Peakdale Flower Press, Spring Giant 29cm x 36cm Rectangular Wooden Flower Press

My flower press arrived earlier today. On time and packaged well. Definitely worth what I paid... contains all u need to start pressing straight away and I can't wait to get started.

Good size , can gets lots of flowers in it at same time

I ordered this flower press so I could have something to quickly press some of the flowers from the arrangements for my daughter and son-in-law's wedding. I wanted a large one, and one that would arrive as soon as possible (got home with the gorgeous flowers after a fantastic day, but knew they'd start to fade all too soon). It arrived today and has, so far, proved to be just what I needed. It takes A4-ish size sheets, so plenty of area to lay out flowers and foliage. I think I could have just done with a couple more sheets of the card and blotting paper (LOTS of flowers for me to press!), but you are given enough to do plenty (six layers, I think).I had no problem using it, or assembling it. I see previous review said someone had a problem holding the screws in when assembling it, with there being six of them. I assembled mine with it sitting on a flat and firm but squishy/spongy foot stool cushion - so I could feed all six of the screws underneath (by squishing the cushion down at each point, then the cushion popped back up to hold each one in place). The other alternative would be to temporarily slap a bit of masking tape over each screw head once each one is in place, to stop them falling out until you add the wingnuts, but I found I had no problems and no tape was needed.So far, so good. Looking forward to seeing how well they've pressed....and (hopefully) using what I've pressed with the UV resin kit that also arrived today.......

So, basically its two pieces of MDF with some card and blotting paper, and some screws - not much wrong with that. BUT the major issue is the design - it has 6 screws in which are loose and fall straight out of the holes so putting it together is really really really hard to get all 6 in so you can screw the thing up. You need to hold the whole thing up in the air and post the screws down through the holes, then try and get the wing nuts on which you can't do because one hand is holding the press up - or you have to keep it flat on a table, with one corner hole over the edge of the table and put the screw in, then slide it round to do the next. With all 4 corners in you can then stand it up, on the screws, and drop the middle ones in. It takes ages. There HAS to be a better design than this! all you need is the screws to be fixed into the holes and then this would be an okay flower press. Will probably glue them now. I can see why they aren't fixed because that would make shipping more expensive but still it is frustrating.

I bought this flower press for my daughter and she is very pleased with it.

Very good

Package seal was open on delivery. There should have been six bolts in total , there was only three

Great fun and it works well