Juicer Reviews

I love the fresh taste of the juice. It does a great job of that although this is my first juicer and I don't have anything to compare it to. However, its kind of a pain to get clean. I rinsed everything off and put it in my dishwasher. The fine screen didn't get very clean. I don't know what to do with that. The recipe book that came with it wasn't very informative about what the recipe will do. You have to guess according to the title of the recipe. I did like it when I forgot to remove the label from an apple that the label was in one piece in the pulp receptacle. It does a great job of juicing , the pulp that is left is very dry. It's initial purpose is completed well.

This is a great juicer for the novice. It's very easy to disassemble and clean and the juice extraction is excellent. There are certainly other juicers out there that promise more, but this Mini Pulp Juicer does a fab job at a fraction of the cost. I use mine at least 4 times a week for fresh orange, grapefruit and carrot juices.

This is a good value for the dollar.

I really like the Juicit juicer. I bought one last year, and now I'm going to buy another one. I really like how easy it is to use and to clean up. And it comes with a pitcher, so you don't have to make a mess pouring it into a pitcher or glass. It's a great item to have if you want to make your own juice.

This product is very useful and works as advertised, but has some flaws to be wary of.

Good points:
1. I juiced three pears in a little over a minute.
2. I don't have to find counter space for a separate juicer.
3. I can go from one fruit to the next quickly.

Bad points.

1. Pressing too hard on the intake tube causes it to brush up against the rotating shredder points on the bottom, causing it to shave off slight bits of plastic. I'm assuming this will be self correcting after using it a couple of times.
2. Pear peels tend to accumulate quickly and to thick levels on the mesh sides. I assume apple would too. It made it a bear to clean, even with a good soaking.
3. Cleaning means scraping your knuckles on the grater grid on the bottom.

I love this juice extractor attachment. If you already own an 11 cup processor and you like fresh vegetable juices, than this product is great! I've always wanted to make my own carrot juice, but hated the juicers I've used at friends places. They are such a hassle to clean! I also didn't feel like having another machine in my kitchen. This juicer attachment only has three parts which you place in your processor and all are easy to clean and even dishwasher safe.

But most importantly - I didn't really expect it - it works! It's as fast as when you use a disc attachment. You push the vegetable in, the pulp is collected and the juice comes out. I highly recommend this attachment!

I already owned the Kitchen Aid juicer attachment, but it has one flaw. You have to cut things small enough for the feeder. Seeing an infomercial for Jack Lalane's juicer, they put everything in whole. Since this attachment addicted me to juice (and the pulp, which is even better), I bought that juicer as well. What a huge mistake. The cleanup associated took me twice as long as chopping a few things up to start with. And my entire dishwasher was full of parts. Juice splattered all over the place, and dripped out for several minutes when I was done. That unit will go in the back of my closet, only to be brought out if I need to make 100 gallons of juice. It might be worth it then. I'm going back to my wonderful KitchenAid.

One of the reasons I bought this expensive juicer was because of the "Large-size Commercial" part - I was looking to squeeze 2 - 3 gallons at a time. The Amazon review also talks about grapefruits and efficiency with large quantities of fruit. I love sweet Texas grapefruit - they just barely fit, with pulp and seeds easily passing into the juice. The extractor insert doesn't lock in place and comes out after several squeezes with the rind. And only short glasses fit underneath to catch the juice. Large quantities (more than one small glass) are a continuous stop and pour and put the extractor screen back in, and then strain the end product process. If you are only doing a few oranges, than it is just ok - so call it a really expensive not very efficient orange juicer. I'm disappointed.

Ps. All the reviews about the long wait were true.

My wife is a fresh juice devotee. She has fresh squeezed juice every from our Champion juicer, which is an outstanding machine for veggies and certain fruits(we mostly juice apples). Because it grinds the food to produce the juice, it is not well-suited to citrus. No matter how carefully we peeled the oranges prior to grinding, there was still a bitter taste due to the rind. We went searching for the best juicer for citrus, and we found it in the Orange-X.

The machine is hefty and solid. As mentioned in previous, you will want to find counter space for this and leave it out. This will allow you to juice easily whenever you want, as cleanup is a matter of rinsing two small pop-out pieces. It is extermely easy to use, and even fun. My 14 year old enjoys it so much, he drinks more fresh juice than ever. A great purchase, you'll love it.

I highly recommend this juicer. I live in Florida and have a huge pink grapefriut tree as well as an orange, lemon and lime tree in my back yard. As you would expect my juicer has to be heavy duty and easy to use and clean. I have purchased and discarded most other juicers due to 1.t ook up too much counter space, 2. too flimsy, 3. too hard to clean, 4. too noisy, or 5. totally ineffective, etc. This juicer is elegant, the rack and pinion compressor will take all the juice out of medium to large fruit (small fruit you need to stack 2 high, but that's more efficient anyway). It's heavy, but not more than most juicers, and it gives you the leverage you need. I never move mine off the counter so I don't mind the weight. the easily removable cup rinses out in the sink so it's ready to reuse in a flash. It doesn't need a plug and it's quiet unlike electric models. You can fit a pint (lager) glass or a 2 cup cup measure under the spout. I must use it 3 to 4 times a day and i've had mine now for over 2 years. Big thumbs up from me!

Bought this as a first citrus juicer and have been quite happy with it. Extracts pretty much all juice, is powerful and very easy to use - also light and easy to store. Problems I found? Not enough pulp makes it into the juice and strainer is hard to clean unless you do so RIGHT after juicing. And sadly, because it is just plastic, ours is now cracked and handle is broken. We're looking for a heavy duty replacement. Still, a great buy, especially for the price!

This juicer is awesome. It is light and small in size which makes it not only easy to store but makes me willing use it all the time - no dread of lugging out some huge, heavy contraption. I live in South Florida and have a yard full of grapefruit, orange and key lime trees - this juicer does them all like a champ. With the two sizes of the juicing cone, one juicer takes care of all of my citrus. The strainer pops apart very easily and is a snap to clean with running water alone! You do not need to apply much pressure when using the juicer which allows you to juice many fruit in a row since your arm doesn't get tired. I love the adjustable pulp strainer - my husband likes lots of pulp, I like a little, and some friends just like the juice alone - no problem with this little workhorse. I also love that it gets all the juice out of the fruit - the fruit is dry after going on top of this machine! The juice flows right into the pitcher which makes it perfect for pouring right into your glass or into any other container - pitchers, plastic zip top bags, etc. I had looked and looked for a good juicer and most were expensive, bulky, hard to clean, etc. but not this great machine. I was skeptical since it is so cheap, but thought, "Well, what do I have to lose since I'm not spending much on it?" - now I'm in love with it. I'm such a fan that I just bought a second one to take to our vacation house!

This little item works very well, and exactly as described. I have an orange tree, two lemon trees, and a lime tree, and it handles my juicing needs just fine.

We were so looking forward to fresh lemondade. The moment the Salton arrived we opened the box, pulled out the lemons we had bought in anticipation and began juicing. On the 5'th lemon the gears stripped and the juicer no longer turned when applying even the slightest amount of pressure to the lemon. We were all very disappoined, my 5 kids and I : ( I had hoped for better after reading the great reviews written by some of the others.

I hate stupid kitchen gadgets but I love my Lemonader! Everyone who's sick and tired of lemonade from a can or a powder raise their hand and then get one of these machines. You may have to play around with the recipes a bit before getting it just right for your personal taste, but that's part of the fun. It assembles easily and cleans up easily too. I prefer to transfer the finished lemonade into a different pitcher for storage in the fridge. For the money, it's a great little kitchen machine and the salton consumer relations department has been stellar in helping me replace a part that I lost. They're friendly and easy to deal with...kind of like the machine itself. Feel like having a bit of summer year 'round? Nothing like a fresh glass of lemonade to do that!

I've read other reviews and thought that I'd give it a shot. I was quite impressed, overall. I didn't get burned with hot steam like others claimed, but I was extra careful. My unit fit together nicely and worked perfectly out of the box. I followed the recipes, and it seemed to work well. The one thing I will say (and it's a biggie) is that the pitcher is designed VERY poorly. The pouring spout wasn't made large enough, so A LOT of the finished lemonade will spill out when pouring.

I've tried pouring the contents from the included pitcher into a larger pitcher (with a better spout) and it's worked nicely. I still will get some spillage, but it's better than using the included pitcher and a tall glass.

Overall, the unit does what it claims to and the taste is pretty good!

This would be a great juicer if not for these problems. Juicer will literally move across the table when the pulp gets unbalance. I don't mean vibrating or shaking, I mean this thing will spin across the table. This happens every time even after replacement from KitchenAid. I didn't get a faulty one, it's just a bad design. Watchout! this thing is dangerous. For the price they're charging and the KitchenAid name, I expected better. Another problem, strainer basket is impossible to clean even with the spatula. Definitely get something else unless you plan on juicing in small amount and clearing the basket repeatedly. This juicer should be recall.

When I took the unit out of the box I was impressed by the predictable stylings of the KitchenAid machine - until I used it. The feed chute is so small that it takes me 15 minutes to make my juice in the morning. My daughter in law bought the cheaper one from Amazon.com about a month ago called the Juice Fountain. Although I haven't heard of the brand, the unit is very nice looking and it is about 5 times faster to use. I am new to juicing, and don't know if other juicers are like the Kitchenaid, but this really seems to be very slow and labor intensive. It makes great juice and I feel better for drinking it, but I wish I had have bought the cheaper unit.

I still have my Kitchenaid mixer and love it dearly, but in my mind, they don't have what it takes in juicers.

REVIEW:----------------- This Juicer is a Great juicer, and if you know the ""Trick"" to cleaning it, well its a snap and makes this juicer a realy great Juicer.---------- First off, it is very quiet while juicing, and is juices very smoothly, no shimmying across counter top, like some customers have stated of other juicers. It does not foam up, and I have been able to juice over a gallon of juice, with only having having to spend 40 second to lift out baket, scoop out the pulp, and reassemble the juicer, before you are off again.-------- The citrus fruit juicer attachment, which is included at no extra cost, is well made with two sizes to juice large and small citrus fruit. It has safety features that will insure safe opperation while juicing citrus fruit, (some other brand juicers, will require you to purchase the juicer attachment at an additional price). The citrus fruit stainer is so great, you could can juice boxes of citrus fruit, while only having to stop and empty the citrus strainer after every about 30 medium peaces of citrus fruit.-------------------------------------For cleaning, it comes apart very quickly, without any difficulty, there is only two peices too take apart from the base unit.-----------------------------------------After spending many hours of researching the specs of different juicers out there. Then reading several customer reviews for many of the juicers sold by Amazon.com. I decided to purchase this KitchenAid Juicer.---------------------------------- And there was only one negative review concerning the KitchenAid Dual Function Juicer, about difficulty cleaning small food out of strainer, THERE IS A SIMPLE TRICK TO CLEANING!!! ------------------------------------ First off, the "Shaped Spatula", looks like part of the packing material, and was almost trashed, lucky I have always insisted, all packing materials are saved, and not put into the trash. Because if you loose this special shaped spatula, you might as well forget about cleaning this juicer.-----------------------------------TRICK TO CLEANING: Take the basket & the special designed spatula. Using the shorter size of the spatula scrap / scoop the left over fruit material out of the strainer basket.----------------------Then use the specially designed spatula's shorter side to scrap with on the outside of the basket. it will fit pefectly. Then put it under running water, and scrape the outside of the strainer basket, it will scrap off the the pulp that is stuck through the micro screen basket. As you turn the strainer and scrape under the running water, you will see how easyly the strainer basket is cleaned.................. Then repeat the process on the inside of the strainer basket while under runing water. Once you see the pulp clean from the strainer basket's inne sides. --------------- Then the next step is to cup your hand under the strainer, (vertical held), while the water is running. Since the pulp floats in water, the slight remaining pulp will float in the pool od water you have created, Then slightly tilt the stainer, and the floating pulp will float over the rim and out of your stainer. Leaving the strainer fairly clean. Repeat the prpocess as needed.---------------------------------------I am juicing 4-5 times each day, sometime as much as a gallon of juice at a time. It cleans quickly and juicer quickly and quietly. I am very happy with this product!!! I strongly recomend this item.Jeff

I had high expectations from this unit being called "professional series"

I had a JR Juicer for a few years which did well. I use my juicer about 5 times a week. I bought this one a few months ago and it is now broken. The top three parts are removable by twisting two of the components -- the top clear plastic part has a small lid which secures it - this is what broke. The lower white plastic lip unscrews for removal and cleaning all the while juice drips on the motor part and penetrates around the screw making it very difficult to cleam -- try taking the whole engine part under the tap.

I read all the reviews that I could before purchasing.....so I wanted to at least give my feedback. I have held back buying a juicer for several years for 2 reasons...1) not sure I would use it and 2) not sure I could drink it! (esp carrot juice). Well, I've only had it for a week and used it 3 times, and have decided that although I don't just LOVE carrot juice, I CAN drink it.

Using the juicer is fairly easy, food prep is the longest! I'm trying out the "dip in boiling water for 5 secs" way of cleaning. I made carrot/apple juice, plus apple juice, the other morning and timed the whole process from start through cleanup at 15 minutes. So I'm hoping I can continue to make a 15 minute investment in my health each morning. Cleanup is a simple rinse-off with warm water and a brush for the filter. There WILL be a constant re-stocking of fruits/veggies though with frequent use!

OTHER: It is not as loud as I thought it might be......you do have to keep the food plunger over the opening to prevent airborne food. Also the spout cover flew off once and I found it later in the glass of juice.

No mechanical issues so far, course I've just had it a week. Only gave 4 stars because I haven't had it for very long, so don't know how it will hold up long term.

I am absolutely pleased with the Juiceman on several counts:

1. powerful
2. machine is light and stores easily
3. non-pulpy juice
4. simple to use, minimal cutting prep
5. easy to clean

It's always interesting to read negative reviews of juicers because quite frequently the issue is that the reviewer didn't do enough market research before buying the juicer. Masticating vs. centrifugal, juices vs smoothies, wheatgrass/no wheatgrass, baby food/sorbet/nut butters/milling grain or not, these are all options we have when we look at the selection of juicers available on the market today.

Example: I had a much more expensive Champion juicer several years back and nearly never used it. I found it bulky, heavy, messy for simple juicing (plus the pulp in the juice was a real turnoff for me) and really a nightmare to clean. When I tried to make almond butter with it I found I had to add a huge amount of sunflower oil to "help" the machine grind the almonds. For someone interested in the other applications the Champion can be used for, perhaps this would have been a great machine. I have met people who adore them. But it was definitely not the right machine for me.

My suspicion with several of the negative reviews here is that the reviewers didn't read over the owner's manual before they started using the machine and unwittingly damaged their juicers. And yes, you can get replacement blades--in fact, it's recommended that you replace the blade every 2-3 years or when the pulp begins to seem a bit wet. They cost about $40 online, I believe.

The Bottom Line: If you are interested in non-pulpy, quick juice drinks with minimal fuss and easy clean up, the Juiceman is a terrific machine at a very good price and holds up well (have had mine for about seven years).

One Caveat: You would do well to have a bottle brush or toothbrush on hand to quickly clean a couple of corners where pulp likes to lodge--it takes maybe 5-10 seconds to clean them, but thought I'd mention it in case you hate surprises.

This juicer is good for someone who isn't sure if juicing is for them. It gives you the opportunity to try various juice recipes without investing a lot of money in the more expensive juicers. I would recommend you get a juicing book as a companion to the juicer, as some parts of fruits shouldn't be juiced. (apple core/seeds)

It is a chore to clean, however we found that using a toothbrush to clean the strainer was a big help.

When juicing apples in your mixture, it's best to use them as the last ingredient, they tend to clog up the strainer more than other fruits/vegetables. Don't put pineapple rinds through the juicer, they will dull the blades.

We've used this juicer for about 2 years, then bought the juiceman II. It has a more powerful motor, and is a bit larger.

I have been using my Juiceman Jr. successfully for nearly two years now, and I am pretty happy. It's not the best juicer out there, but it's the best for the money. If you juice occasionally and don't mind a little extra prep time or clean-up time, there's nothing wrong with this product (in my experience). Just remember to core the apples and cut everything into sizes that will fit in the chute and you'll be fine. The mesh is hard to clean, but other reviewers have suggested a toothbrush, so I'll be giving that a try.

Also, you must clear out the pulp after every few glasses of juice have been made. When I would juice for three people, I found myself having to clean the machine out after the first two servings.

If you have more money to spend, there are more expensive models that are well-worth the money and will save you a lot of time. If you're on a budget, this is the best buy you'll find for the money. Like I said, I've had this thing for nearly two years and have yet to have any serious problems at all.

I have owned my juiceman junior for about 10 years and have been very happy with it. Mine hasn't received much use in the last two years because another newer juiceman junior was available to me. At this point, the blades on mine are quite dull and I will probably upgrade to a larger more powerful juicer. This juicer is the first and only juicer I have owned, and thus it's possible that I'm simply not aware of how much better a juicer can be. That aside, the juiceman has served me well for making single servings of juice; multiple servings of juice would likely require pauses to empty the basket. Carrots juice very quickly; greens seem to juice a little slower; oranges and grapefruits (with the pith) also seem to take a little more time.

I have recommended the juiceman to others, and there has seemed to be some variance in quality between them. Two people I have recommended the juicer to have gotten the version with the white cover (as opposed to the clear one), and for some reason, they are much much louder. I can't definitively say that the cover is the reason, but the two clear-covered ones that I have used do not have this problem.