Tribest Professional Cancan XL Manual Juice Press MJP-105 review

The Tribest Professional Cancan XL MJP-105 is a hand-operated press that Tribest explicitly lists for pomegranates, citrus and some tomatoes. It pairs a 4.5-inch stainless-steel bowl and strainer with a tall arm and a separate handle, but it does not include a batch pitcher: the manual asks you to put your own container beneath the bowl. The body is listed at 7.9 × 11.8 × 21.7 inches and 13.2 pounds. Choose it for the broader documented fruit scope and larger bowl—not for motorized convenience or a guaranteed yield.

The larger bowl has a specific job

Tribest calls this the XL Manual Juice Press for Pomegranate and Citrus, and its exact U.S. page names pomegranate as a use. It also lists oranges, mandarins, grapefruit, lemons and some vegetables such as tomatoes. That documented pomegranate scope is the meaningful difference from the MJP-100: the smaller press has a 3.9-inch bowl and its exact product page does not name pomegranate. The MJP-105 bowl is 4.5 inches, or 0.6 inch larger by the maker’s specifications. The page says that width is intended to accommodate pomegranates and citrus, but it does not promise that every fruit size or shape will fit without preparation.

The included bowl and strainer are stainless steel. The manufacturer describes the press as manual and identifies a separate handle on this model; the shared instruction book’s parts diagram also marks the handle as MJP-105-specific. You wash and halve the fruit, open the arm, place a half on the strainer, and use the hand-operated lever mechanism to press it. That keeps electrical controls and cords out of the routine, but you still handle each fruit and repeat the effort. Tribest’s “200 lbs of squeezing pressure” is a company claim, not an independently tested force or output figure. There is no measured juice yield, extraction time or comparison to a powered press.

Expect to provide a separate juice container

The included package lists a press body, stainless strainer, 4.5-inch stainless bowl, drip cup and manual. It does not list a juice carafe. During pressing the manual says to center your own container below the bowl and keep the drip cup to the side; after pressing, move the smaller cup under the bowl to catch liquid that drips between cycles. The official image shows a glass in a use illustration, but that is not proof that a glass is included. Before buying, choose a receiving vessel that fits the height and has enough room to be positioned and lifted out.

The 13.2-pound body is 1.1 pounds heavier than the listed MJP-100, and its footprint is 7.9 × 11.8 inches versus 7.5 × 11.4 inches; both models are listed at 21.7 inches tall. The MJP-105 therefore asks for a little more counter depth and width without being taller. Its weight may matter if you want to move it between uses, and the manual says to lift from the lower body with both hands—never carry it by the arm. Measure your counter, vessel, overhead clearance and storage route rather than treating the listed body dimensions as complete working clearance.

Care and use are hands-on, too

Tribest’s manual directs you to put the press on a flat nonslippery surface, ensure the strainer is seated in the bowl and lock the bowl into its bracket before applying pressure. After each pressing cycle, the spent skin and pulp need to be removed. Keep hands dry; the book says not to operate with wet hands or in a damp environment. Cleaning centers on the removable stainless bowl and strainer, washed frequently with nonabrasive soap, plus wiping the inside of the upper press with a damp cloth and drying it. Although the routine text refers to hot water, the manual’s caution sets a maximum of 104°F (40°C). Follow the explicit limit, and do not assume dishwasher use because no such claim is supplied.

The manual notes that some post-press dripping is normal and recommends using the drip cup after the pressing step. It also links poor performance to fruit choice, an incompletely seated strainer or not completing the arm turn. If the unit wobbles on a flat surface, the manual says a rubber foot may have come out; difficulty with the arm returning may need customer service. These are the manufacturer’s troubleshooting notes—not an observed defect, failure-rate estimate or hands-on finding.

Resolve one code discrepancy before ordering purple

The MJP-105 base model and black `MJP-105BK` are clear in the current product page and shared manual. Tribest’s page conflicts on its purple suffix: the product title and color selector say `MJP-105PR`, while the specification table says `MJP-105PU`. Because the manual lists colors only generically, confirm the purple box code; do not assume suffixes interchange. Its separate refurbished offer identifies black `MJP-105BKR` and purple `MJP-105PRR`. Tribest describes the offer as inspected and reconditioned with a three-year warranty, but includes no manual and accepts no refunds or returns. That refurb suffix still does not resolve the base purple-code conflict; download the shared manual and verify the box code before a final-sale order. Image: black.

Choose the MJP-105 if you want manual pressing with documented pomegranate use, accept repeated hand motion, and have room for a tall press and your own vessel. Tribest states a three-year household warranty; check the written terms for your offer. For citrus only, the MJP-100 is smaller and lighter. Cuisinart’s CTG-00-CJ suits recipe-size amounts with its marked two-cup bowl, but it is a hand reamer. The reviewed powered Breville and Cuisinart citrus presses reduce arm work; their product pages do not document pomegranate use. For leafy greens or firm produce, compare centrifugal or slow extractors. The finder treats unknown vessel capacity as unknown and requires exact-model pomegranate documentation. See Tribest’s MJP-105 page and the shared manual. This is source-based research, not a hands-on test: no force, yield, speed, sound or durability data was measured.