Customer Reviews

Hamilton Beach 67800H Juice Extractor

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3 star:		(1)
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My old reliable juicer crapped out on me one afternoon in the middle of juicing...had the poor dear for nearly 15 years and it cost only $50, back in the day!

Anyway...I popped into the local Wal-mart and found this one. Thought it would be okay (great price $30) but have cursed the day since.

My pulp to juice ratio is very high. My old juicer would squeeze every ounce of fluid from 4 small apples...with this one I had to juice 10 large red delicious just to get CLOSE to the output from my old machine.

And the pulp, OY, the pulp! I use a glass, half gallon container and, I kid you not, the pulp takes up well over HALF of the container.

I have reached the point of having to clean out the strainer after each fruit/veggie I juice, to make sure the fluid flows properly. AND I've taken to squeezing the pulp in the basket and other parts through cheese cloth just to get the right amount of juice I should be getting.

SO...it takes a long time to extract what used to take 20 minutes (including clean-up). To get 2 full quarts of juice is now taking me a full hour (including cleanup)! Not just from having to clean and squeeze but also from having to cut the fruits and veggies down to a size the machine feeder can handle. So I cut apples (small red delicious) into quarters...then the quarters into eighths...just to fit into the blasted feeder!

Lastly, the power button is a switch. Which means to turn it on you have to push the switch up, by applying force to the bottom of a small lip. I have to place my left hand on top of the juicer to keep it on the counter and apply force onto the switch with my right hand to turn the rummy thing on! Why not make it a button Hamilton Beach, why?

I am now in the market for a new machine...after only three weeks.

Stay away from this contraption!

I just bought this juicer and now I'm on my way to return it. I find that it wastes way too much produce, and the juice that is produced is thick and foamy. If you want real juice, don't waste your money here...

Don't buy this, don't buy this, dooooooon't buuuyyyy this!!! o_o

This is the first juicer I purchased ever, so when I found all the juice leaking out everywhere, all the fruit being wasted, and the iddy biddy amount of juice that I made after 2-3 hours of juicing, I thought that maybe all juicers sucked. But no, luckily, it's just this one, and yes, it DOES suck. badly.

I made about 2 glasses of juice from about 10 pounds of fruit. the juice from the juicer just happened to leak out and fall into the cup, the rest of the juice that should have went into the cup was leaking and oozing out of the top of the pul container. This was also very difficult to clean and terribly noisy.

First, let me say- if you're looking to become a juicer- don't get this model. If you're just looking for an occasional glass of juice- then go for it! I got mine on sale for $20. It's great for those pieces of fruit that are a little too ripe to eat raw. Insead of throwing away an apple with a little browning- throw it into the juicer. I too have gotten some leakage from the pulp bin- but it hasn't been horrible. I keep a paper towel handy. You don't get much juice either- but still for the price- I'd rather go cheap than buy the $100 model and rarely use it. The hardest part to clean is the metal strainer- I needed a toothbrush to even make a dent in the built up pulp. So all-in-all, is it worth pulling it out once or twice a month- sure! Everyday- forget it! You just don't get enough juice to bother with it all the time.

I bought this juicer because it was the cheapest one I could find, and since I got it at Wal-Mart, I figured if I hated it or it didn't work, I could return it. Well, I have returned it four times now, and I bought the first one six months ago. It is a real piece of trash. The juicer top does not meet the refuse container completely, so there is a lot of wet refuse dripping out of the sides. It also wastes an incredible amount of fruit--the refuse is very juicey and it takes a huge amount of fruit or veg to get a small amount of juice. The strainer basket fills up quickly and I usually have to take the whole thing apart and clean it after 5 or so ounces, depending on what I'm juicing. I could just save money by smashing up fruit with a fork and throwing half of it away. You know how they say you get what you pay for? Not in this case. You get even less than what you pay for with this waste of space.

I wasn't sure if the healthsmart could make green juice? But I just juiced spinach, and beet tops with mine. It was delicious, and nutritious!

Great value, don't let the price fool you this is of very high quality.

I got this as a Christmas present and so far this thing is awesome. The low price tag had me worried, but with a 350 watt motor, this thing is sure to juice up just about any fruit or vegetable that you put in it. The pulp bin isn't very well sealed, so things can get a little messy depending on what you're juicing. Also, the chute is pretty small, so you'll spend a lot of time cutting up fruits and vegetables. Other than those two hiccups, I'd say this thing works great. Clean up is a breeze because all the removable parts are dishwasher safe. Amazon sells the Health Smart Juice Extractor for roughly $38, but you can get this very same juicer at Wal-Mart for around $28 (and you'll save on shipping).

Granted I never bought this juicer, it was lent to me from my grandma. I really appreciated the gesture until the next morning I proceeded to make juice and just like everyone else said: TOO much pulp (certain amounts of pulp is okay, but this is ridiculous), doesn't extract enough juice, and the thing that irritates me above all else? When I put apples into it, it juices a VERY small amount and leaves the rest almost intact. It is very irritating because juicing isn't cheap, but this juicer makes it even more expensive to juice.

FIND A BETTER ALTERNATIVE! Your body will appreciate it and so will your wallet.

This HB juicer was a replacement for an older one that was recalled. While I do not have some of the leaking problems described in other reviews, I find that this model is not nearly as useful as it might be. The pulp IS still very wet, and therefore you don't get all of the juice extracted. Moreover, much of the pulp remains packed around the cutter basket rather than being spun out into the pulp receptacle. This makes clean-up necessary more often than other juicers, and makes it difficult to grab the cutter basket when removing it for cleaning. Clearly, this low-powered, low-end juicer was made for occasional juicing of fruits, and not so much for a serious juicer who would be inclined to use it more often and with tougher vegetables.

I got this one due to a recall on a previous model. All I have to say is DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!! Spend a little more money and get a good juicer. This one literally left chunks of fruit and put it in the pulp bin. I want a good juicer to make juice for me and my son, along with making whole fruit pops (save a lot of money and keep junk out of it). This juicer is also super hard to get apart, and loud. If you buy this to "save money" you will be losing money on the food you are trying to juice. Really wish I could give it no stars.