Hamilton Beach 67800 HealthSmart® Juice Extractor 350 Watts

Pros: Durable, cleans up easily
Cons: Small food chute could be a little larger

Now your probably wondering why I do a lot of juicing with fruit and vegetables. First of all let me tell you when I first started juicing. I was taking care of my older brother who lived alone and was diagnosed with colon cancer. I had to go over to his ...

Pros: Surprisingly powerful; Dryer pulp than expected with small strainer; Inexpensive; Compact
Cons: Small Cutter/Strainer thus small chute; Pulp handling; Stains easily; Cleanup

I have been looking for a juicer for awhile because I like interesting fresh juices from Odwalla but I do not like the price. Its just juice for gosh sakes! Secondly, I got the blood pressure and cholesterol speech from my doctor an I figured the juice ...

Pros: Easy to use, lightweight, fast cleanup, price, tasty juice
Cons: small food chute

Having a weak immune system, I get sick every couple of weeks. Recently, my mom talked to me into purchasing a juicer, telling me that the vitamins and minerals would improve my health. I decided to take her advice, and I purchase the Hamilton Beach Hea ...

Pros: Much cheaper than most juicers & makes tasty juice.
Cons: Somewhat small feed tube; a lot of immediate cleaning required; a bit of leakage.

I had been wanting a juicer for a while, but just couldn't justify paying $100 for a juiceman or other more expensive models. I decided to try the Hamilton Beach juicer (which I purchased at K Mart), and I think it was a good purchase. I think the ...

Pros: Inexpensive
Cons: Breaks easily, wastes excess juice, and the chute is way too small.

Don't waste your money on this juicer, it wastes a lot of juice and breaks easily. I purchased one about two months ago at Walmart and thought it was a good deal. After a couple uses I got used to the chute being so tiny that you have to cut apples, ...

Pros: cheap
Cons: does not suck juice out of produce, leaves clumpy wet pulp splattered,

I bought this juicer, knowing that it wouldn't extract the most juice or leave the pulp almost dry, but this thing is a POS (piece of ....), much worse than I expected. It's cheap not only in price but in quality. It has flimsy plastic parts, pieces ...

Pros: Solid, well built, not too noisy, minimum vibration, good juice yield.
Cons: Small feed chute, but hey; you have a knife doncha?

Well, all right, not quite; but you get the idea. I checked juicers and prices for months. In view of the fact that there are as many dusty juicers in homes as there are exercise machines, this is obviously not something for an unmotivated person. I ...

Pros: Small, reasonsibly priced, and fast.
Cons: The chute is too small.

I love this machine. For the price (around $30), it was just right. I have a matchbox kitchen, so it does not take up too much space. It grinds carrots, beets, ginger, any hard root vegetables with ease. You do have to stop after one cup and dump the fiber out, and clean the cutter, or it will clog up and become less effective. I couldn't afford a power juicer at the time, but now I don't think I need one. I only juice about 3 - 4 times a week. You do have to clean it as soon as you're through, or it might be hard to clean if you let it dry. I have my reciept from when I bought it 2 months ago, but Hamilton Beach is a good name, and I haven't had no problems out of it. I recommend anyone who is starting out juicing to try this one first.

Pros: Good juice, not too noisy, easy to store.
Cons: Messy, messy, messy. Also wastes juice.

I live very close to an open air farmers' market where they practically give away the vegetables. Since the government is telling us to eat fruit and vegetables "in abundance", I bought a this Hamilton Beach juice extractor.

The first thing I juiced was a bag of oranges. I was shocked that the juice came out so foamy, but it cleared up after a couple of hours in the fridge.

Then I decided to make a vegetable blend. Lots of carrots, radishes, fresh parsley, spinach and chili peppers. Very good juice.

Clean up was close to a nightmare. There was juice and pulp all over the counter. The pulp bin does not fit snuggly to the extractor, so there are lots of leaks. Also, the feed hole is too small and I had to spend lots of time cutting the vegetables down to size. I wasn't impressed with the amount of juice extracted. I've seen other machines that did a better job.

Pros: Cheap, effective
Cons: Small chute, leaks, broke easily

A friend gave us the juicer during a move. Though grateful for the gift, we can kind of see why. We'd always wanted one but weren't sure how much we'd use it and therefore had a difficult time committing money to it. We are very grateful to have been able to "demo" this one because now we know how we will use one and what features are important to us.

We received this juicer used around Christmas of 2006 so we've had it about a year. We've used it between half a dozen and ten times in this last year. We might have used it more but cleanup is a deterrent. It's so difficult to clean, our generous neat freak friend gave it to us dirty.

The first thing we noticed about it is the small chute. Pieces have to be cut quite small in order to get them in the machine. The next thing we noticed is how quickly and easily it leaks. A piece of plastic broke on it the last time we used it.

Overall, we're glad we didn't buy it and wouldn't be likely to recommend it to a friend.