There's better out there for cheaper
Pros:
Pours right into glass.
Cons:
Very little capacity, wastes a good part of Orange, and expensive.
The Bottom Line:
If you want a good Orange Juicer, don't get this; if you want something that looks nice on your counter, buy this.
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Author's Review
I bought this juicer from Target because I truly love freshly squeezed orange juice, and this was the only one they had in stock that day. I did no research whatsoever on this units, and so anyone doing any research is about three steps ahead of me :)
The Pros:
Very nice design. Philips gets lots of kudos for their design on this unit. It's very sexy looking, with all the sleek curves, and the color is very sharp.
The Cons:
Not dishwasher safe. This means you have to wash it by hand each and every time you use it. For me, I use it every morning, so I have to add another ten minutes to my morning just to clean it. I could do without that.
Leaves behind a lot of the orange. When you stick the portion of the orange in, the unit will often peel the sides of the orange unevenly, or may sometimes grab it from the middle and pull chunks of orange out. This causes a problem because the juice from there cannot be pulled out. When it juices unevenly, that's not too big of a deal, but when it pulls out chunks, you cannot stick them back in, and try to juice them. You literally wasted that piece of the orange.
One of the pros that I put in there was that you can pour juice directly into your glass. This is also a Con, because the juicer can hold very little juice in the container. If you go over, it won't spill over, but it will go into the area where the orange chunks are, and will start bonding with the chunks, causing you to lose orange juice. Not a good design.
Lastly, this unit is $60. You can get a lot of other juicers that are cheaper from amazon.com, that perform essentially like this one.
My recommendation is that if you are going to spend this type of money, look at the juicers that squish the orange. These will yield a lot more orange juice, and are much easier to clean. You'll have to spend a little more, but it's worth it. If budget doesn't permit that, than get a $25 Black and Decker unit. It has all the same cons as this one, except it has a bigger container, and is less than half this unit.
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