Philips Viva Collection Compact Juicer, 1.5 Litre, 500 Watt, Quick Clean Technology, Drip Stop, Dishwasher Safe Parts, See-through Pulp Container, Direct Serve, Black (HR1832/01)

Once we got this machine few months ago, we do not have to buy any juices anymore.Keep i nmind though - you will have a lot of waste, and as this is cold press a lot of juice will end up in the waste. However this is the best method to not 'burn' the vitamins away.Make sure all vegetables that are rock hard are cut to smaller chunks, and peeled properly.Making pauses between each will help the juice to fully drain. Also if you do vegetable of fruit that will most likely block the filter. It is a good practice to take the filter out - use a brush to clean it off and slide it back in and start using the machien again - this way you will 'save' a lot of juice from going to waste.Also if you a re doing a big batch of veggies/fruit do pause every few minutes and clean the filter, as the size of the filter is quite small it can easily gather too much fiber and wont be as effective. You can see this with your eyes - just observe as the juice flow decreases - that means the filter have to be cleaned.If you are lazy it will work anyway - but you wiill end up wasting more material and producing less juice.Of course if anyone is wonderign is it cheaper to buy a juice? The Answer is yes. Of course the factory made juices are much cheaper and easier to get. With this machine you have to bring in kilograms of veggies in order to make few cups of juice. And take time to peel everything, wash it all of. And home made juice is not pasterusied so it will go off quicker. But if you like fresh juice and you will drink it quick, and you do not mind / or you enjoy making things yourself, it will give you a sense of acomplishement and also give you healthier juice that is tasty and do not have any added chemicals.A good ser of tips for the begginers will be :- look up recepies and plan what juice combo you will make before yo ugo shopping/gardening-you do not have to push big items like apple quarter or oranges through the lid hole , you can lift the lid and put the item inside one unit at the time ( its lever action , a safety mechanism)-make sure you do not juice thigns that should not be juiced ( avoid pears,berries etc)- clean the machine well right after juice, you can use hydrogen peroxide 3% solution to clean food contacted parts, like once a month to keep bacteries at bay- do not stress the motor by doing hard things like carrots and sweet potato for longer than fe minutes, give it some rest by doing apples etc in between so the motor wont heat up- this is not industiral grade machine so it shoudl not be abused and used 24h , this is hobby grade household item, to prolong its life make sure you take good care of it, just slicking big chunks with a knife takes few seconds for the machine motor and mechanical parts this few seconds can save months of lifew time-I found that for filter cleaning the most ideal is a plastic brush, brush it on both sides using cold water and it all comes of in few seconds.- never leave machine dirty with food inside, as fruit, especialyl sweet ones will spoil vey quickly and any leftovers can contaminate future batches of juice- you can use a piece of lime/lemon added to your juice, in a glass jar (easy to clean) and keep in in the fridge, depending on the juice you made it will last longer, fore example carrot juice as it is quite sweet will stay fresh for about 24h, while orange can last even 48Overall the machine is great- it is the best juicer we ever had. The motor is on the side and it is sealed with the rubber gasket, so in any case of leaking the juice wont go onto the electronics even if it leaks, which is good - as cheaper juicers usually have motor right under the juice container, which can lead to horrible scenarios. The operation of the button is quite easy, one button goes forward, the other is a reverse if somethign got stuck ( if you put too much at the time). The machine have a security feature so it wont let you put fingers inside. Its good but still I will advise all children 100% time suprvision, as the motor is very strong. The machine does generate noise during operation with sqiucking etc, so you have to keep in mind that this is cold press juicer - it will always make sounds, it is still quieter that other types.

Bought to juice carrots - lots of juice extracted, leaving a pretty dry residue. Compact and stylish.

I never know whether to take any notice of customer reviews. Before buying this I checked; some thought it was the best thing since sliced bread, others thought it was the most useless, overpriced piece of junk that anyone had the audacity to sell. So how do you decide?Ignore what everyone says and take a chance, I would suggest. After all, as long as I'm happy who cares what anyone else thinks? Do you REALLY care what I think? But as you can see I like to waffle on for ages, so I'm going to tell you anyway, whether you like it or not. As I say, you pay your money, you take your chance. I did.This juicer does everything it says on the tin - or cardboard box. It was easy to assemble, and doesn't take up too much space in the kitchen. It works as it's designed to work: you shove stuff in, switch it on, it makes a noise, and out comes your juice. What else do you expect? It isn't too difficult to clean, as there don't appear to be any of those annoying little areas where tiny remnants of food cannot be reached by running water. You know the ones I mean; those that bury themselves in the corner, then poke their tongue out at you as if to say: "You can't move me! Send your most powerful Tsunami, but I ain't shifting!"The price isn't too extravagant, either. I mean, you could pay anything between £30 and £3,000, so what justifies the massive price range is a mystery to me. Unless you have shed loads of money that needs laundering, why would you pay hundreds of pounds for a machine that smashes up stuff before you drink it? I'd rather pay and get my teeth fixed, then enjoy eating the food as it was designed to be eaten.So to summarise: If you want to buy this juicer, go for it. After all, everything in life is a gamble. If you never take a risk, you will never know, what you have missed. Do you want to spend the rest of your life wondering whether you should have bought it?