Jack LaLanne JLPJB Power Juicer Juicing Machine
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Jack LaLanne JLPJB Power Juicer Juicing Machine
Customer Review: Great Juicer
Summary: 5 Stars
I have had my juicer since the first informercial on this juicer came out. I ordered this product and I am still using it. I have no problem with my juicer. Clean up is ok if you clean it when you are done juicing and yes the filter takes a little longer to clean but I have one of those Dawn automatic turn brush that I use for it. It works great! Love this juicer.Customer Review: Great Juicer for price, juicing, and usefulness, and durability
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm not an expert; I'm mainly an average juicing user. I've had this juicer for 2 1/2 years and never had a problem with it. It dissembles easily enough (I think 5 pieces?) and takes about 5 minutes to clean from completely dirty to clean. The unit's solidly built, lightweight (for a juicer) and works without hiccuping. I've noticed since I bought this original unit, they've gone and made 4 more units with superior benefits. When (or if) this units starts to break down, I will be looking to upgrade to one of these units.Customer Review: Great for 2-months...
Summary: 2 Stars
It worked great for two months, used it everyday. Didn't mind the cleanup, it takes a whole 5-minutes, not going to complain about that for the great juice. But the spinning base that the basket sits on cracked, and then this morning completely broke. I called their customer service and they offered to sell me a new base instead of standing by their product. I'm buying a Breville as a replacement, based on its great reviews.
If this juicer didn't break, I would have no other complaints.
Customer Review: Great for Beginners and Great for the Price
Summary: 5 Stars
This juicer is not perfect. But it works very well. I've had mine for 4 years now. I just completed a 30 day juice fast. And it worked very well for the entire 30 days. That's 30 days of juicing every single meal that I consumed. It has it's personality. But all of the issues are manageable.
I highly recommend this for the beginning juicer. All too often people think they are going to juice all the time. But when it comes down to it. Many will juice for a month and then it becomes another kitchen gadget collecting dust. So I'd recommend easing your way in with this juicer.
This thing is a work horse. I'm happy with the juice extraction. I love the taste and quality of the juice. Here are my recommendations for it's flaws:
Don't put it in the dishwasher. I put it in there and it stained the inside a brownish color. It's clean, just not white on the inside anymore. No biggie. Just not great.
Turn the juicer away from you when you juice. Juice splatters when it comes out. So point it to the backsplash or something that is easy to wipe. I also hold the pitcher up a bit when it comes shooting out so I catch more of the juice. It's not much juice that comes flying out. But enough to splatter. So I try to catch it.
If you're switching juices from say veggie to a sweet fruit, I pour a little water down the chute to wash it out a bit because not all the juice comes out (like 1/2 ounce).
It takes about 7-10 minutes to clean. It's easy to clean. I never use soap since it's only fruits and veggies. The tray inside is the one piece that I don't like cleaning. I imagine it is tough to clean on any juicer. It only takes a couple minutes. Just use the brush on the outside first over running water, then scrape the inside over running water.
Those are about the only flaws that I see. I'm surprised that this thing doesn't have a higher rating. I love my machine. I may upgrade someday to a breville since I'm a pretty serious user nowadays. But I'm happy.
And of course, the the fresh juice is amazing! Be sure to risk it and try beets, fennel (if you like licorice, and sweet potatoes. They surprised me.
Customer Review: Great juicer, but SO many parts!
Summary: 4 Stars
I've had one of these for a couple of years.
I like it and love the juice it makes, but I don't like all the parts. Don't lose any of them or you're screwed, especially that blade unlock tool. And clean all the parts (10-15 of them) before enjoying your juice or there will be lots of dried on messes. Then WAIT don't enjoy the juice yet. First re-assemble all the parts of the juicer NOW while you remember where everything goes otherwise you might not be able to get the thing back together later. It's almost not worth all the clean up trouble unless you are making a lot of juice. For one glass? No.
But yeah you can throw whole fruits and veggies down that big opening and it grinds 'em right up. I line the pulp bucket poop-chute thing with a plastic bag so it can be tossed out without washing the chute. That HELPS with the clean up.