It can be a little difficult to close, but otherwise works much better than towels with a heavy pot on top! I sometimes soak as much of the liquid up as I can with a towel before pressing and leave it in their longer. That seems to ensure more dry tofu.

This item was purchased for my tofu-eating daughter and she reports that made pressing the liquid out of her medium firm tofu less than 10 minutes and that once she got the “how to operate it” learning curve figured out, she is confident that she will use it happily. Dishwasher safe is key to her household and she like the way the pieces fit together and the liquid gathered in the bottom portion. She is concerned about the handles breaking if she presses too hard, too soon, but so far it is working for her beautifully.

I've used it only once but ordered a second on the strength of that experience. I've been using traditional bamboo-box tofu molds which do the job, but they have to be used over some pan arrangement to catch the water as it drains from the curds. This device removes that need.Compared to the traditional bamboo box, it's a bit smaller, but I found that if I fill it, press the curd down and fill again, press that down again there is enough room to hold all of the tofu I usually get into the traditional box (I start with 5 cups of dried beans).The image shows the previous method in the back including the contraption I rigged to compress the curd.

Super user friendly! Easy cleaning and works great! Highly recommend! Nice little (mini size) tofu recipe booklet included! Definitely a great product for the price!

I shopped around looking at different features and glad I settled for this one. It's not too big and I love that it encloses the tofu and captures the "milk" so that i don't have to pull out different dishes/utensils. The real clashes with my other appliances though...but it's worth the trade.

I am new to tofu presses but this little contraption is pretty cool, the only thing I'd change would be the size of the holes in the drain pan ... I use extra firm tofu and the water comes out doesn't drain from the pan