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This weekend I decided to pick up a lime press and give it a try.  I wondered if this little tool would work better than my trusty old reamer.  Here are a few photos of me using the product. 

The first thing I would like to mention about the lime press is my lime was too large for the opening.  The way this tool works is you cut a lime in half and insert it cut side down into the press.  I tried to cram the lime in to place, but to no avail, it was still too large for the tiny little opening.  I finally decided to cut off a little piece of the lime and the press worked fine.  The design is very simple to use, but the pressure needed to squeeze the fruit is a lot more than one would expect.  You can see from the photos, in order to extract the most juice I really had to give a good two handed squeeze.  They also make these little presses from oranges and lemons, they promise no seeds and I didn’t see any seeds in my juice (although, I don’t often see anything but little seeds in my juice for limes).  This method is also suppose to extract the essential oils from the skin of the citrus fruit, I can’t really attest to that.  I thought it might be interesting to see if this method produced more juice than my trusty reamer.  I found that although a very small difference the old reamer beat out the press.  Here’s a photo.  The reamer is the glass on the left and the press is on the right. 

Overall, I would say that while this tool does what it promises, I still prefer my handy little reamer.  Sure, I still have to deal with seeds when I juice, but there’s something to be said for simplicity.  My old reamer is a classic for a reason.