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 Get this one, not the one with plastic latches. January 16, 2008
Kevin Flick (Las Vegas, NV)
32 out of 33 found this review helpful
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HB 67600
Veggies that don't work for me in this juicer:
oranges
pineapple
- too much bitter pulp included
pears
bananas
- too much like a puree
Fruits that work really really well:
Mangoes, Kiwis, watermelon, pomegranates (seeds only), strawberries (extra yummy and no seeds!),
carrots (zapow!), celery and so on.
Get this one, not the one with plastic latches:
Hamilton Beach 67600 Big Mouth Juice Extractor, White
They break.
Good starter juicer. April 14, 2007
C. Rigby (USA)
31 out of 33 found this review helpful
This was my first juicer and I felt it was a good buy.
I do not know if this model comes in appliance white yet, but the black is attractive and it can be left out on a counter if you have all black appliances without detracting from the look of your kitchen.
The juicer was easy to set up and use even without reading the manual. Very similar to food processor. It comes well packed.
When running the juicer, the noise level is quieter than a dishwasher or blender. Perhaps not as quiet as a Krups ice cream maker, but certainly acceptable middle ground.
It comes with a cleaning brush that works well to scrub the metal inner piece that strains the juice. I do wish it came with a smaller one to get in the spout of the juicer to clean that area. A baby bottle nipple brush will have to do. This is the only part I wash by hand. The rest can be rinsed and put through the dishwasher.
If you line the pulp container with a grocery bag, clean up is easy. Just take the bag out! The pulp it makes is relatively fine and moist. You can use this in baking or add it to your compost.
The juice container holds 2 cups, but it could be improved by adding measure lines to it.
I bought this primarily to juice for my 3 year old daughter to help keep her palate open to produce tastes. She enjoys putting things in the chute and turning it on. Our first combo was equal parts carrot and apple.
Citrus seems to get a little messier than other items, but it is still easy to clean up.
I would reccommend this to a friend.
Easy Clean-up and POWER September 1, 2007
William Connors (New Bern, NC)
29 out of 30 found this review helpful
This juicer is great! I bought it for $69 and change and could not be happier. I do not think there is anything this thing can not juice! I love the idea of throwing whole foods into it (fits a whole apple) and provides a tremendous amout of juice. I even got his thing to juice raw broccoli (which is kinda yucky by the way). Really strong motor absolutly destroys foods put into it and produces really dry pulp which tells me it is really working. You can even add a grocery bag to the pulp bin to make clean up even easier. Everything comes apart easily (AND GOES BACK TOGETHER EASY)and is dishwasher safe. No problems and one happy customer!
 Best Value Juicer June 13, 2008
T. King
28 out of 28 found this review helpful
I read the reviews on this juicer and wondered why some gave rave reviews and others gave this juicer rotten reviews. Since most of the reviews were positive, I decided to take a chance and buy it. I'm glad I did.
The Decision - Out of all the top reviewed juicers on Amazon, Epinion, Best-Juicer-Reviews, and ConsumerSearch, this had the longest warranty (1 yr), highest horsepower motor (1.1 hp) and lowest price ($69). All of the top rated juicers have wide mouths (3+ in) and are dishwasher safe. This is why I bought it. The juicers I looked at were Breville BJE 200XL, 800 JEXL, BJE 510XL, Jack Lalanne power juicer and Hamilton Beach 67650.
The Good - It juices fast, it is easy to clean (5 min by hand, no dishwasher), and is inexpensive. Most of all, it saves me time. I could eat fast food (no more cooking and cleaning as this is dishwasher safe) without having to eat fattening drive-thru food. It is fast and nutritious.
The Bad - It is not cheap to operate because you waste a lot of food in the pulp, especially if you make juice from soft fruits and vegetables. If you are making juice from hard stuff, it will be very efficient. The pulp will be a fine, moist dust. There is very little waste. However, if you are making juice from soft fruit, it will make a lot of soft, mushy wasted pulp. This juicer is perfect for hard stuff like carrots and broccoli stems. For soft stuff like watermelon and spinach leaves, I'll use my blender instead. Or, you could try re-juicing the pulp to extract more juice out of it. Or you could do what I do to avoid wasting the juicy pulp: I feed my dog the pulp.
The Conclusion - The faults with this juicer are not faults with this particular model, but a fault with all centrifugal juicers (spinning knife blade used to juice). A masticulating juicer would produce less waste but would be much slower to operate. It takes a much longer time to make a cup of juice with a masticulating (grinding gears) juicer. A citrus juicer makes citrus juice only.
A perfectionist or very frugal person would probably opt for less wet pulp waste by buying a masticulating juicer such as an Omega 8005. A person with a busy lifestyle would probably prefer a fast juicer that is easy to clean like this one. A person who drinks citrus juice a lot would probably buy a citrus juicer. If you are making wheat grass juice, then buy a wheat grass juicer.
Depending on what you need, you may get a different juicer. However, for the price, it is impossible to get a better general purpose juicer. I will re-review this juicer in a year to give a report on it's durability.
 The worst juicer I've ever encountered... December 11, 2007
Joyce Lee (North Carolina)
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
I really wanted to love this juicer. My husband very sweetly surprised me with it after my old Juiceman Jr. died. I thought it would be awesome since it's bigger, costs more (that means better, right?), and I no longer needed to cut up fruit and veges before putting them through the shoot. Unfortunately there was as much, if not more, juice in the pulp than in my cup. This was not operator malfunction; I was feeding the apples and carrots in very slowly, but it was to no avail. My husband bought this based on glowing reviews about a powerful machine producing sawdust dry pulp. Either that person got an unusually fabulous machine or we got a bum one. Whatever the case, buyer beware!
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