We have a lemon tree, and for years I have dreaded zesting and juicing all of those beautiful lemons by hand. I finally decided to splurge on this juicer. One of the BEST decisions I've EVER made! These are large lemons, and this wonderful little machine can completely juice 5 per minute! It's FANTASTIC! The thing that takes me the longest now, besides zesting, is cleaning the filter. Takes about 45 seconds under a strong spray. Sorry for all the time younger me wasted because I was too cheap to buy this. It's GREAT! Read more
I like it. It’s very easy to use, relatively easy to clean, and does a good job with both lemons and oranges. If you’re just juicing 1-6 or so lemons, and your hands will let you do it (i.e., no arthritis), it might be less work to juice them using a manual device of some sort. This is because there are at least 4 pieces you’ll have to wash afterwards with this machine vs one manual juicing device. If you have a bag of lemons to juice, then this device is definitely worth it. I think it’s very loud. I wear ear protection when I’m using it. The cord is quite short. This is a plus if you have a plug very nearby. It’s a minus if your plug is further away. The short cord will wrap around a slot at the bottom of the device. The first time I used mine, it tripped the GFCI switch on the kitchen outlet. At first I thought the juicer was broken as nothing has ever tripped that outlet. But then I decided to try another outlet and the juicer worked. The little manual that comes with it says it uses 30 watts, which isn’t much in the scheme of things. Read more
So far this has been a perfect lemon juicer, my hands have neuropathy and hurts to squeeze lemons, this works well, Easy to clean, wish I had known about this long ago! Read more
Have been using this juicer on navel oranges from my backyard tree with no problems so far after using it for a month and for at least a dozen sessions in which the built in reservoir was filled to the 24 oz mark with orange juice. I have been using the larger reamer mostly due to the sizes of the oranges. The auto reverse feature is nice to get more juice and uniform juicing from the orange halves. The feature works best if you lift up the half orange you are working on every few seconds, since the timer for the reverse direction is short and it only reverses when the motor is not moving. I have found that it is best not to ream the oranges all the way to the white rind since it makes the juice taste bitter. The unit is easily to clean, and I am doing it by hand it takes less than 5 min. The pulp screen is easily to clean just by rinsing with warm water and moving the level back and forth to make sure the pulp is out of the slots. I have not found a convenient way to separate the top and bottom halves of the pulp screen, and it is really not necessary as it turns out. The plastic cover that comes with the juicer, keeps the dust out when it is being stored on a counter, which is nice. The noise level is fairly high, but this is because of the gears in the bottom of the unit that convert the motor motion into the drive shaft for the reamer. There is no need to press down too hard to get the orange juiced (for ripe oranges), since pressing hard will also make the juicing less efficient, and tear up the orange sections inside. Each orange half only takes around 30 seconds or less usually to extract the juice. Based on the reviews, I got the extended warranty, but so far, the unit is working fine without any problems, making 24 oz of juice every couple of days (60 oranges or more so far). Update 4/13/2024: This continued to work great until late last month. It was getting more noisy as time wore on, and finally the reverse direction did not have hardly any torque left, probably the gearbox is failing. But for several years, it was a marvelous way of making large amounts of fresh orange juice from our backyard tree. I am planning on getting the latest version, since my unit is now discontinued. Read more
Compact and functional easy to use and store durable and easy to clean not too heavy gives good turnout Read more
Excellent at juicing oranges. Also good at lemons. No bitter taste like from lever juicers. Faster and less likely to clog than my prior black and Decker . Read more
This makes juicing lemons so much easier than manually juicing them. I was also able to use the smaller one to juice limes, though it was a bit trickier with their thinner rinds. It was also so much faster to juice a whole Costco sized bag. We didn't even use it all and froze pucks for use throughout the year. The container holds so much juice, though by the time we had that much, the pulp was filling the upper part. We did choose to limit how much pulp, while still allowing some into our juice for our lemonade stand. Everyone who bought some was pleasantly surprised we used real lemons, but they didn't know we had this juicer to make it easier. When we finished using it, we dumped the pulp and then placed the pieces the top rack of our dishwasher on a normal load. I have also handwashed and it is so easy. The pieces come apart easily and snap back together just as easy. We have since used it for juicing oranges too. The most surprising thing was that the motor spins in both directions. It was very helpful to get all the juice from our lemons. The recipe book that comes with it hasn't been used, so I am not able to comment on it. Read more
So easy my 9’year old can now make our lemonade! This is easy to clean, just the right size for adult or child to use. Good price too! Read more
