Good and functional tomato strainer: 5 stars for optics planet, 4 stars for weston - Weston Products Deluxe Electric Tomato Strainer

The price is below retail. Ordered over the weekend, item arrived Thursday. Product put into action on Friday. You have to use the berry screen (smallest holes) to keep tomato seeds out of the sauce. That knocked off one star- I really think that a 'Tomato Strainer' should have a dedicated tomato screen with holes a little bigger than the berry screen. Then you'd have a choice between a real smooth sauce or a slightly chunky sauce. We are novices at sauce making and canning and got a late start in the season. This strainer made the process simple. We used raw tomatoes and had no performance issues. Another reviewer (some other website) had cautioned their strainer was ruined by tomato juice that got into the unit and ate away at the motor, so it didn't work for the 2nd season. So, unplug from electricity and look into the channel where the auger goes to make sure it's dry before packing it up. Not sure how that person got juice in there.. ours was completely dry. Haven't yet, but we plan to attempt applesauce and pumpkin next. I expect we will get a lot of use out of this and highly recommend it to others. Thank you OpticsPlanet.com !