Westmark Nut Cracker Adesso

I bought this for Brazil nuts after reading the rave reviews. I eat all kinds of in shell nuts. I think I will break this review down in to nut types. I will start with the ones this performs well with and end with the ones it is bad at.Walnuts. 5 stars. Opens them easily. Nut is easy to extract from shell. Catches most all of the waste.Pecans. 5 stars. Performance same as Walnuts.Filberts. 5 stars. Although small. This cracks them easily no waste. No mess.Almonds. 3 stars. The best way I have found to crack these is to hold them up against the top lip outside of the cup. It opens them. Although 99% of the time they need a lot of work from your fingers afterwards. Waste catching feature useless here.Brazil Nuts. 1 star. They will not fit in it anyway that doesn't mangle them. I have gotten one to open without wasting any of the nut. A hammer is way better than this. It's also very messy. Once the cracker mangles the nut you have to take it out and pull all the pieces of shell off and try to get what nut you can. A hammer actually makes less of a mess.That said. It is very well made. I see it lasting a lifetime. And depending what kind of nuts you want to use it for it may be perfect for you.

Cracks the shells gently. No more smashed nuts or pinched fingers. Keeps the shards from scattering on the floor. Longer handles are easier for weak hands.Sometimes need to rotate the nut and crack the other half as well.Just be sure to never force it open.

sturdy; but, awkward and not nearly as effective as the old fashioned nut cracker we're all used to..

This might be good for other kinds of nuts, but I bought this for pecans. It does not work very well for pecans.

I've only used it for hazelnuts so far but it certainly excels at those. Effortless cracking and no more shells flying everywhere.

Didn't work well with pecans.

love his nutcracker. Easy to use and won't pinch fingers.easy for children to use too!

Excellent product. Works perfectly with large nuts like walnuts. Smaller nuts not recommended.

For cracking European walnuts (which have stronger shells and can be smaller than Californian or Chinese ones), it is ace. Not the best ever but ace.And it will crack hazelnuts too, but only if you have giant hazelnuts. Perhaps they have them in America. On the whole though I agree with Mr Jost's review - a hammer is better at cracking once you learn how to hit your nuts with it. And a French leather surfaced walnut mallet is better still (3 euros from a vide grenier). But who wants walnut shells all over the kitchen?

The nutcracker is not very practical as it accomodates really small nuts or very big nuts. Anything in between (large hazelnuts) can't be opened. Not very practical!

Wir kennen und nutzen die tollen Monopolmesser von Westmark und waren daher überzeugt, hier gute Ware zu kaufen. Der Nussknacker ist schwer, aber auch schwer zu öffnen. Der obere Teil, der für das Knacken von Haselnüssen gedacht ist, ist viel zu klein. Wir haben eine ganz normale Packung Nüsse gekauft, keinewegs zu groß, eher mittel bis klein. Es ist ein richtiges Gefummel, die Haselnuss dort zu plazieren, um sie zu knacken. Manche sind damit nicht zu öffnen. Für das Walnussfach sind sie zu klein. Schade. Habe leider die komplette Verpackung sofort vernichtet, deshalb kann ich ihn nun nicht zurückgeben. Klare Empfehlung: Besser nicht kaufen.

A Natale il tavolo è sempre una campo di guerra di gusci di frutta secca. Mi sono sempre chiesto perchè non facessero un rompinoci con una specie di copertura che evitasse ai gusci di volare ovunque per la casa. Eccolo qua!L'invenzione davvero efficace, la leva è favorevole al punto da dover dosare molto bene la forza per rompere le noci, in quanto le prime volte le si sbriciolano letteralmente!Unica modifica che ho apportato, l'ho smontato ed ho limato un pò la parte della cerniera, in modo da permettere una maggiore apertura, così da inserire Noci un pò più grandi di quelle che si possono inserire in origine.Avrei anche gradito degli inserti in plastica o in gomma, per favorire il grip. Per questo dò "solo" 4 stelle.Per il resto, prodotto davvero ottimo.

È molto robusto e sicuramente potrebbe resistere per anni ma non è molto efficace. Ho trovato che l'unico modo per aprire bene le noci sia di usare i due piccoli cilindretti all'interno dello schiaccianoci ma la cosa richiede attenzione e quindi non è molto rapido nell'aprire la frutta secca.