-to-medium-sized lemons. I got a complete squeeze out of each lemon half, and a full cup of juice from the five smallish lemons. At first I was hand-squeezing the remaining rind, but all I got was seeds and an insignificant few more drops of juice. The rinds did not split and there was little to no splatter or other mess.I definitely agree, as others have said, that people having problems using this aren't using it correctly. The card that comes with it shows a little diagram of how to put the citrus half inside. It does intuitively feel like the half should be cut side up, but alas no. If you place the half cut side down, you should get as good of a result as I did. A minor point: I do like my citrus juice with more pulp, but I don't know if that's an issue with the squeezer or the lemon.I bought this for $9 and it's more than worth it, especially since I'm disabled and don't have much energy to do this stuff. If you have arthritis or other problems with squeezing your hand, you might not be able to achieve the last few centimeters, but it is otherwise good for reducing the effort needed to make delicious juice and lemonade!