Tala Jam Straining Set & Kilner Pack of 200 Wax Discs, White

This is smaller than I expected, it's 30 cm high and 15.5 cm diameter. To get the negatives out the way: the feet don't all face outwards when the legs are fully screwed in. I noticed another reviewer complained about this, and I think it's a packing mistake: the wrong legs have been packed, 2 of same sort, instead of 3 different ones.. I could return it, but can't be bothered. I just don't screw one of them in fully, which makes it slightly less stable, but not critically so. I am not using this for jam making, but to assist horticultural purposes: straining fertiliser solution, as I use organic (home made) fertiliser additives, which can clog a sprayer or water pump. Because I'm straining liquids, the bag that came with the stand is not suitable for my purposes, as not fine enough. I would say medium to coarse grade, at a guess. Ok for jam, but less good for liquids. I would think that it's borderline for making yoghurt/cheese and definitely too coarse for nut milk etc. So have bought a separate bag to use with the stand, and found one that fits perfectly around the top of the stand - Therpin 75 Micron Nylon Straining Bag, 22 x 32 cm - which is also far longer, so holds a lot more. The bag that came with the stand is quite small, could easily be longer, although the elasticated rim is a nice touch. The other bag I bought has a tie string, but as it just fits in diameter, I don't need to tighten it. The separate bag doubled the cost, but think the stand alone worth the price as will last forever and makes things so much easier. I would recommend, bearing in mind you might need a different bag depending on your purpose.

I am knew to jam making and was a bit dubious about this but it arrived quickly and contrary to some reviews who complained about the legs not aligning up properly all i would say is use a bit of common sense and tighten them enough to be secure and pointing the way you feel is best - easy. The 'bag' feels very strong and i suspect it will last for years, initially i thought it was going to be too small as i was making Crab Apple jelly which requires a lot of pulp for smallish return of juice but i was wrong, it took loads and helped me make a great batch of the stuff. I positioned it over a sauce pan to collect the juice and it was very secure.Very pleased.

There a couple of crab apple trees near us and each year most of the fruit falls from the trees and rots. This year I picked a few handfuls and produced some jars of crab apple jelly. The Tala Jelly bag is perfect for filtering the juice after the first part of the process.

Really like this product, so glad I finally bought one. After years with struggling tieing muslins from chairs ect this was a dream to use and worth every penny for the saving in hassle. I was worried it might be a bit small and while it is quite small it holds a suprised get amount of fruit pulp if you carefully fill it. I've used it to make several batches of different hedgerow jelly and it has become quite baddly stained but that doesn't affect use and it seems durable enough. Metal stand is good and just bendy enough to pull back and clip to a fairly large bowl.

I have made apple and mint jelly and apple and cranberry port jelly with this no problem at all. It really drains to a dry pulp if you just leave overnight. What quantities can it take? With the mint it was no more than 1kg of apple. With the cranberry 1lb apple, 1 1/4 lb cranberry. Most recipes have these sought of quantities.This is a good six to eight half size jars.

Wasn’t sure what to expect with this as I thought it might be too small, however it’s absolutely perfect! I had four pounds of black currants to make jelly with and after simmering they all managed to fit in the jelly bag. It was easy to clean and the jelly bag didn’t stain - result!!

The wire frame isn't especially sturdy, and the legs only just spring out far enough to fit a gallon jug, so no use on my usual brewing or preserving containers. The bag is rounded, fitted on by a silicon stretch band and no additional loops or ties, and only has a capacity of about 2 litres. On first use the bag detached while only half full of stewed apple, and the rounded shape makes it bulge outwards and drip outside the area of the stand, instead of the pointed (and infinitely more efficient) traditional shape.The only saving grace is that the stand is tall enough for me to make a decent bag from muslin or calico with a larger capacity. Very disappointed, at least it was the cheapest of several identical products.

I'm very happy with this strainer. It can be disassembled for easy storage, it's easy to assemble. The bag is bigger than it first appears, 1.5kg of apples with 1l of water fit adequately and the elastic is holding the weight.Some reviews mentioned legs not facing the right way when fully tightened, I loosened mine a little to get them all facing outward at the best angle, once pushed onto the slightly wider bowl rim every thing seems perfectly stable.I have some concerns the bag elastic won't last very long as the type of elastic looks like the sort that perishes but we'll see, I can easily make more bags or buy some.The nylon bag isn't the finest, you can see my apple juice is fairly cloudy so I'll be straining it through finer cloth as well. It would be fine to catch most small seeds like strawberry seeds without a problem though.