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3.0 out of 5 starsPro's and Con's
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2023
Pro's
The unit is heavy duty, lots of stainless steel components versus plastic on other juicers.
Lots of power, this unit hums along with a nice tone versus some juicers that are LOUD, and if you accidentally push the veggies in a little too fast this unit really doesn't bog down, that may also be due to the cutter strainer being of higher quality, it cuts well and the screen did not plug up as fast as my other juicers.
Con's
Being a more expensive heavy duty "semi commercial" unit, I expected it to be larger, but the input chute, cutter screen and liquid cup are all the same size as all my other juicers, so I'm not able to do larger amounts of juicing faster which was my expectation, perhaps that was my misunderstanding.
Some of the other reviews mentioned dryer pulp exiting the machine, a sign that you're getting more value from your veggies. I would say maybe it is a little dryer, but not much, and without a lab measurement it's hard to really tell, but I was hoping for it to be obviously dryer as I got my hopes up from the other reviews.
The machine blows a lot of air out the liquid side, as such with the poor design of the liquid cup when the cup gets near full it starts to blow the foam all over your counter top.
The liquid cup is filled from the side, again poor design, so when your juicing and looking to see when you're getting full and need to empty, you're too late! It's already draining out the input side hole and all over your countertop. To remedy I made a line with a permanent marker on the front side of the liquid cup to tell me what level not to exceed.
The base of the unit is flared out for stability, great. But now when you empty your liquid cup the outlet spout drips on this flare, and you can't put a cup under the spout to catch the drips like other juicers because the bottom flare doesn't allow you to get the cup close enough. To remedy we use a round plastic bowl to catch drips, but it's awkward and clumsy as the bowl needs to be big enough to reach over the bottom flare to the side of the machine. This was so annoying that I was going to get my sawzall from the garage and cut out this portion of the flare, but they put one of the foot pads and the electrical overload reset button right there, so not an option, aaarg!
So instead of making a cut-out in the foot flare of the machine, they made a cut out at the bottom of the liquid cup. Just plain stupid.
And lastly, the top components have lots of nooks and crannys for the pulp to get lodged in, this makes cleaning the unit a bit more difficult and time consuming.
In summary, it is a higher quality product, I'm impressed with that, but the engineering design flaws make using it annoying, I'm not sure over time if I will get used to the flaws or increasingly annoyed and one day throw it out the window. I'm stuck with it now and will try to make the most of it, but I would NOT buy another unit or recommend it to anyone. Look for another without these design flaws.
For the price of the unit I'm disappointed that these problems weren't corrected before mass production began, don't the engineers ever test use the units they design?
