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43 of 45 found the following review helpful:
 Don't buy it, it's cute looks are deceiving Feb 15, 2010
By T.C.
"happy juicer"
I went in to buy the Breville JE95XL but saw this stainless steel beauty and with it's $79 price tag and decided to go for it. Had it one day and that was more than enough.
1. very poor juicing all around, pulp left over had tons of moisture which means you're using way more (expensive) produce to get the same amt of juice. there goes the low price.
2. the stupid spout is too low to get a decent jar or cup under so you need to juice into a bowl or something, or else have a 2nd person hold your container at an angle while you're feeding produce into it.
3. GIANT mess. when i tried to run the soaking wet pulp back through the juicer to extract the rest of the juice, a juicy sludge poured out the SIDES all around the juice spout. got all over the juicer, the counter and everywhere.
4. the second time i juiced i smelled smoke. i am positive the thing would have broken very rapidly had i not just returned the piece of dung immediately.
I returned it and bought the Breville that I had originally planned on buying and it is a world of difference. light years better. i love love love it and highly recommend anyone considering a juicer in the under $200 range buy it. dry pulp, tons of juice. awesome design. no mess. easy clean up. p.s. if you use a 20% off coupon at Bed Bath and Beyond (they never expire, even if they say they do they don't) it's only gonna cost you $120, which is a very good price for such a great juicer.
Buy a Sharper Image Super Juicer AT YOUR PERIL
36 of 39 found the following review helpful:
 For the price, a good juicer, with some reservations May 01, 2009
By Larushka
"Larushka"
This is the first juicer I've owned, so I don't really have a comparison. However, I did do quite a bit of research before buying this. Mine has the black top, not clear, so I can't see what's happening, but apart from that it's the same. I was very impressed with the motor. However, unlike the photos, I couldn't find small enough apples or pairs to go whole down the tube, and had to cut them in 1/4, but no problem. Also, the orange juice made from oranges with peel on (as suggested) tasted awful. Perhaps the really thin-peel oranges would be fine, but none available at the moment. I quickly discovered that although it says that you don't have to peel, the juice is much nicer for many fruits when you do - i.e. citrus, pineapple, mango - fruits that you wouldn't eat the peel anyway. I deducted one star because I did find that the clean-up took longer than expected. All these ads always show a 1-2-3 quick-clean but anyone who has juiced, and for those that haven't, you MUST clean immediately after juicing, otherwise those little bits of fruit stick to everything and are impossible to clean off and (Heaven forbid) can grow bacteria..... But quite honestly, for the price, I think it's a good deal - from what I've seen of much more expensive ones, this is comparable.
One last thing - I was surprised that the remaining pulp wasn't dryer for some fruits - seemed like you could extract more juice (especially pineapple) - but then the recipe book suggests using the pulp for muffins, and that seems like a great idea which I shall try.
22 of 23 found the following review helpful:
 Sharper Image Customer Service pursuaded me to never buy Sharper Image products again Jul 27, 2010
By HonestReviewer
This juicer (great look; at most average performance) broke after I used it for ~10 times. I needed to replace one part to make it functional again. I was willing to pay for it. I contacted the store I bought it in and Sharper Image Customer Service several times and each party constantly sent me to the other one. I called, emailed, and wrote to Sharper Image Customer Service and got the same reply all the time. They do not deal with such problems. I tried for 6 months. No success. I came to a simple solution though - the juicer is in the garbage. I will never again buy a product with the Sharper Image logo. Period.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
yikes, this is a doozy... Jan 16, 2010
By Batman of Recess
"anna"
I got this juicer for my birthday. I opened it and the metal part was not connected to the base. This is hard to explain but see where it says "The Sharper Image," on the bottom, on the side where the juice shoots out? That part was just hanging out and could have caused a serious injury. The metal edge was detached from the plastic base, like the ridges didn't match up and sharp, metal corner was sticking out. I was not happy.
I returned it to the store and exchanged it for the same thing (I know, I know). I made sure that the new one wasn't broken like the previous one. I used it once and didn't have an issue though I did notice that the pulp was still juice and huge pieces of fruit made it through to the pulp collector, so it somehow jumped out of the shredder thing and wasn't even juiced.
Tonight, I used it again. I was juicing apples and celery and it was a disaster. I peeled the apples and chopped them before sending them through and once again, there were big pieces that made it through the pulp collector. I juiced the celery and it clogged the spout so there was back up and juice shooting everywhere. The juice came out chunky and was splattering everywhere. I was disappointed but not devastated until the clean up started. There were chunks of celery and apples everywhere. Usually it would be in the top by the shredder thing and obviously in the pulp collector. This time it was under the shredder, in the shredder, and when I was wiping down the counter I noticed that there was a lot of juice on the counter. It was leaking from the bottom of the juicer, like it went through the machinery and came out in the vent at the bottom of the thing.
So, although this juicer is inexpensive and looks nice, avoid the frustration and mess...
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Good for the price May 04, 2009
By Jeff H. Parrish
"hoony apple cider"
Have been using the juicer for 3 weeks now. So far so good, juicing almost every day. Haven't had any issues juicing the tougher veggies. Occasionally the motor will slow down a bit and you have to push the food into the grinder, but it works. The pulp is still slightly damp, but the majority of the juice is extracted. For the price I am happy. Looks nice on the countertop too. My worst complaint: It's hard to find a cup that fits underneath the spout. Usually that means using a smaller cup, or using a bowl and pouring into a glass to drink. But oh well, I got it for [...] bucks at Macys. Hella cheap.
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