Booker & Dax Single Batch Capacity, Perfect for Clarifying Juices, Separating Fats, Melding Fruits with Spirits, for Use in Restaurants, Bars, and Home Kitchens, Black

I was hesitant to invest in the Spinzall at first due to some of the reviews here on Amazon. I love cooking and culinary experimentation, and listening to Cooking Issues callers talking about the cool things they were doing with centrifuges made me super excited about the idea, so I decided to take the plunge despite some of the less than stellar reviews—I'm glad I did! The Spinzall has worked great for me, and while there's a little bit of a learning curve, I think that's to be expected for something that's so far out of the ordinary. When you buy this make sure you get Pectinex Ultra SP-L, Kieselsol, and Chitosan, or you won't be able to do much of anything with it besides butter (all three are available in a Spinzall package on the Modernist Pantry website).One reviewer said they thought the Spinzall was loud; I would say it's much quieter than I expected. Another reviewer said the cleanup was hard; I think it's quite easy, it's entirely dishwasher safe but even if you don't put it in the dishwasher it's not that hard to hand wash.If you think this is something you want but are on the fence because of the negative reviews, I'd say get it. I'm happy I decided to go for it, I'm having a lot of fun with this thing! I've only had it for a couple weeks so I can't speak to the longevity (some reviewers did mention theirs breaking) but assuming you aren't doing some stupid stuff with it I would be surprised if Dave Arnold and crew didn't stand by their product and help fix it if it did break.

While the spinzall works well for it’s intended use, it is made from cheap materials and breaks very easily. I have had it for 9 months and many of the plastic parts are breaking. I have used it about 20 times and the molded plastic housing under the bowl is breaking apart. The pump housing on the back also cracked in half from use. The warranty is only 3 months so at 9 months I’m pretty much out of luck. I do not recommend the spinzall because it is made from cheap materials and does not have a long enough warranty (especially for the high price tag)

Well I understand the missing parts ..but when there is no communication when trying to follow up about it...is just BS especially when you need the part etc etc etc

I bought this machine to clarify home-made beer (remove yeast and sediment after fermentation). In some runs it works fine, and in others it acts up and gives me problems. The biggest issues are the self-balancing and the automatic feeder. Sometimes it won't auto-balance correctly and starts rocking back and forth violently - everything was put back together properly following cleaning, I have no idea why this happens. The electronic feeder mechanism will also stop working randomly in the middle of the clarification. If I turn off the machine and wait about 30 minutes, it will usually start working again (no idea why this happens). Considering all the problems I've had with it, I feel I should have invested more money into a more reliable machine, especially since I'm not getting as nice of a clarification as I would like.

I've been using my Spinzall for over two years and have had ZERO issues with it.Perhaps I'm lucky, as I see a lot of negative reviews here, but perhaps I merely read the entire manual prior to using it the first time. Dunno.Over the past couple years, I've used this device hundreds of times. Mainly for juice clarification (berries are especially amazing), but also for clarifying what creator Dave Arnold calls a "justino" (clarified blend of booze and fruits/vegetables/nuts), herb oils, broths, even gazpacho (which I can't recommend - was just plain weird).I usually use it in "batch mode", which limits you to around a pint/0.5L of material, primarily because cleaning the peristaltic pump, hose and catch basin used in "continuous mode" is an extra step.I love this one-of-a-kind device and would wholeheartedly recommend it to mixologists and cooking fanatics alike.

This is a great product. If you’ve got the money, kitchen space, and time to tinker, you won’t regret purchasing. Cleanup can be a bit complicated but use is dead simple. I’ve made lots of butter and many bottles of clarified banana rum to give as gifts

Broke immediately. Was going through the steps in the manual on how to do a manual unlock and it never ran again. The lid won’t recognize that’s it’s locked and run at all now. Company is hard to contact to get help from and won’t allow for easy returns. Way too much money for the risk of it breaking so easily.

Somewhat disappointed with this product. First off, it is significantly louder than I expected it to be. It is constantly oscillating between speeds rather than maintaining a single speed, so you hear it speeding up and slowing down frequently. This also means that it doesn't generate much force when compared to other machines, meaning it takes longer to do the job. It's also somewhat user unfriendly with a lot of parts that need to be assembled and disassembled every time it is used. I also found that the shape of it caused a lot of what had been separated out to mix back in as it slowed down and continued spinning. I ended up returning it and getting the CL4M by Waverly. It's a smaller machine, but it's more powerful, more consistent, almost silent, requires no real clean up of the machine and cost $300 less.