Metrokane L-Press

I had a juicer once. I think Jack La Lanne convinced me I needed it around 3am one morning. But instead of Jack’s made-for-TV Power Juicer, I went to Wal~Mart and picked up the super budget version. It worked the first few times but it was really hard to clean, and after just a few operations I could feel it slowing down. It was such an eyesore that I had to put it away in between uses, and then I started to have realizations like, “Hey, I can buy Odwalla at the corner deli.”

But what if the Metrokane L-Press (via Gizmodo) was around then? This steel and aluminum orange press is flat-out beautiful, and it appeals to both my little-seen macho gear-head side, as well the side that just wants to cuddle and drink fresh-squeezed juice. According to Metrokane, you can generate a thousand pounds worth of leverage with this thing, so you won’t just be juicing oranges, you’ll be punishing them. Bet it’d make a hell of a screwdriver.