Philips Masticating Juicer Viva Collection, 150W, 1L, QuickClean, Black

I've owned this juicer for over a year and made a variety of juices with this Philips juicer. The setup is easy; there are about 4 parts to put together for the juicer, all of which are dishwasher-safe. The juicer works really well; it'll juice anything you put in it. I found that when I put Apples in it, they would slide around and make a lot of noise. My only complaint is that the bin included for waste is a bit too small if you want to make a lot of juice. The design is simple and compact, so it won't take up much room on your kitchen counter. Overall, this is a great juicer and I'd recommend it to anyone.

Once we got this machine few months ago, we do not have to buy any juices anymore. Keep i nmind though - you will have a lot of waste, and as this is cold press a lot of juice will end up in the waste. However this is the best method to not 'burn' the vitamins away. Make sure all vegetables that are rock hard are cut to smaller chunks, and peeled properly. Making pauses between each will help the juice to fully drain. Also if you do vegetable of fruit that will most likely block the filter. It is a good practice to take the filter out - use a brush to clean it off and slide it back in and start using the machien again - this way you will 'save' a lot of juice from going to waste. Also if you a re doing a big batch of veggies/fruit do pause every few minutes and clean the filter, as the size of the filter is quite small it can easily gather too much fiber and wont be as effective. You can see this with your eyes - just observe as the juice flow decreases - that means the filter have to be cleaned. If you are lazy it will work anyway - but you wiill end up wasting more material and producing less juice. Of course if anyone is wonderign is it cheaper to buy a juice? The Answer is yes. Of course the factory made juices are much cheaper and easier to get. With this machine you have to bring in kilograms of veggies in order to make few cups of juice. And take time to peel everything, wash it all of. And home made juice is not pasterusied so it will go off quicker. But if you like fresh juice and you will drink it quick, and you do not mind / or you enjoy making things yourself, it will give you a sense of acomplishement and also give you healthier juice that is tasty and do not have any added chemicals. A good ser of tips for the begginers will be : - look up recepies and plan what juice combo you will make before yo ugo shopping/gardening -you do not have to push big items like apple quarter or oranges through the lid hole , you can lift the lid and put the item inside one unit at the time ( its lever action , a safety mechanism) -make sure you do not juice thigns that should not be juiced ( avoid pears,berries etc) - clean the machine well right after juice, you can use hydrogen peroxide 3% solution to clean food contacted parts, like once a month to keep bacteries at bay - do not stress the motor by doing hard things like carrots and sweet potato for longer than fe minutes, give it some rest by doing apples etc in between so the motor wont heat up - this is not industiral grade machine so it shoudl not be abused and used 24h , this is hobby grade household item, to prolong its life make sure you take good care of it, just slicking big chunks with a knife takes few seconds for the machine motor and mechanical parts this few seconds can save months of lifew time -I found that for filter cleaning the most ideal is a plastic brush, brush it on both sides using cold water and it all comes of in few seconds. - never leave machine dirty with food inside, as fruit, especialyl sweet ones will spoil vey quickly and any leftovers can contaminate future batches of juice - you can use a piece of lime/lemon added to your juice, in a glass jar (easy to clean) and keep in in the fridge, depending on the juice you made it will last longer, fore example carrot juice as it is quite sweet will stay fresh for about 24h, while orange can last even 48 Overall the machine is great- it is the best juicer we ever had. The motor is on the side and it is sealed with the rubber gasket, so in any case of leaking the juice wont go onto the electronics even if it leaks, which is good - as cheaper juicers usually have motor right under the juice container, which can lead to horrible scenarios. The operation of the button is quite easy, one button goes forward, the other is a reverse if somethign got stuck ( if you put too much at the time). The machine have a security feature so it wont let you put fingers inside. Its good but still I will advise all children 100% time suprvision, as the motor is very strong. The machine does generate noise during operation with sqiucking etc, so you have to keep in mind that this is cold press juicer - it will always make sounds, it is still quieter that other types.

This is a solid and reliable juicer. It is simple to assemble and easy to use. It is also very easy to clean. I like the simplicity of it. The machine is not very noisy at all, unlike other machines. The masticating process is slow but effective and the tap underneath the filter ensures no stray drips and keeps any mess to a minimum. The juice tray appears quite odd at first but with small pouring lips at the corners, no juice is lost when transferring it to glasses. My one niggle and hence the reason for the loss of one star is the fact that the pulp is still quite wet when it emerges from the machine. This suggests that juice extraction, which is the purpose of the machine, is not as efficient as it could be. When juicing organic celery, this means that it can become an expensive operation. So my tip is to put a muslin bag where the pulp tray is usually placed and then once juicing is complete, squeeze the pulp through the muslin bag. I find that this yields an additional 25 - 30% juice. Also, for pure, clean juice, sieve the extracted juice before drinking and it makes it far more appealing (especially celery juice). This has meant that instead of juicing 4 full heads of celery for 1000ml of juice, we now only juice 3 heads. Squeezing the pulp does the rest.

I have lost nearly a stone in the last 3 months with no effort all, just by a good range of juice when ever I feel like it. As a result my desire for sweet things is very limited. Below I have descibed the difference having used botth, but this jjuicer is very much the best, and well worth the extra. Not so expensive as a kitchen gadget if you look at the cartons of juice at the supermarket. You are making 'real juice and extracting virtually all liquid from the pieces of fruit and vegetables. It will not be froth! As a result I have lost the teemption to snake on sweet things both in the house and when out shopping.I first used a cettriffugal juicer (alsomade by phillips and looks a bit like a bomb. About a month ago I bought this masticating model. best decisil The difference between this and the other Philips juicer is the way the juice is extracted This juicer has augers which gradually squash the juice out of fruit or vegetables. The end result is juice and pulp which is relatively dry. The price if these masticating juicers are more expensive, but to me much mre attractive to drink. The centrifugal juicers whizzes the fruit and vegetables at great speed producing frothy juice and a great deal of damp pulp.. Pleasant, but not juice as you might be expecting. I have used bot and both have their faults, but aI prefer the juice of the masticating juicer - much more juice out of the fruit - and much more of it. An apple, beetroot and grapefruit juice filled a large glass, with about 1 1/2 inches measure in the same glass, easy to throw away in comparison to the centrifuge juicer, There is not the quantity of pulp fibre filling then bottom container of the 'bomb' or getting every where when you are cleaning juicer. The claim is that you can use whole fruit, I have cut into pieces , and the apple could have been smallere as it got stuck in the auger. They both have their design faults and when paying £100 one would expect something to be done about them: The leaflet describing how to set it up - an exploded diagram with no desription - there is another picture on the box. Language may e a problem, but a better description and a few recipes.- even if 'multi-lingual ' pictures. The juice is collected in a tray, a spout to help pouring into a glass, The container that the pulp id disensed into does not fit neatly into the body of the juicer. Given that the centrifugal juicer is very well designed and includes a jug it is clear that Phillips thought the centrifugal juicer worth the extra effort. One of thing that could have been included in the masticating juicer is a bottle brush as it is very difficult to remove pulp betwen the plastic tubes - I suggest you get a narrow brush brush when you buy the juicer. When you collect a caddy full of pulp from the centrifugal juicer it will fill quickly and be very heavy,, Whereas with the masticating juicer it will hold more and be much lighter, A week's worth can be an extra load for the dustmen! are a treatment. for constipation- and causes..... it taken to access! WARNING -I take a drug called Lithium. Having fruit juice can cause Lithium Toxicity. If you or anybody you know takes this drug, read up about it- It can have serious and possibly dangerous results as I found out.

Fantastic juicer, copes with everything from apples to oranges, celery, ginger, cucumber etc. Easy to pop apart and clean. I wouldn’t hesitate to buy this again.

I really loved the juicer, loved it until it has broken. I thought that I just bought a faulty one or maybe I used it wrong. I have replaced it for the new one because the juice was really good, the tube large it was really easy to put fruits and vegetables inside, easy to clean, looking smart it fitted my kitchen perfectly...It worked for another few times and it stopped suddenly without reason while making juice. A real shame! So dissspointed...The motor is just very weak, and I wasn't putting whole fruits or vegs but always cut in pieces. I am now buying Omega. My friends use it and are very happy.

Great juicer. Very quiet and efficient - easy to use & clean.

Bought the machine to support our SIRT diet, and after eight days of frequent use, juicing curly kale, celery, rocket, spinach, apples and ginger, feel we have made a very good choice. The machine fully deserves five stars for juicing efficiency, ease of cleaning and silent operation, but falls down badly on its claim of "XL wide feeding tube" as an aid to ease of operation. The feeding tube is indeed wide but the poorly designed and positioned "safety flap" negates much of the benefit. The tube cap has a smaller central hole, sized to control the position & depth of insertion of the robust "pusher" (which we quickly abandoned in favour of a celery stick, which is far more efficient and controllable and not a problem if the machine grabs it!). As the tube cap is lifted,a rather flimsy clear plastic "paddle" rises across the feeding tube, preventing all but the slenderest of stalk passing down the tube. This leaves a small space at the top of the tube, about 3 cm deep, where the material to be juiced must sit until the lid is closed and the material is released to fall down the tube. This annoyance is further compounded by the mechanism of the paddle preventing the lid being opened fully, so making loading of the material a fiddly and messy business. Juicing 160 gm of curly kale is a long, long job due to the tiny loading space available, and reluctance to compress too much material in, for fear of snapping off the flimsy paddle. Closing the cap drops the paddle to the side of the feeding tube, but the springy kale sits in the top of the tube and has to be pushed down with a pusher clear of the paddle to allow the lid to be lifted. This was a problem for all the leafy ingredients. To speed up the process, we find ourselves feeding material through the smaller hole in the closed lid, completely losing the advantage of the large tube diameter, but enabling us to pack the loose material down the tube so that it feeds into the crusher. Unnecessarily fiddly and a disappointment for an otherwise excellent machine.