23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great product, May 22, 2008
This review is from: Sunpentown SS-212 Fully Automatic 1-1/2-Liter Soymilk Maker (Kitchen)
I owned my first soybean milk maker by Sunpentown for more than 10 years and loved it very much. This time I needed a new one, so I researched a quite bit to see if other makers were catching up with Sunpentown and had anything better. Eventually I still decided to stay with Sunpentown and bought this model.
After a few months of using this one, I am not disappointed. It works great. This model has a new(additional) setting(that my old one did not have) which allows using dry beans directly without soaking them first. I have not tried the new setting yet. I still soak the beans first as an old habit.
Also this model comes with a sturdy holder so when the central part is pulled out from the stainless steel pitcher, it can be securely placed in the holder, instead of inconveniently laying it on kitchen countertop or sink. I love this feature.
I would recommend this product to anyone who likes soybean milk.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great product!, September 9, 2008
This review is from: Sunpentown SS-212 Fully Automatic 1-1/2-Liter Soymilk Maker (Kitchen)
Sunpentown is a great product. I owned SoyaJoy, also a great product, but it failed after 15 months of one batch a day usage. But I think I had my money worth on SoyaJoy. I used to make soy milk manually (blender or grinder, cheesecloth filter, oven top cooking, and then cleaning afterwards), and that is what you call labor intensive. With these modern automatic soy milk makers, life is a lot easier. Sunpentown soy milk maker produces better soy milk than most of other similar makers out there, because its filter basket has finer holes that keeps most of the grainy stuff out of the milk, so the milk taste very similar to the milk I manually made. Cleaning Sunpentown is also easier than most of other makers, because of the heating element is actually attached to the milk container, instead of attaching to the head unit (grinding motor) which is always in the way when cleaning the unit head, not to mention it adds weight to the head also. Just be very careful the blades are really sharp. Follow the instruction carefully, and you will enjoy using this soy milk maker.
From reviews of most of soy milk makers I read, a lot of people try to compare the soy milk these machine made with store bought manufactured soy milk and complain about they taste no good. They are comparing oranges to apples. You should compare the milk these machine made to the manually made plain soy milk, then you will know how great these machine really are.
Me and my whole family love the Sunpentown and the soy milk it makes, and I do hope it will last longer than the SoyaJoy that I used to enjoy a lot.
Update (on Oct 26, 2010):
The Sunpentown SS-212 is still working after 2 years of one batch every day(1.5L soy milk from soaked beans). Great product indeed.
Update (on Oct 6, 2011):
Well, it is October again and due for another update for this great product. After 3 years of daily services, the grinding blades are no longer sharp, the exterior show its age but it keep going and shows no sign of slowing down and the soy milk is still as tasty as day one. Need to say more?
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
good but not the best, February 22, 2009
This review is from: Sunpentown SS-212 Fully Automatic 1-1/2-Liter Soymilk Maker (Kitchen)
I bought this machine from Wal-mark online a couple of months ago. I used it almost every other day. It is quite noisy when grinding beans. I have to switch my making time from morning to evening. It generally works fine in making the milk. However, the machine is not well built (I always have my concerns about the quality of soy milk makers on market). I've already seen two long cracks at the bottom plastic support, and the deformation of the micro-filter.
Cleaning the maker is not easy. There are some areas that cannot be reached. Be vary careful about the blade. You can be cut by the blade.
Sunpentown Soy Milk Maker
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