New extractor advice

[Silvbee]

Looking at buying a new extractor this year. Nothing fancy as I only have 5 hives but looking for something of good quality for a reasonable price. Any experience on suppliers and products would be welcome.

[fatshark]

I've got a 9-frame Saf Natura motorised and am very pleased with it. Good value and well made.
5 hives is - in my lazy view - well over what I'd want to extract manually. In a good year you might end up with ~150 frames. The novelty soon wears off.
I bought mine from Bee Equipped.

[Silvbee]

I've got a 9-frame Saf Natura motorised and am very pleased with it. Good value and well made.
5 hives is - in my lazy view - well over what I'd want to extract manually. In a good year you might end up with ~150 frames. The novelty soon wears off.
I bought mine from Bee Equipped.

Looks great but out of my price range I'm afraid. It will have to be a manual but after a good quality one.

[Adam]

I have a Giordan where I fitted my own drill here:-

http://www.thebeebusiness.co.uk/range_extractors.php

Works well.

[Black Comb]

It might be worth holding on a little. Thrones have sale coming up and it is a fair bet that Mann Lake will be having one shortly, bearing in mind their current circumstances.

[madasafish]

Looks great but out of my price range I'm afraid. It will have to be a manual but after a good quality one.

I bought one of these this year..http://tinyurl.com/hccpaep

half price, used twice ebay. It takes Lang jumbos so good for anything. Easy to use: I extracted 1 Lang super and 2 Nat brood boxes in June: found it all very easy although manual..(but then I do lots of yoga/keep fit .. but if I as an OAP can use it..:cool:


The 50kg settling tank is very useful.. makes extraction less of a chore..

It's nicely built. I place on cardboard in the floor - easy to operate and if balanced does not move around.. I#d happily extract all my 20 supers in a pm.. if we get a summer, I may have to..:eek:

[The Drone Ranger]

Looks great but out of my price range I'm afraid. It will have to be a manual but after a good quality one.

Thornes sale coming up
I bought mine at a sale day a good few years ago and its still going strong
They might not have any but if they do then they go very quickly

[Silvbee]

Cheers for the advice everyone. Think I'll hold out for the Thorne sale and see what's available. In the mean time if anyone sees a bargin I'd be keen to hear about it.

[Black Comb]

Latest is Mann lake's website is closed for new orders.
Have they closed down completely?

[alclosier]

They are reopening as bee equipment Ltd. There Facebook page has been changed to that and they are setting up an online store atm.

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[SDM]

Surely it's one of the few things in beekeeping worth buying 2nd hand ?
There's plenty come up that have done no real work hours.
I paid £160 for a 2 year old manual, 9frame Saf Natura (used once). A manual isn't going to.cut it any more for me, but when I change it, I'll get back every penny I paid.

[Feckless Drone]

Anyone got any feedback or reviews to give on extractors from Logar?