Leifheit Pflaumenentsteiner ProLine, zum schnellen und leichten Entkernen, pflegeleichter Pflaumenentkerner für sauberes Trennen, Zwetschgenentkerner Handgerät

Der Pflaumenentkerner tut was er soll: entkernt feste wie auch weiche Pflaumen bzw. Zwetschgen sehr gut. Wenn er jetzt noch lange hält, wär’s prima.

Ich habe mir den Leifheit Pflaumenentsteiner zugelegt, um die lästige Aufgabe des Entsteinens von Pflaumen zu erleichtern. Insgesamt bin ich zufrieden mit dem Produkt, besonders angesichts des Preises.

Der Pflaumenentsteiner erfüllt seinen Zweck recht gut. Er entfernt die Kerne ziemlich zuverlässig und schnell, was definitiv eine Zeitersparnis ist. Auch das Design ist praktisch, da er eine angemessene Menge Pflaumen aufnehmen kann, bevor man den Behälter entleeren muss.

Allerdings muss ich zustimmen, dass das Plastik des Entsteiners etwas solider sein könnte. Es wirkt ein wenig dünn und zerbrechlich, besonders wenn man stärkeren Druck ausüben muss, um den Kern zu entfernen. Hier hätte ich mir eine robusterere Konstruktion gewünscht, die auch bei intensiver Nutzung länger hält.

Dennoch, wenn man den Preis berücksichtigt, bietet der Leifheit Pflaumenentsteiner ein gutes Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis. Er erfüllt seinen Zweck ordentlich, auch wenn das Plastik verbessert werden könnte. Wenn du auf der Suche nach einem günstigen Pflaumenentsteiner bist und bereit bist, mit der Plastikqualität zu leben, könnte dies eine passende Option für dich sein.

I am making plum wine with plums from my very prolific single tree. I think I have processed about 150 pounds of plums total in the last two weeks and yesterday I processed about 20 pounds with this product. It helped a lot but it’s not perfect so I wanted to give a fairly detailed review.

Instructions: The instructions are basically terrible and don’t really help much. There are just a couple of diagrams but no real explanation or tips to get good operation.

Size: I asked a question about size and one reply said one can pit a 4 inch plum. I doubt that. My plums average around 2 inches and the largest ones barely fit into the opening. I wanted to measure the actual opening but can’t do that now. Maybe I can add that later as an edit.

Operation: For this thing to work, it has to be lined up down the axis of the pit. Obviously, you can’t see exactly where the pit is beforehand. What happens is sometimes when you push down the plunger, it hits the pit and won’t go through. I guess you could slam down on the plunger and force it. I found that sometimes if you change the position of the plum a little, the plunger would go through. Sometimes, the pit gets broken into pieces but this happens when you use a knife also. Sometimes the plunger goes through but misses the pit. This product does not section the plums. After pitting, I run my plums through a food processor. Before that, I like to cut the plums into quarters and this is a good time to check for the pit. I found that if the pitter missed the pit, it was still much easier to remove by hand than when just using a knife. There is kind of an optimum ripeness. If the plums are too ripe, they get mushed. If they aren’t ripe enough, you need more force to get the plunger through. After pushing the plunger down, it is supposed to return up into a protective tube. Fairly often, the blade does not go fully up. This makes the opening smaller for the next plum but because of the angle of the housing, you can’t easily see if the blade is fully up without looking from a lower angle. You can manually pull the blade up but sometimes it comes fully out of the housing.

Cleaning: The top comes off the base easily. The blade comes out easily. What I had some trouble with was the the flip-flop plastic part that lets you choose the two hole sizes. I guess the smaller hole is for very small plums or maybe cherries. Not sure. This is where the instruction are no help. I think you are supposed to pop it from the bottom.

Durability: We’ll see. I am not sure how it will hold up if you hit a resistant pit and hit it hard. I already have seen some plastic shavings where blade must be hitting the plastic guide channels inside.

Safety: I would say that this product is semi-hazardous. You need to be very careful. I think you have to hold the plum in place with one hand while you push the plunger with the other hand. This puts your holding fingers very close to the plunger. The plunger motion tends to be sudden so if your finger was in the way, you would probably do severe damage. Sure, you can cut yourself with a knife but because the motion is sudden (more like a chop than a slice) I think it is more dangerous.

Summary: I think this product is cost effective. I looked pretty hard and didn’t see anything that looked better. I just didn’t see much in the way of a mid-range (like maybe $100-$200) pitter for plums. So it was either this, a simple knife, or a commercial machine for several thousand dollars. I do have another pitter on order, the hinged „nutcracker“ style. Some of those say they are limited to 1.5 inches. We’ll see how that one works when it shows up. That brings be make to the title. This pitter is not perfect but it did get through my plums about twice as fast as manually with a knife.

Es macht was es soll die Mirabellen sollten hat nicht schon zu matschig seins sonst drückts die ganze Frucht durch.

Ne convient pas pour des prunes comme annoncé.

Also wirklich, das Teil arbeitet tadellos. Ein Handgriff und einmal „Klack“ und schon ist der Stein aus der Pflaume. Weiters, sehr gut: Die Pflaume wird auf einer Seite aufgeschnitten. Somit kann man sie aufklappen und sofort auf den Kuchen legen – oder gleich essen.