Oxo Good Grips Cherry Pitter

Item came quickly, no problem w/seller. I was a bit disappointed w/the pitter, not knowing exactly how one works. It is helpful, but I think slower than pitting by hand. Nevertheless, I am glad that I got it.

Works very well. Perhaps 1 out of 10 cherries may not be pitted if you don't place the cherry just so. Otherwise, it punches out a pretty clean pit.

9/10/08
Had even more success by putting the cherry in place stem side down (with stem intact.
Also doubles as an olive pitter!

See my youtube video demonstrating the pitter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huRn9TWcUUU

Perhaps, the sour cherries were too small for the pitter, but very few attempts resulted in a clean "pitting". The pit was usually still attached to the cherry and had to be removed by hand. After placing cherry in pitter, you press the plunger, remove semi-pitted cherry, remove pit, and place pit and cherry in respective containers. The procedure is a bit more compex (and messy) than I envisioned. Next time, I will use a knife for a few pounds to see if the Oxo is worth the trouble. The item is well made and comfortable to use but just didn't work for me.

Got this for cherry season - works well but sometimes the pusher doesn't push the seed all the way out and you have to pull it - this gets really tedious when pitting enough cherries for 3 pies at a time. Other than that it has a good feel in the hand and does get the job done better than manually with a chopstick.

I love this cherry pitter. I used to have an older style that my grandmother used. On this pitter, the top of the rod that actually pushed the pit out looked sort of like the control end of a dental syringe. It wasn't great, but it was a hell of a lot easier than trying to push pits out with a wooden skewer. When I went to replace that pitter, I was a little dazed by sticker shock (I expected to find one similar to the one I used to have and pay maybe $5-6). I only found this model but was desperate and forked over the money. Well, it turned out to be worth every penny. I bought 4 lbs. of cherries because they were on sale and I wanted to make some pies. I pitted the entire batch in about 40 minutes. Amazing! Ten minutes per pound -- and that was on my first run while I was still working on my technique of using the device. I'm very happy with this pitter. :) Works well on the few varieties of olives I've tried too.