2-frame manual tangential honey extractor BASIC Ø400 mm

01 · EXTRACTION

Tangential, 2 frames — protected wax, at your own pace

Each frame rests its full face against the cage mesh: centrifugal force is more direct and you clear dense honeys (heather, chestnut, mature eucalyptus) better than a small radial. Being manual, you spin at the speed the comb can take —start gently with new wax so you don't blow it out. It's tangential and non-reversible: you extract one face, turn the frame and extract the other. Comfortable work in 2-frame loads.

02 · COMPATIBILITY

Compatible with Dadant and Langstroth

The cage takes Dadant (Blatt and US) and Langstroth brood frames, plus their supers. These are the two most widespread formats across continental Europe, so it covers most vertical apiaries with a single cage and no adapters. That's the point of its "universal" name: it fits those two standard formats, not every frame size on the market.

03 · CONSTRUCTION

Stainless steel and simple assembly

Stainless steel body with a 3 mm acrylic lid to watch the spin, a Ø 6/4" plastic gate to drain into your honey tank or bucket, and steel legs that raise the drum so you can place the container underneath. The shaft turns on a polyamide bush and the top bar is flat, 3 mm, oven-lacquered. There's no metal top ring: the structure stays rigid enough for occasional use, not for intensive honey-house campaigns. It ships flat-packed in a cardboard box, with everything you need to assemble it yourself.

04 · BEFORE YOU BUY

This is the extractor for someone starting out, harvesting from a few hives or wanting a cheap backup for peak days. If you already run 15-20 hives and the crank is getting long, or you harvest over consecutive days, it pays to step up to a powered extractor with more frames. For one or two harvests a year from a small apiary, it's more than enough.