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A real time-saver, and exceptionally easy to clean, since the components swing away from the handle for easy access. We have two Zyliss garlic presses, and have no complaints about them, but when I saw this beauty on special in the Gold Box I had to have it. The larger capacity allows me to press two cloves of garlic at once, and works just as well on a 1" chunk of ginger. No digging out with tip of a knife. The handful of reviewers who had a bad experience are clearly the exception here - they should have returned their units for replacement.
This garlic press has a lot going for it. It's strong and easy-to-clean. But the design is flawed in that one arm overlaps the other. When you're squeezing hard to close it, if your hand is cradled too closely around the arms, your skin will get caught when the top arm closes over the lower arm, resulting in a serious pinch.
I admired that (I'm in the design industry) as well as the 'heft' of the product (feels like when you hold a very well balanced Chef's knife in your hands). I evaluated this Press and the K.R. I am very happy with the Easy Squeeze, but if/when anything happens to it, the Epicurean is my replacement.Also, I believe that the Epicurean would make a great gift for those who are serious cooks or those that appreciate great industrial design (or design in general). Easy-Squeeze before making my purchase. Although I ended up choosing the Easy Squeeze (a little short on cash that week), it wasn't an 'easy' decision because I really liked the Epicurean.The Epicurean is absolutely beautiful in person- much better than it looks online. And if a person likes both cooling and design, it's a sure hit.PS - the mechanism to press the garlic appears to be the same one used in the K.R. Easy Squeeze Press, and so I can say (after using it several times a week for the last 2 months) that it is very easy to clean and TOTALLY presses out a huge amount of garlic (where does it all come from.).Enjoy.
This is a great garlic press, but given its cost I'd have expected it to have been manufactured in a country with fair labor and human rights practices.It may be by a Swiss company, but don't be fooled, it is MADE IN CHINA.Last Kuhn Rikon item I buy until they move their manufacturing elsewhere.
This is an amazing garlic press. It held up quite well while I was beating my wife with it for buying a $38 garlic press. I anticipate many years of use from this amazing press.
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