Click here for more informationModel No.: JE2050
Dimensions: 12x11x8-in.
Origin: China
Material: Plastic
Cleaning & Care: Wipe Clean
Product Details
Shipping Weight: 8.3 pounds
ASIN: B000XAA228
Average Customer Review:
This review is from: Black & Decker JUICE EXTRACTOR F930Let me start by stating, unlike the previous reviewer, that I have been an avid juicer for 30 years, so I know juicers and juicing. I have owned a number of juicers, both as accessories for other equipment and dedicated. I currently use a 20+ year old Champion and an excellent Acme (now sold as Waring). Both work very, very well. However, I travel several states in my position as a medical manager and I decided to try juicing on the road. There is no such thing as a 'travel juicer'. Certainly I wouldn't want to try to transport something like my full-time juicers! Therefore, I was looking for a cheap but useful juicer to throw in a piece of luggage for hotel room juicing. Thanks to the web, it is easy to look at various brands and models, and even feedback from buyers. I have bought juicers in the past, including a L'Equip and a Kenwood, that I've ended up giving away because they didn't work for me. I happened to find this inexpensive B/D at Wal-Mart for $29; the alternative was the H-B BigMouth. The H-B was larger. A large part of this was due on inspection to the cutting basket--about half again larger on the H-B. As size was definitely a priority, I purchased this B/D. Upon opening it, I discovered that it indeed is quite light--an advantage for what I wanted. It's all plastic on inspection except the cutting basket--which also makes no difference to anything. The plastic seems of the same quality as any other juicer plastic, save the nylon used on the Champion. As this is a pulp ejector, there is a spout on one side for the juice and a molded plastic container designed to catch the pulp. I was impressed that the juicer will not operate without the pulp receptacle in place. This is probably for safety, but it can also save a heck of a mess if one forgets! My last L'Equip didn't have this feature and one could inadvertently sling a lot of pulp if the container shifted. The plastic parts required for assembly are the same as others of this type: beside the containers on each side, the clear diverting lid, the plastic plunger, and the white underhalf of the diverting lid. That's it. There is a two speed motor. No instructions in the manual are given for this, but low is apparently for pulpy fruit, such as grapes and citrus, with the high speed for carrots, radishes, celery and other veggies. I must admit I've never used the low speed; I don't juice fruit in my juicers. When running on high, the noise level is quite average, no louder than the Acme/Omega centrifugals and higher in pitch than my Champion. It is not offensively loud, certainly not what I am accustomed to hearing in one of my grain mills or even a K'Aid mixer on high. Now to juicing. The biggest possible irritant to the user would be that the feed tube is quite small, shaped like a kidney bean. This is a direct consequence of the very small cutting basket; any larger and the food wouldn't come into contact only with the blades. Carrots of larger diameter on the green end have to be sliced once lengthwise. My favorite radishes, same. Celery, of course, goes through fine, as do leafy greens. Common sense should dictate that one doesn't cram the food into a machine of this size and price like a machine costing 5-10 times as much. I don't do that even with my great big Acme! I quickly found it doesn't require a lot of babying, just drop the produce in, let it start feeding and give a steady feed on through. Absolutely no problems. A tip for easier cleaning: on these pulp ejectors, save your little grocery bags and put one in the pulp catcher container; when through you can just dump the bag unless you're using it for compost. After a few uses the clear diverting part on the top started staining, as did the white plastic parts that the juice contacts. This means nothing, all juicers stain their plastic. If it bothers you, you just wipe the parts with bleach and they look new again! Those of us who juice know to alternate firm produce, such as carrots, celery, radishes, with greens and softer produce to help move the juice along. Works perfectly with this little juicer. We all should know that centrifugal juicers of any price will not extract leafy green juices such as spinach, parsley, wheatgrass, as efficiently as single- or twin-gear masticators. The yield with leafy greens on this little juicer appears to be roughly what I expected, alternated with firm produce. Of course, I can't testify as to the long-term durability of this juicer. It's worked well for dozens of uses for me so far, and has traveled well in my car trunk in a bag. At the price it didn't surprise me that there was no cleaning brush for the cutting basket, but I've always preferred cheap toothbrushes for that. Again, the basket is no easier or harder to clean than any other centrifugal. I haven't dropped any of the parts on the floor but it doesn't look like they would break-plastic is flexible. I have had no leaks at all, no problems with sealing. This juicer has satisfied completely the function for which I purchased it. Would it hold up for years of daily juicing more than once a day? Who knows--probably not as long as a $200-400 machine--but would that be a fair assessment anyway? I know this is a rather long review. Juicing can be misrepresented on those infomercials; it's certainly not hard at all, but there are tricks and techniques the newbie isn't shown. It irritates me that, particularly with less expensive juicers, the reviewers appear to be new or first time users who are excessively judgmental. It's rather like buying a $50 digital camera, then downrating it because it doesn't shoot like a $1000 model. I'd ...
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