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Which extractor?

  • 14-07-2020 10:05am
    #1
    Hillybilly4
    Registered Users Posts: 609 ✭✭✭


    This will be my first year taking some honey from my hive.
    I know I could get the use of a friend's equipment but I do prefer to be self sufficient.
    At most (this year) I'll have 2 (national) supers to extract and my budget isn't unlimited.
    The choice of extractors is mind boggling!
    Manual vs electric? Tangential vs radial? Plastic vs steel? Table top vs floor?
    I'm drawn to manual as it feels more "authentic" (and long-lasting)?! But will the novelty soon wear off?!
    Pros and cons and advice from those of you who have used various types would be welcome.
    Thanks.


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  • #2
    victor8600
    Registered Users Posts: 1,605 ✭✭✭victor8600


    I used both manual and electric radial honey floor extractors. Basically, plastic barrels with steel frame holders. For extracting a few supers, manual is just fine. I would spend more time uncapping frames than spinning them.

    Table top is a strange idea, unless you can bolt the extractor to a table.


  • #3
    Mellifera
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭Mellifera


    Also have a manual... old beekeeper was offloading some gear. Agree with Victor, you spend more time preparing than spinning and manual is fine for small numbers. No idea of difference between radial and tangential. Mine is radial and works fine.


  • #4
    Hillybilly4
    Registered Users Posts: 609 ✭✭✭Hillybilly4


    Update. I have bought a Saf Natura (Italian) manual, tangential 4 frame extractor.
    Not the cheapest but figured buying cheap and cheerful Chinese would be a false economy.
    It arrived yesterday and looks to be well made and robust. :)


  • #5
    Effects
    Registered Users Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭Effects


    Where did you get it from?


  • #6
    Hillybilly4
    Registered Users Posts: 609 ✭✭✭Hillybilly4


    Dingle Beekeeping Supplies.
    For whatever reason, their website doesn't say they're Saf Natura extractors...but they are.


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