Honey extractor?

[prana vallabha]

Hi ... I have a budget of £300 can someone recommend a honey extractor for around that price ..... Many thanks on advance

 

[Anduril]

How many hives are you thinking of having in the future? For £200 you could get a stainless steel 4 frame tangential extractor with money left over for filters and buckets and knife for taking the cappings off. Try A*m*z*n

 

[VEG]

They are usually cheap for a reason. Cheap parts used.

 

[dpearce4]

radial best unless you have heather. even OSR is better on one unless its set then nothing works.

 

[Chrisfnvs]

radial best unless you have heather. even OSR is better on one unless its set then nothing works.

I find an Api melter works well for OSR DP

 

[local_beekeeper]

Don't Buy "Made In China"

 

[Anduril]

You could try maizees if you can stretch your budget go for a radial. The A*m*z*n one is probably Chinese.

 

[local_beekeeper]

radial best unless you have heather. even OSR is better on one unless its set then nothing works.

Warming cabinet for 24h (43C) turns into a liquid

 

[Rob55]

Which is best for extracting manleys and can you get one for unwired foundation?

 

[itma]

Which is best for extracting manleys and can you get one for unwired foundation?

Radial is greatly preferred for Manleys.

 

[local_beekeeper]

Only tangential extractor for unwired foundation.

 

[Hivemaker.]

None of my shallows are wired, and i use radial extractors.

 

[Norvic_chris]

I had a similar starting budget (£300) but blew it and spent £400 on one of the Gio*d*n (Italian) radial 8-frame extractors powered by an electric drill. Seems strong and well-made. I only have 4 hives but I have to be honest and say that although I very much appreciated the exercise I got from a manual machine, a motor takes a lot of the sweat out of the process (and let's not even think if any of that went in the honey...) and speeds things up a fair amount (and I can have a cuppa while it's spinning).

I won't say if it's a good machine until I've tested it over the next 30 years or so -- I'll come back then and let you know. I agree with others, though, it's worth spending a little more to get something that will last and I'm always nervous buying high-cost items without first seeing them, so didn't buy this until I had given it the once over.

In the end, if you make a mistake and want to upgrade or pass it on, there's a very good demand for second-hand and they don't seem to lose their value much, judging by the occasional local auction or online sites.

 

[itma]

Only tangential extractor for unwired foundation.

That really isn't going to work well for Manleys.

 

[itma]

Hi ... I have a budget of £300 can someone recommend a honey extractor for around that price ...

The smallest radial that I have encountered is a 4-frame stainless thing made (I believe) by the Italian firm Lega. I think the cage is specially for National shallows (especially Manleys!).
I've seen one, but not used it. Legs are included.
The shop in Yalding, Kent is one source http://www.honey-bees-etc.co.uk/buyequipment_honeyextracting.html and scroll well down the page (ref 201a).

However, for the same money (a whisker over £300), you could have a bigger but 'lightweight plastic' 9-frame radial (or tangential if you really wanted) from Thorns. (But T's important metal stand isn't included in the basic price.) You could contemplate a later upgrade to a motor and adding large tangential screens to extract honey from brood frames.

This is the wrong time of the year to be hoping to find extractor bargains!