OrangeX 17342 OJex Juicer, White

I had misgivings about this juicer because I could find no previous review, and reviews of its stainless steel counterpart were mostly bad. Still I felt that its cast iron base, and its larger, more comfortable handle might make it a worthwhile purchase.

I was seriously disappointed. The juicer is reputed to exert 2000 pounds of pressure on an orange---but I found that I had to exert about 60 pounds on the handle to get it to completely close over the orange. The orange itself looked crushed, tortured, scourged, flayed, and incompletely split into messy quarters, but considerable juice was still in the pulp.

Worse, the handle is not located over the orange, but is off center, so that when I squeezed the second orange, the pressure on the handle caused the whole machine to pull off its suction cups and tip over to the right, spilling juice all over the machine and floor. there was no reason to believe that this scenario will not repeat itself each time I use this machine...Read more

We used this juicer for a year. It does take a surprisingly strong arm to operate, considering all that heavy metal and long lever. It was not all that easy to clean. And the lever comes down off center, the hinges get locked, and eventually broke leaving a very heavy, not repairable piece of metal for the trash. We've had 19.99 electric models that lasted longer, made better juice, and were easier to clean - and that's what I'm cruising Amazon for today.

My Sister and I bought this juicer from a store in town. It was adorable, seemed sturdy, and looked like it would work well for the box of oranges my dad sent for Christmas.

Well, Christmas morning we started juicing and were sorely disappointed in the little guy's performance. It wobbled on the counter top - the four squishy suction cups were insufficient support for the downward force required to squeeze the orange. Even with pressure on the back-side of the juicer, a cup placed for collection is in danger of toppling over with the machine. To add insult to injury, the squished orange half created a vacuum between the cone, the inside of the orange, and the top of the juicer. We had to haul upwards on the handle to get it to release - a difficult action the machine was not designed for. After about five oranges, it was stuck so tight that we gave up and let it sit the rest of Christmas Day.

Today, we took the juicer back to the store and ordered a...Read more