SCREWED AGAIN!. Several years ago, after watching the famed strongman sell his product on an infomercial I decided to make an investment in my health & I purchased “The Power Juicer.” Initially, I was impressed. All claims seemed to be confirmed, quiet, powerful, and I wasn’t naive to the amount of cleaning that would be required & quickly adapted a routine that made the cleanup fairly painless. About 2 months after my purchase, I noticed the plastic screw that the blade connects to, was cracked. I talked to the Power Juice people & they sent me a new one after returning mine to them. I recall being quite pleased with the way this was handled.
Fast forward to about 2 weeks ago. I hadn’t used The Power Juicer for some time & when I started assembling jack lalanne juicer I heard a crack when I started screwing the blade in - you guessed it, that very same screw had completely cracked off.
After considering the effort in contacting the Power Juice people, packing up & mailing said juicer along w/ $30.00 for the return, I made a bold move. I went online & purchased a used juicer for $10.50 + 15.00 shipping. The pictures looked good & jack lalanne juicer was missing the pulp basket. WHAT A BARGAIN! When the juicer arrived I unpacked jack lalanne juicer & immediately inspected this screw. jack lalanne juicer was cracked.
I have to say I was more angry at “The Power Juice company then the person I purchaed this juicer from. I’ve seen this in other products as well & jack lalanne juicer absolutely drives me bonkers. Think about this, the very powerful motor- which jack lalanne juicer is, and that they guarantee for life, is transferring its energy to the blade that pulverizes any fruit or veggie its way, is depending on a plastic screw to hold up under not only the incredible downward force of the food being jammed into it, but also the constant screwing & unscrewing of the blade. THEY EVEN GIVE YOU A SPECIAL TOOL TO TIGHTEN THE BLADE DOWN ONTO THIS FLIMSY PLASTIC SCREW!!
I’ve heard the defense before that “it’s to keep costs down” or “it’s the only way to make the product affordable.” Well, The Power Juice people have come out with their new & improved stainless steal models. I haven’t inspected the inards of these models but I bet they still have that poorly concieved, mis-engineered, flimsy plastic screw just waiting to fail for anyone willing to plunk down $150.00.
Blade does not work. I received this machine promptly and was impressed with its appearance, and its large-looking capacity. BUT..the very first time we tried it, jack lalanne juicer would not juice anything we put into it. We got a little juice, and then jack lalanne juicer spit the vegetable or fruit out into the pulp basket. jack lalanne juicer was not overworked, as jack lalanne juicer did not shut off. You could see and hear the blade spinning, but several attempts did not deliver the expected juice.
Not a terribly expensive machine, but one would expect jack lalanne juicer to work! I am wondering if we bought a replacement blade, whether jack lalanne juicer would work and be worth it.
Did we get a “lemon”?
Not a great juicer. This juicer isn’t nearly as good as it’s claim. I’ve been using mine for a couple days now and not once has any decent amount of the pulp ever made to the pulp garbage bucket thing… jack lalanne juicer all stays clumped and wet all over the insides of the machine. jack lalanne juicer doesn’t extract as much juice as it’s claim, otherwise there wouldn’t be so much wet, mushy pulp everywhere. When I remove the top piece, I have to be very careful because lots of mushy icky pulp starts plopping out all over the counter.
It doesn’t do apples very good. Not only do the apples stop up the machine easily, but jack lalanne juicer barely gets any juice from them. If I were to put 5 medium apples through the machine, I wouldn’t have a glass of juice.
Be ready for LOTS of cleanup. The pulp and the stains on the plastic. I’m very displeased. Yes, this one is only 99.99, but here’s yet another example of false advertising. How can that man go on TV and claim a product does something jack lalanne juicer does not do?! I know jack lalanne juicer isn’t only my machine, and I should have read the rest of the reviews here before purchasing.
Other reviews also mention the same issues but gave the machine 3-4 stars because of the price????? That makes no sense to me at all. Whatever the cost, a product should live up to all the claims in their ads.
