Are there benefits to using a lemon squeezer?

Question

There are lots of products on the market to ease lemon squeezing. I've never used any of them.

Are there any benefits to using one? What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of the different types?

Asked by Mehper C. Palavuzlar

Answer

You should only start using one if you have a pressing need.

That is tongue-in-cheek, but unless your have a need, there is no 'should use'. One such need may be hygiene (or saving effort, or lack of strength in the hands), but only you can determine whether that's true.

UPDATE: original post was modified (and better for it)

As in the earlier answer, benefits may be:

• Hygiene
• Economics (more juice from your lemon, if normal squeezing isn't enough for you)
• Speed / efficiency
• Catches the seeds for you

A possibly disadvantage may be that it mangles your lemon skin (depending on type), which you might still want to use. On the other hand, models may also exist that allow you to squeeze efficiently after you've scraped some of the skin (if you needed to), which can be a hassle if done by hand.

As to specific models: I don't use any. (probably just use the orange juicer if I had a bunch. Like hobodave - don't need another singletask device that sees uncommon use).

Answered by Tobias Op Den Brouw

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