Customer Reviews

Metrokane Mighty OJ Citrus Juicer, White with Chrome Head and Handle

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I used the Mighty OJ for many years. This latest purchase was for a friend. It has a small footprint and is great for limes and lemons, less great for oranges (they are too big). There are some problems. It's gear driven and the metal wears out after a few years (you'll notice metal shavings on the counter, not in the juice). More recently my son bought me a much bigger-deal manual squeezer. It cost 3 times as much as the Mighty OJ, is much bigger, and works only a little better. No electric juicer seems to work as well as either of these manual juicers.

We use this juicer for limes when we make margaritas - it works perfectly!

It's true that this juicer works best with small oranges, as it won't get all the juice out of the bigger ones, and they might not even fit in the space provided to press them.

But with the right size oranges, it works very well, and extract all the juice. I've been using it a lot this winter for fresh orange juice full of vitamins!

I'm not sure why some people are having problems with large citrus. I just got a full glass of juice from a grapefruit; I quartered it like the manual told me to. I got this last year and have loved it. It's nice and heavy duty so it's very stable on the counter. Cleanup is very simple, you just pop off the metal funnel and squeeze plate and rinse them off then rinse off the whole juicer. I've never had a problem with this being hard to clean. I usually don't like "uni-taskers" in the kitchen but I couldn't imagine anything else being easier to use to juice citrus.

This dreadful little machine is too small to juice a medium to large orange. It will juice a small Valencia, but not very effectively. I would love to have my money back or even 1/2 my money back.

Don't buy this "juicer."

Only used the unit several times for lemons and the cast aluminum gear broke. I contacted the company several times and no response. I then sent the email to everyone on the contact list and got a response. I requested ordering information for the gear and they advised me I would have to send the unit back, with a $10.00 check and they would check it. They advised if defective they would replace it. Shipping to and from would cost almost as much as the unit did. I again requested ordering information on the part and they advised me they didn't sell parts and would not assist in any way other than me spend more money to get a new unit. My neighbor had the same problem and they would not send him the part either. Quality unit for lemons but bad customer service.

We bought this juicer less than a year ago and the base is already cracked and the juicer is not likely to last much longer. When we pull down the handle now we have to be careful that the juicer doesn't topple as the crack has caused it to be unbalanced. Pay the extra money and get a better model.

My husband and I received the Might OJ as a wedding present in June 1989. It is well made and sturdy and continues to work like a champ! I use it to juice limes, oranges, and Ruby Red grapefruits. Grapefruits can be challenging but the juicer gets it done. It is perfect for making margaritas! A great kitchen tool that will last.

I purchashed this juicer about 4 months ago and wanted to give it some time before I gave my evaluation due to the mixed reviews it already has. After using it daily since I got it, I'm very happy with it overall.

For its size, the juicer has a very sturdy feel to it. The parts are all metal and it has a good weight to it that keeps it from moving around too much when using it. I decided on this particular juicer since I only intended to use it to squeeze lemons for lemon water. For that it is perfect the perfect size.

I use it once, sometimes twice, a day. The action is very smooth and the pressure gets all of the juice and some pulp from every lemon. Cleaning is a breeze as all the parts that touch the fruit and get messy just easily unscrew and lift off the main unit. The head piece is a bit trickier than the lower juice extractors, but not frustratingly so.

The only tiny negative is that juice extraction tray is rather flat instead of having a cone shaped angle and the extractor needs to be lifted out and the juice poured out over the side in the glass to get it all. But since I'm taking that off anway to rince it after I'm done, it doesn't warrant detracting a star, but it would be nice if all the juice emptied into the glass on it's own during the juicing process.

Looks like a nice appliance but...it is diffucult to press down on a counter of normal height, the gear mechanism sticks, it can become misaligned, finding the perfect container to fit underneath properly is a real challenge, and it leaves quite a bit of orange unsqueezed.