Extractor

[Brodie]

Konigin 20 Frame or Lyson 20frame extractor anybody had both which is better, thank you​

 

[Brodie]

Konigin 20 Frame or Lyson 20frame extractor anybody had both which is better, thank you​

 

[Brodie]

Is anybody seeing my post? I usually struggle for replies?

 

[JamezF]

Is anybody seeing my post? I usually struggle for replies?

Who said that?

Perhaps it's that no-one who has read the message so far doesn't have experience of both. Or perhaps they're all at work?

James

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I saw the post but as I only have a 20 frame Lyson and no experience of a Konigin, I didn't reply.
But why would you want a 20 frame extractor - with only one hive?

 

[hairywill]

I have a Konigin 20 frame. I am very happy with it. Solid bit of kit. Never even seen a Lyson in person.
One difference I know of, the Konigin has its motor underneath so the base is conical (point up) to stop honey leaking down the axel. This means it has a limit of around 10 kilos of honey inside the extractor then you must start emptying into a bucket. As the Lyson has its motor on top I presume this restriction does not apply, though I have no idea how much honey it holds before the base of the extractor cage ends up in the honey.

As JBM says, with one hive you don't need a 20 frame extractor, even with my 8-10 colonies it is a bit on the overkill side. Lets say you do have 10 hives soon, I expect for that amount of extracting whatever the differences are between the two they won't be significant enough to make a difference to you either way.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

the Lyson has its motor on top

not the 20 frame one

 

[JamezF]

it has a limit of around 10 kilos of honey inside the extractor then you must start emptying into a bucket.

Is this really an issue? A quick look at other twenty frame extractors suggests that none of them can hold twenty full frames worth of honey (which I'm assuming to be around 60lb or 27kg), so you need to start emptying it at some point during each extraction run anyhow?

James

 

[JamezF]

Actually, I can understand the temptation to go for a twenty frame extractor. When you look at the price of a nine frame model and see that some of the twelve or even twenty frame models aren't actually that much more, if you have the space there must be quite a temptation just to stump up the extra for the larger machine.

James