/diy/ - Do It Yourself

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All-American brand pressure cookers: These are amazing. I've had one for 30+ years and their newest largest one for the past 3-4 years. Both are exceptionally sturdy. I've never broken them, but their gauges, jiggler, rubber emergency pressure vent, and petcocks are all easily replaceable. The only part you need to be careful of is the lip of the lid and base where they meet. If that gets dented they won't work right.

Garden weasel (pictured): I have one of these with a fiberglass handle. The tines can be removed if you need to replace or better clean the tines. I've been using this thing for about 5 years now and it is great for using quickly between rows of crops where a motorize rototiller can't get to or shouldn't be used.

Let me show a big difference in quality and price here. In this image you have a super cheap Victorio strainer and a really expensive Squeezo strainer. There are various Victorio models ranging in amounts of plastic they container.The biggest problem is their scroll (the spiral auger thing inside the screen that pushes food through) is also plastic and prone to splitting when you are cranking through some tough foods. My aunt has one of these and there's some extremely difficult to clean cracks in the scroll, which finally busted out. The hopper was dropped once and broke somehow. When you crank through some tough stuff the entire unit will move back and forth as you crank even though the foot is solidly attached to the table.

The Squeezo strainer on the other hand is all metal except for the wooden plunger, rubber gasket, and nylon bushing. The only part that really wears out is the nylon bushing, but only have about 10-15 years of use. Those are easily replaced too. Nothing on these break. They feel really solid. When you crank through tough stuff it won't move even half as much as the Victorio strainer.

Victorio price: $50 or less
Squeezo price: $200-$230 depending on how many extra screen sizes you get.