This machine looks nice and will make you a juice. What annoys me very much is the incredible lies they put up to sell it.



First of all it will not extract "every drop of juice" from your fruit and veg. The leftover pulp is quite wet and well loaded with liquid. I would say that a good 10% of the usable juice is left in the pulp. Now if you look at carrots, the pulp will be very dry, because it is a dry veg with very little juice, but if you look at what's left of a pineapple, you will be very disappointed. If you squeeze the pulp with your bare hand liquid will come out.



The biggest lie is in the washing up: one minute? In your dreams! It takes more than one minute only to clean the filter, if your intention is to actually clean it. The reality is that this machine is not easy to clean at all, hence the emphasis on the easy cleaning. It is easy if compared to washing a car, but it is definitely difficult compared to pretty much anything else you can find in a kitchen.



There are six unusually shaped pieces to wash (especially the dome) every time and without using soap it takes about 4 minutes. If you wash everything with soap, it will take you anything between 6 and 10 minutes. Not a big deal, but it's so annoying to be deceived so extensively and so openly.



Then if you try to stick everithing in the dishwasher you are in for a big disappointment. Every single piece of the machine must be rinsed very well before putting it in the dishwasher, or it will not come out clean. The fiber of the fruit left all over the machine becomes like glue, even if you start the dishwasher when it's all still fresh, it will not come clean at all; it will be almost exactely as dirty as when you put it in, with the added problem that it will be dry and VERY hard to clean now. Bottom line... you have to wash it properly (4 minutes time) before putting it into the dishwasher... so what's the point?



Judging from other reviews and from the violence with which the machine operates, it doesn't look like this machine is going to last for very long. I've only had it for a month, but by reading all the other reviews, I can see that it will not last anything close to what the price promises. There is a lot of power, a lot of friction and the machine at times "jumps" and shakes quite violently when presented with the end bits of apples or hard bits that do not break off. By the way, sometimes these bits end up in the juice, so the end result is not as smooth as it should be. Furthermore, the juices are full of air and very foamy... even a simple orange juice turns out like that. It can be nice as a novelty, but over time it becomes very annoying, as the juice is simply not as it should be.



If I had to make this purchase again, I would spend the extra money to get a masticating juicer; the quality is just a different planet.



To draw my conclusion, I think this juicer is way overpriced at £160. For what it does, for how it does it and for the durability, it shouldn't cost more than £50. I am very annoyed and I probably wouldn't buy another product from Phillips, simply due to the deception... I just can't trust them anymore... too many lies.