VEVOR Hydraulic Shop Press, 12 Ton/26000lbs, H-Frame, 4-Hold Adjustable Height, with Movable Plates, for Garage or Professional Users, Orange

bought this to press out some control arm bushings, should have probably got the 12 ton instead. bushings were within its operating capabilities and turned out fine but it struggled with lower ball joints. pressing out, there was a bit of a violent pop that ejected the jack completely from the frame, catching me off guard and only narrowly avoiding injury. pressing ball joints in however, was a more fiddly matter. it was unable to provide enough pressure to force the new ball joints straight in on center, the overload bypass works. i was able to overcome this by working the edges in a circle pressing a little at a time until about 90% in then returning to center to finish it out, at near max output of the press it was able to make the last bit in a violent pop to seat the ball joints. the orange paint is not a permanent coating to protect the press, it is merely there to indicate if you have used it at all as it flakes off on contact with anything. the 2 pieces of black plate it comes with are very convenient that they are included however will bend permanently well before the 6t max is ever reached, i suggest getting thicker plates if you plan to use this regularly. actually, i suggest getting a 12t unit if you plan to use this at anything close to it's limit. idk what the parts are all called so i'm going to go with deck height adjustment pins. those are fine, the holes in the frame that accept the pins though, not particularly skookum, all wallowed out already. hell, the deck has a good sag to it too now. so while it seems to be engineered to survive the forces of the 6t jack it's built around, i can honestly say it only just barely does that. this is at best hobby quality, for home light duty use, dont count on it lasting a week in a commercial workshop and is priced accordingly. do not attempt to put any larger jack in this frame, it may just kill you and if you want it to last forever it might be better suited to maybe a 3t jack. so while my results were sub optimal, i know i was asking too much of this tool and my experience with it is my fault. except the paint, the paint could be much better. so weighing all things here, i'm giving this 5 stars overall not because its a great press, it isnt, but because it is exactly the $97 worth of press i paid for and it did what i asked of it when i should have bought $167 worth of press.

I like it. Could use some higher holes for raising cross bars in order to use thinner metal. Had to place work on a 2x4 t0 get the work completed. However, does what it claims to do. Well constructed.

It’s pretty heavy duty but it did come damaged so packaging could be better. But works as it should.

I would expect to have to bleed the hydraulic bottle jack before use. In the manual it says refer to page 8 for those instructions. There is no page 8. Nice.I do know how to bleed air out of a bottle jack. So no problem. Except that it wasn't working. The jack would bleed back, bleed off pressure and you couldn't built the pressure you needed to do the jobs.I took the jack apart to inspect/clean as it wasn't an air problem, but a bleed back problem. Turns out under the jack pump mechanism, there was only one ball bearing in the check valve setup. There should be 2. Once I got ball bearing for the missing check valve.Shouldn't have to go to this level of disassembly, diagnosis and repairing of something that is brand new.Not recommended for this reason.Update after a week. The jack is complete junk. It can't hold pressure at all.I bought a new hydraulic jack to replace this thing. More $ out the door.Should have got the HF 20Ton instead. Bit more $, but i know those work.

super cheap and well built option for any press needs, however go with the bigger option, I personally thought I’d be fine with the smaller version but almost immediately did I run into problems where I wish I couldve had the bigger one to use.

Ok. So having just assembled this... thoughts.#1... you get what you pay for 5 stars.#2... Not terrible but not better then 3 stars with modification either#3... Build Quality (frame) is ok. 4 stars#4... issues with safety, and general issues and me being picky. 2 stars.a. The bottle jack is not totally secured. There is a ring into which the top cylinder fits... ok, but the base is not secured to the down-pressure beam. It is simply placed and held by friction and two large springs. Putting tons of pressure on it? Not quite feeling it as-is.. I need the press size, not the pressure so for my application, shoe-sole press, it's right on... trying to press a bearing at high pressure and my OSHA senses light up. The arbor plates are also under sized and way not stable... did I get wrong parts? Would definitely see a welder if this was high pressure. 3 stars feels mean given how inexpensive this was but all I can think of is "Whoops!". Bottom line, not bad, not great. A shop can handle these issues pretty easy, a lay person prob ok, and if you are mechanically not inclined go better quality. I plan to fix the arbor plates with wood (again I need stable pressure, not high pressure) and will probably use JB Weld and rough sanded surfaces to hold the jack a bit more stable. Not ideal... but will work for my use case.

Pressed a bearing today and the c channels where I rested the knuckle are bending. I’m going to reach out to the company. Also, there aren’t enough adjustment holes or at least the holes should be all shifted higher a half step as I find myself working at the limit of the jack or the next hole, it’s too close.The vendor has been in touch and has pledged to make it right, so I’ve bumped up the stars to 3. Maybe I got a bad batch of c channels? Hoping the vendor sends stronger new ones and I’ll update this review when they arrive and I’ve tested them.Updated to 5 stars. VEVOR went over and beyond to provide new c channels. I’m extremely satisfied. I’ve since ordered more items from this company confident in their support after the purchase. Replaced another bearing with ease.

Came faster than expected was very easy to put together and will do exactly what I needed to do. Thank you supplier for the fast shipping and thank you VEVOR for quality products