Juicer Guide

Juicer Reviews And Ratings

Breville 800JE Juicer Review

Friday
Jan 14,2011

The easiest and quickest way of extracting juices at home is by having Breville Juicer 800JE in your kitchen. The Australian manufacturers of this product know what people expect from a juicer.

This powerful commercial grade juicer comes with an innovative design that offers the convenience of use and quick to clean. Its features invite you to have juices more frequently than ever.

The two features that distinguish the Breville Juicer are its powerful 1200-watt motor plus the patented extra large stainless steel feed chute. That means you don’t have to cut fruits and vegetables into smaller pieces for being fed to the juicer.

Its three-inched chute is wide enough to accommodate an apple, a couple of carrots ant one or two tomatoes in one go. The well-built food plunger pushes all the fruits and vegetables thru the chute without any hassle.

The juicer comes with a 2-speed electronic control enabling you to choose an appropriate speed for the fruit or vegetable being used. For instance you may juice watermelons at high speed but apples would require you to work on slow speed. In any case healthy juice is ready in a matter of seconds.

The Breville Juicer employs the principle of centrifugal-ejection. This design allows the juicer to automatically throw out very dry pulp into a large detachable container. As a result the produce is processed continuously to deliver juice speedily.

Because of the micromesh filter system built in the Breville Juicer, the volume of juice is a massive 50% more than a typical juicer. Your kids are sure to enjoy a really smooth juice, as Breville incorporates a froth separator in the stylish 1-liter pouring jug.

The juicer has a sturdy metal base with stainless steel construction. Its looks will compliment any kitchen. All the components of this juicer are very convenient to assemble, taking less than a minute. The instruction manual comes in an easy to understand language.

If you are new to making juices you will fine the free recipe book of great help as a beginner.
An important aspect to be considered while choosing a juicer is the time one needs to spend in cleaning it at the end of juicing process. Except for the electric motor all the parts of this juicer are dishwasher safe. Further, for the convenience of the user, the manufacturers have included a brush with nylon bristles for cleaning of the mesh. So, at the end of cleaning, the juicer looks like a new one.

The wide-ranging warranties covering the motor and other components say a lot about the quality and confidence of the producers. Safety is an important issue with electrical appliances. Breville takes care of that by incorporating a lock-bar that needs to be ensured in its place before the juicer can operate.

Another smart model from the same manufacturer is its die-cast aluminum and zinc Breville 800 Class Citrus Press. Its design includes long lasting stainless steel juicing cone and filters that are easy to use.

The operation is simple. As you press down the soft grip handle the motor of the reamer gets activated to quickly deliver superb juice. Here again, all the parts can safely be cleaned in dishwasher. The juicer has a dust cover, as also a convenient cord storage facility.

Get daily requirements of the much-needed nutrients like minerals and enzymes for self and the family by opting for the Breville Juicer in your kitchen, and let everyone enjoy good health!

Wednesday
Dec 22,2010

Wheat grass juice is highly nutritious with vitamins E and C and of particular help if you are trying to lose weight. It helps improve your skin, enhances energy levels and metabolism and helps to rid the body of toxins. Instead of consuming energy drinks, one should prefer taking juice of wheat grass. But, it’s quite a hassle driving down to the market everyday to have a glass of this juice. So, the best solution is to have a wheat grass juicer at home. You may consider buying the manual version of wheat grass juicer, for it is economical and doesn’t occupy much of space on your kitchen shelf because it gets clamped at the central edge. Its most important feature is that it uses a cranking handle for extraction of juice at a slow speed, enabling you to get more of nutritious juice. Usually, the parts are made of stainless steel and easy to dismantle for cleaning. Another advantage of manual wheat grass juicer is that you can use it for making juice of carrots and other leafy vegetables.

If you are looking for a juicer that does a bit more, you should consider electric masticating wheat grass juicer that can be used for making juices of fruits and vegetables. They are quite efficient. However, if you are keen to extract juices of large fruits and vegetables, it’ll be good to go for a power juicer like the Jack Lalane Power juicer, that’s superb. Of course these are expensive and occupy more space on the shelf but worth all that if you are keen to have juices and make other drinks apart from wheat grass. . Masticating juicers are quite like manual models. They are efficient and effectively crush the grass to break down fibers that have most nutrients.

These juicers are quite comparable to electric models and some of them may be used for making different drinks. The price of these may vary from $50 to $500.

Another kind of juicer comes in the form of a centrifugal model. Generally, these can’t be used for juicing of wheat grass or such leafy vegetables. If your budget allows, you may opt for twin gear juicer which delivers high quality drink. No doubt these are expensive, but they significantly reduce oxidation, thus giving better quality of juice. The price of such juicers varies from $400 to $1000.

Saturday
Dec 4,2010

It is not at all difficult to buy a citrus juicer, but the problem is one of having to use it on a regular basis to extract nutritious juice of fruits and vegetables of your choice. People like to have a healthy lifestyle, feel good and healthy and to live long. The most common excuse for not eating healthy or at least not having homemade juice regularly is acute shortage of time due their lifestyle. An ancient riddle that aptly describes this dilemma goes like this: “How do you eat an elephant”? Answer: “One bite at a time”. Let’s face the fact that it is almost impossible to suddenly bring in drastic changes in your lifestyle. The trick is to bring around gradual changes in a step by step manner.

Choosing a juicer for extraction of juices from oranges, tangelos and nectarines is simple. The small five dollar juicer is going to be a big hassle and would fail to give enough juice. The ones working on electricity are nice to have and often the first choice of a majority of consumers for the convenience of operation it presents but there is another variety that people tend to overlook generally. That’s the citrus press, which not only delivers the maximum yield but is also very convenient to clean after having been used. It uses a hand lever action for squeezing the juice from fruit and requires less fruit, compared to old fashioned reamer. Though the orange reamer is more efficient than using hands for extracting juice, it leaves lot of nutrients in the flesh of the fruit.

Amco offers a great lever action press for about $150. It’s not really a commodity product and considered as a special item that you will find easier to get online thru Amazon or Target. It would need space for you to clamp it down on the edge of the counter top. After you are finished with the process of juice making, it is vey easy to clean and can conveniently be stored beneath the counter. And, you can really get an electric juicer by paying less if you buy from Wally World, and this device will outlast the electric models by decades as it has fewer moving components and has commercial grade quality.

Sunday
Nov 14,2010

The wide variety of juicers in the market makes it somewhat difficult to decide which one should choose. Nevertheless, it is always safe to go for a reputed brand. The brand Waring has been present in the market for small home appliances for a long time and the products are reported to offer consistently good performance. Waring products manufactured from quality materials are durable and can be relied upon for good performance. Buying from a company known for its dependable quality products makes the choice a little bit easier.

The Waring Pro Juicer is not among the most expensive brands available in the market, but it surely is among the best for using at home. Moreover, the design of this juicer is very simple, that makes it easy to learn its use. Being made from good sturdy materials enables it to withstand the rigorous use you may put it to. You know how tedious it is to squeeze juice of a lemon or an orange! A power juicer enables you to extract more volume of juice from any fruit or vegetable in a very short time. It very conveniently disposes of the skins and seeds without creating much of fuss or mess.

An important factor that finally decides the choice of a juicer is the ease of cleaning it after it has been used for making juice. The Waring Company could sense that need of consumers and designed a machine that is perhaps the easiest of all machines to clean and be ready for its next operation. You should appreciate that easy cleaning ensures that there will be no germs or contaminants left there in the machine. You certainly feel comfortable at the back of your mind that your juicer is free of any contaminants and thus safe to use anytime you need it. Simply follow the instructions and spend time to finish the job of cleaning in no time.

Having chosen your Waring Pro Juicer, you are ready to have some fun. Using this juicer, you can make a large variety of juices and other drinks for you and your family. Even individual tastes of members can be taken care of. It’s real fun to experiment with combination of juices of fruits and vegetables. You may use juicer for making exceptional soups too. You can make juice of vegetables and mix the same with the basic soup to make it healthier and much tastier. Fruit juices may even be turned to frozen deserts and gelatin based deserts. The possibilities are almost endless!

Juiceman JM300 Review

Friday
Oct 29,2010

For quite some time I have had tried different makes of juicers, only to realize that most of them are too difficult to clean and some of them fail to work beyond a few weeks.

After all what does one look for in a juicer except that it should offer quick juices, be easy and quick to clean and made from quality materials so that it lasts longer. Of course it has to be priced reasonable. Having tried many of those fancy juicers I experienced that Juiceman JM300 is ideally suited for domestic use. It works fast, saving time and money and delivers more juice than any other juicer from the same amount of vegetables or fruits. Further it reducing your preparation time.

Have a look at the features of the Juiceman JM300:

- It comes with 3 inch “wide-mouth” chute that helps to minimize or almost eliminate preparation time for cutting apples, carrots, etc.
- Very economically prized, around $50 to $70
- It’s easier to clean than most other available brands like Breville, Green Star, and Omega.
- This is built to last; unlike some more expensive juicers (see the mesh element on Breville juicers)
- It delivers DRY pulp, meaning that you get better value from your produce.

Some consumers consider this juicer as a good starter, but having tried and used the Breville Elite, priced over $300 and the GreenStar costing $450 juicers, I have little doubt that the Juiceman is the best of all.

Juicers are NOT created equal. Breville juicers are very much like the Juiceman, but because of the design of their mesh and the straining element leave the pulp produced by them very wet, meaning that you are losing a lot of juice and just throwing your money down the drain.

An important consideration while buying juicer is to know if you are generally going to use it for juicing of grass and leafy vegetables. The fast-spinning, centrifugal juicers of the kind of Juiceman are basically designed for juicing of all solid fruit and veggies, both hard and soft. Though the Juiceman does deliver juices of grasses and leafy greens, only “masticating” auger-type juicers are designed to offer the best value out of grasses and leafy vegetables. The best auger-type juicer is the “Green Star” brand.

Juiceman juicer is available in two models: JM300 and JM 400, the latter has stainless steel body and therefore offers the convenience of cleaning. The plastic body of JM 300 tends to acquire an orange tinge if its parts are only lightly rinsed off rather than putting them in dishwasher on regular cycle. In most of the cases the coloring is due to carrot juicing.

Many users prefer using the JM300 because of its slide switch, in stead of a rotary switch on the JM400. JM 300 allows you to keeps your messy, juicy, hands away from the machine because you can just tap the switch with a knuckle, rather than groping for the rotary switch to turn. Nevertheless, both the models are equally durable and offer excellent value for your money.

The Juiceman JM300 is the best juicer your money can buy. Better save yourself the bother of buying any mediocre and more expensive juicer, instead get one of these.

Saturday
Oct 9,2010

This device takes just a bit of more space than the width of a coffee cup, and is small enough to easily occupy its place in any kitchen. With all the functions that it has to offer, it is good substitute for many kitchen appliances including a blender, food processor, juice extractor, hand chopper, coffee grinder and pepper grinder. There’s a lot of functionality packed into this small device.

It’s awfully easy to use. Unlike a standard pitcher that sits on top of a blender, the Magic Bullet Blender uses inverted oval cups, six of which form a part of the package you buy.

Its use is very simple and convenient; you just add your ingredients to the dome cup, fix it to the base and press down with your hand. No buttons to push and in a matter of seconds you’re done.

Its cleaning and washing is also very convenient and quick. There are not many parts apart from the dome cups, the blade, a gasket, and the base. The base can be wiped off by hand. The dome cup, blade and gasket wouldn’t take long if you like to rinse them, else you may put them into your dishwasher. The Magic Bullet Juicer is surely entitled for five lime rating for convenience of use and clean up time.

Performance

With so many functions, what’s the performance like? The Magic Bullet Juicer is a very a versatile compact blender.

You’ll find it very convenient when you like to whip up smoothies, frozen drinks, soft dips and sauces. However, like most other blenders it becomes difficult to grind ice cubes of standard size. Its functioning while handling heavy-duty jobs is erratic.

The high-torque engine is almost as powerful as most other blenders available in the market. So, don’t expect using it for juicing ginger and other hard root vegetables. It also means that continuous coffee or pepper grinding can wear down the engine sooner than expectations.

Now, when you decide to use it for making salsas or chopping veggies, it doesn’t perform as good as a basic hand chopper. What’s the problem? The engine is so powerful that it almost makes a “veggie soup” out of everything, in stead of delivering chopped up chunks of tomato or onion. Nevertheless, that “veggie soup” is an excellent puree that can be used in many recipes.

As a fruit juicer and even as a citrus juicer its performance is fine but has a little problem with juicing vegetables. It’s fine even for making juices of softer vegetables, but unable to handle carrots or any other vegetable harder than a carrot due limited capacity of its motor. As a result, we award The Magic Bullet Juicer with three lime rating for performance.

Durability

The Magic Bullet Blender is a light-duty juicer meant for light-duty tasks. Many users find no problems in handling and using this device, but there are many user reviews reporting that small pieces keep breaking over time, rendering the whole machine non-functional.

Many of the common parts are not available separately, meaning that if a small part on the motor base breaks (the most frequently reported problem), you have to buy a whole new base. Moreover, in case your warranty is over, replacement parts are quite expensive, if at all available.

The limited warranty, though there, is too limited. It covers one year that sounds like a long time, but the problem arises when you really want to use the warranty.

Getting service and replacement parts is very difficult. You are entitled to get these only if you purchased your Magic Bullet straight from the magic bullet infomercial website, unless you jump through some seriously convoluted hoops. Now, what are these hoops?

You have to prove that you are a genuine buyer of Magic Bullet Blender by providing them a copy of your original UPC code. For ordering replacement parts without the original UPC code you must give the company a copy of the front cover, warranty page, and back cover of the 10-Second Recipe book!

The story doesn’t end there, for you have to take four photos of different parts of the power base, and a picture of the box it came in. Further, you need to tell them how many pieces arrived in your kit, the color of the box in which your juicer came, when did you buy it, and what’s the color the center gear on the main.

Wow! If you could do all that, wouldn’t the UPC code still be on the box of which you are taking snaps? Durability is certainly an issue with this company, Homeland Housewares, and doesn’t seem to accord priority to offering a “long-term” product to its consumers. So, we decided to give just one lime rating for durability.

Who should Buy It

If you’re looking for a light duty juicer, and would like using all of the other functions too, well, this machine will come to your expectations. It is simple to clean, dishwasher safe and lightweight that gets easily stored in your cupboard after you’re done for the day.

With its wide range of functions and a 100 page recipe book, you’ll realize that the Magic Bullet Juicer can be used for many applications that you’ll find missing in most other blender or juicer. Costing just about a $100, this low price machine can be used for juicing and much more.

However, if you’re looking for a juicing machine for more frequent use that should last for long, you should really look for some other juicer. If members of your family like to take juice regularly, it is worth spending a bit more and getting more durable juicer.

Sunday
Sep 19,2010

There is a glut of juice extractors in the market and there is a very large variation of prices, depending on the make and the available features.

So, before you go out to buy one, you should assess your requirements of juicer that would best suit you.

An important consideration that helps you deciding the right kind of juicer is the kind of juice you like to have.

Certain juicers are good at making juices of fresh fruits and vegetables but are unable to extract juice of wheat grass.

Centrifugal-ejection juicers prove to be good all round juicer if you like to juice wheat grass and fresh fruits and vegetables.

There are quite a few other factors that you need to consider, like the convenience of use and its cleaning after use.

Let’s face the fact. Howsoever impressive an appliance is, you will not be inclined to use it if it is difficult to use or clean.

It’s not difficult to understand that a juice extractor that’s lightweight and can be dismantled easily for being cleaned in a dishwasher is normally preferred.

You should look for a juice extractor that is lightweight and easy to store without scarifying too much of space in your shelf.

Another desirable feature to have in the juicer will be a wide mouth for feeding raw materials like fruits and vegetables. If it’s not wide enough, you will have to cut the fruit to small pieced for feeding it into the juicer.

For the more serious consumers of fresh juice, it’ll be a nice idea to ensure that the juicer not only provides a good amount of juice, but also be aware of the quality of the juice.

It is quite usual for most juicers to produce heat while in operation. Heat can damage the micronutrients in the juice. It will be healthier to have a juicer that is designed to retain the enzymes, antioxidants, and vitamins present in the juice, without harming them.

Safety features can’t be overlooked. Look for features like anti slip rubber feet that will not only help preventing the equipment from slipping or moving away, but will also keep vibration and noise to low levels.

A good juice blender should offer a long warranty on the motor and other components, especially blades.

Cheaper models usually offer a warranty period of 3 months and are not meant for daily use, and the motor may get burnt if subjected to undue pressure.

If you intend using a juice extractor for daily use, you should look for a quality product and be prepared to pay slightly more.

If your budget is limited, it will be a smart idea to wait for a while till a quality product is offered on sale rather than rushing to buy a cheaper brand.