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1.0 out of 5 starsBreville What Happened? I wanted to love you :( A crtical Review
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2020
Let me say that I chose Breville as they make great toaster ovens with above average design.
They lead the industry in that category and price point IMO.My expectations were high based on their superb reputation and personal experience for many years. They are known for good design ,function & quality components.
In true disclosure I am a carrot/apple juice health junkie and have one daily and so I have to have a good juicing machine.
For me it sets the standard if it tastes good and not to pulpy or watery.Its about the perfect balance and smoothness From an esthetic I suppose all subjective The Breviile is ok but not in really good architectural taste.
Its showy/flashy /over the top without good reason with regard to ease of function or having a clean minimalist appearance.Honestly it looks as if someone made it for them and they stamped their brand on it.Pricing and profits came over making a leading innovative product.
First big strike it takes up a ton of counter space .
That's ok if you getting great tasting juice or its easy to clean and assemble/disassemble the machine.
Cleaning was truly awful every single piece of smokey plastic was stained :( From one single glass of fresh carrot juice.Not even my 3000 dollar premium Miele dishwasher could clean the plastic parts effectively.
My 99 dollar juice extractor from Panasonic from the 80s cleans up similar plastic parts brilliantly with one cycle.
Don't the Breville designers understand folks will use a dishwasher to clean?
Its the shape of the Breville plastic too which collects a ton of water in the dishwasher cycle.
Certainly you can sit there and towel dry it which is common to some degree with most plastic parts but more so with the Breville due to extra places where water collects with poorly thought out shapes in its otherwise interesting design.This may be fine for some that use the juicer once or twice a month.But I use mine every day
Others have complained about the Breville strainer baskets.Awkward to insert and made of cheap plastic on the bottom.Others here have claimed that the strainers need expensive replacements after short term usage.That's unacceptable.I won't have mine long enough to be concerned
My Panasonic loads blind folded and its made of all metal and has lasted over 25 years with no need of replacement parts.To bad they only sell their juicer overseas now and not made for the American market :(
The Pulp container on the Breville. It's big, tall, deep and dark.But OK I realize I am over the top in detail and likely the average user may not be as discerning or concerned.But If you disregard all my concerns so far here is the bottom line to consider looking elsewhere is
The juice isn't great its just fair or ok I'll say more watery and less smooth.My non engineer background says its likely in the strainer basket not being as efficient to get up to the speed and separation to extract proficiently
For whatever reason as others have reported it takes more produce to get the same yield
I will never buy their juicers until they get a category killer product.
Now have my eye on Phillips it looks extremely well thought out and designed brilliantly.
Reviews look good here on Amazon and its less money than the Breville.Or Pickup the old Panasonic used on other sites for as little as 49 dollars.Old dated and noisy but makes great juice and easy to clean and dirt cheap! Its also not a counter hog.My new Breville is going back this week and I cant wait to say good bye!
It was a pain to repack complicated and difficult but it did get there in perfect condition even if you have to be rocket scientist to repack it to return it lol The search continues but happy for now with my old reliable relic
Sorry Breville our juicer separation divorce is final ;) Back to the drawing board :)