Trudeau Garlic Press, Black
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Trudeau Garlic Press, Black
Customer Review: Buying Another
Summary: 3 Stars
This garlic press works very well. It easily presses large cloves and the plastic piece that fits into the holes makes cleaning easy. Unfortunately, mine broke after 19 months use. The metal near the hinge completely broke on both sides. I would have expected the plastic piece to break off first. I used it frequently (at least 3 times/week), but it was never put in the dishwasher and rarely soaked. I would just rinse it right after use most of the time. Although I'm disappointed, I'm buying another. I've seen comments about the Kuhn Rikon Epicurean Garlic Press being good, but I'd have to buy 4 Trudeau presses to surpass the price of 1 Kuhn Rikon press. I'll take my chances with Trudeau. We'll see how long this one lasts.Customer Review: What kind of cheapo metal is this made of?
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this after going through a couple disappointing garlic presses. This had the better design, it seemed.
Over a year later, the thing came apart in my hands.
What kind of metal is this made of? It felt heavy, solid, and strong. So shiny!
It reminds me of that stuff they made matchbox cars of. Which was lead-like and brittle and would be a very misleading material to choose to make a serious hand tool out of.
So, I cannot recommend this model! I would be interested in this design if it were made from stronger, more suitable metal.
(getting a garlic press was a great decision, I'm back in the market!)
Customer Review: Stay away from it
Summary: 1 Stars
Bought this press as it was #2 at Test Kitchen. Had it about 2 years til it broke the other night. Part of the hinge assembly literally broke off the body as I was squeezing the garlic. This is chrome plated zinc. The zinc not strong enough to take continual use. We go through a lot of garlic in our cooking. This press replaced the Zyliss in which the non-stick coating wore away exposing the bare metal underneath the coating. This was the same problem Test Kitchen had with theirs, and the reason they tested again to find a replacement. So stay away from both the Trudeu and Zyliss presses unless you want to be buying replacements about every 2 years. Very disappointed in both of them.Customer Review: Quality Garlic Press for Price
Summary: 4 Stars
As others have commented, this garlic press has a bit of heft to it. It's a solid, quality product. My only complaint about this garlic press--and take my complaint for what's it worth because I haven't owned many garlic presses in my life--is that the garlic forms a compressed layer on the inside of the grate. It's very hard to scrape and clean. I often spend a few minutes trying to maneuver my fingers inside the press to pick out the smashed garlic. Sometimes I choose to just chop the garlic by hand because, with clean up time, it's often faster. I only use the garlic press when I am incorporating a LOT of garlic into a recipe. If it's only a clove or two, then I do it by hand.Customer Review: A Very Good Garlic Press for the Price
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased this product because it was recommended by Cook's Illustrated as a best buy. It has worked very well. My fiance and I cook a lot and our old garlic press was hard to press more than one clove at a time and very hard to clean. With this press, you can fill the hopper full of cloves and it takes very little effort to press the garlic; all of the clove is pressed out and only the paper remains. The press is also very easy to clean with the silicone cleaners that are located on the opposite side of the plunger, the garlic in the hopper is removed and it only needs to be rinsed out with water to remove all the remaining garlic. We are very happy with our purchase.