Jack Lalanne PJP Power Juicer Pro Stainless-Steel Electric Juicer
From Jack LaLanne
Lalanne has redesigned its best selling juicer with a new, sleek stainless steel finish and some great new features, such as a non-drip spout and stainless steel mesh filter. The Power Juicer Pro can deliver a powerful 3,600 RPM juicing punch packed with essential vitamins, minerals and nutrients thats sure to please even the pickiest taste buds. A high performance motor with special extraction technology sees to it.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #6979 in Kitchen & Housewares
- Color: Stainless Steel
- Brand: Jack LaLanne
- Model: PJP
- Released on: 2008-09-01
- Dimensions: 17.00" h x 18.00" w x 12.00" l,
A welcome addition to any healthy kitchen, this fruit-and-vegetable electric juicer produces fresh juice quickly and easily. Simply place a glass or small pitcher under the spout; insert whole apples, pears, cucumbers, or other produce into the extra-large round chute; then gently and slowly press down on the food pusher. The unit's powerful 3,600 RPM motor and stainless-steel blade deliver delicious, all-natural juice in seconds--a nice alternative to store-bought varieties that often come laden with artificial sugar and preservatives. The unit's patented extraction technology protects vital nutrients and living enzymes, plus provides up to 30-percent more juice than other juicers, while its stainless-steel mesh filter ensures only pure juice gets dispensed into the glass. Pulp gets spun towards the back of the unit, collecting in an extra-large pulp catcher for easy disposal or composting, or, better yet, for flavoring cookies, soups, salsa, cakes, and more. Other highlights include whisper-quiet operation, a unique non-drip spout, and dishwasher-safe parts for quick cleanup. Attractively housed in brushed stainless steel, the electric juicer measures approximately 18 by 12 by 17 inches and carries a limited lifetime motor warranty.
Best Juicer There Is!
I have been juicing for years with a few different cheap brand names. They were ok but very difficult to clean and very loud. I like to make my juice early in the morning before I go to the gym and it would sometimes wake up my neighbors if I did it too early. Many times I had to juice after the gym because it was so loud. The first thing that I noticed with the Power Juicer Pro is that it is super quite. Secondly it is pretty easy to clean. Thirdly, the machine is just beautiful. And lastly, the juice is much finer and cleaner than juice made from much cheaper machines. If you are serious into juicing and you do it everyday this is the machine to get. If you juice once in awhile you might want to get the cheaper Jack Lalanne plastic models. But beware that the plastic juicers are harder to clean and often get stained by the carrots. I hope that this review will be helpful to some. Happy juicing!!!
The Missing O Ring
I saw the Ad on TV for this Juicer and decided to buy one. I looked on Ebay and found one at half price and listed as new. Bid on it and won. The day it arrived I had some aplles and blue berries and carrots ... What a tasty drink I made and was pleased .Til I started to do the cleaning ..I found the pulp sticks in the discharge chute . This was OK but when I lifted the recepical off the base and saw all the pulp on the edge and dripping down the side I decided this is not right.. being the innervator that I am. I thought there should be a seal there . I purchased an seven and three quarter "O RING" and now the base is sealed from the recepical and no more leaks of juice and pulp.. The MANF needs to add a seal to that area.. and then the machine I think would be better
Other then that I'm happy with the Jack LaLanne juicer
COMPLETE JUNK!
This juicer is one of the worst juicers I've ever used. Don't be fooled by the claims made during the infomercial. This juicer barely has the ability to shred the produce fed into it, much less efficiently extract the any juice from the pulp. Worst of all, it is actually dangerous to use. It all comes down to poor design.
The primary flaw with this juicer is that the feed tube directs its contents into the center of the shredding blade where it spins the slowest. To make matters worse, the teeth at the center of the shredding blade are arranged in the same circular path. This tooth arrangement fails to generate any shredding action between the blades, and only grinds circular groves in the produce. Thus, the produce tends feed very slowly, or actually stalls in the grind tube. This slowed feeding action also seems to cause the centrifuge basket to slow down, and clog up. I'm not exactly sure why this happens, but I suspect it may have something to do with the produce binding between the bottom edge of the feed tube and the center of the shredding blade. Obviously, once the centrifuge basket gets clogged, less juice is extracted, the pulp is wetter, and more juice ends up in the pulp receptacle.
The second flaw is that the pulp is only discharged into the pulp receptacle from one side of the shredding /centrifuge chamber. This tends to cause the pulp to linger in the centrifuge basket, and compounds the clogging problem. Once the centrifuge basket gets clogged, the pulp begins to stick to the inside of the shredding /centrifuge chamber, and eventually seems to make its way into the juice catch basin.
The third flaw is that juice catch basin is flat on the bottom, and does not drain well. Pulp particles in the juice tend to settle on the bottom the juice catch basin, and eventually may stop the juice from draining. When this occurs, juice will flow over the inside lip of the juice catch basin, and stream down the motor housing. Wait; it gets worse! Since the motor's cooling vents are on the sides of the motor housing directly below the juice catch basin, juice escaping from the juice catch basin tends to flow into the motor housing through the cooling vents creating an electrical hazard.
Not flaws, but worth mentioning:
When the juice catch basin is installed, and the shredding blade spun onto the drive shaft before the centrifuge basket is installed, it will be very difficult to uninstall the shredding blade because there is no way to stop the drive shaft from rotating.
Since the feed tube is located in close proximity to the drain spout & juice cup, small produce items sometimes fall into the juice cup during the juicing process.
A little about the company, Powerjuicer.com:
If purchasing directly from Powerjuicer.com, they will try to convince you to buy the accessories. Take my word for it; the accessories are not worth the money! Furthermore, the accessories package may be charged as a separate purchase. Therefore, if one of the purchases are placed on backorder, it may not arrive until the money back guarantee on the other one expires. Either way, you may be stuck with one of the purchases, if you decide to send the other one back.
Buyer Beware!
