Black & Decker CJ630 32-Ounce Electric Citrus Juicer
Thursday, February 4th, 2010 at
1:40 AM
- 30-watt electric citrus juicer with 32-ounce capacity
- Auto reversing reamer and stirrer for maximum juice extraction
- Standard-size cone; strainer with adjustable pulp control
- Drip-free pour spout; cord wrap and dust cover for storage
- Measures approximately 7-3/5 by 7-3/5 by 9 inches
Product DescriptionEnjoy fresh-squeezed citrus juice… right when you want it! Get all the juice you need without the seeds from the self-reversing cone and strainer.
Black & Decker CJ630 32-Ounce Electric Citrus Juicer
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The motor is too weak to juice effectively. The juicer stops rotating if you apply more than very light pressure to the fruit. I threw the unit away after a few attempts at making orange juice and lemonade. I never did manage to make juice with this machine and ended up using my old manual juicer.
Next time I will spend a bit more money on electronic juicer with an adequate motor.
Rating: 1 / 5
Had the previous version of B&D juicer. It wasn’t expensive so even though the bowl broke because it is brittle plastic I didn’t mind replacing it with this one after 3 yrs.
This one is built OK. It runs OK. It juices OK. . . but it is so loud I’m willing to make the effort to return it.
Rating: 2 / 5
Hi, I thought it would be worth a try, it only lasted a few days. Like the other guy said it needed a stronger motor. I think it would stop rotating sometimes, even thou the motor was still turning. Do the holes would get clogged up way to fast. . . . get a better one I bought one of them that throws the Reine out the back and am much happier with the more expensive one.
Rating: 1 / 5
This product was a waste of time, bought it for $15 shipped, and I shipped it right back. Its motor is very weak, no torque! If it had a better motor it would be a nice unit. Please avoid, and get something better, 30watt motor doesn’t cut it, and it keeps counter rotating when you apply to much LIGHT pressure with your oranges.
Rating: 1 / 5
This is a nice juicer with a quality feel to it. Here is what I like about it, and where I see room for minor improvement:
The Good:
- Very easy to assemble, and more importantly very easy to clean. I just briefly rinse after use and then put the parts in the top dishwasher rack (minus the part housing the motor, of course).
- Operation is clean, i. e. no juice hits the counter top, everything goes inside the pitcher.
- I especially like the two cone sizes: The smaller one is for lemons and limes, the larger which goes on top of the smaller cone when needed, for grapefruits and oranges.
- The smaller cone (which is always in) also features two plastic “blades” (called stirrers in the manual) at the bottom edge which rotate with the cone and help that juice and, if so desired, pulp actually make it into the pitcher through the strainer openings. One of the pet peeves I always had about manual juicers was the fact that the strainer got clogged with pulp and seeds so that the juice sat on top and didn’t flow through. Having these stirrers there moves pulp and seeds around so that the juice can get through and the openings don’t get clogged. But see note below when processing a larger number of fruits. . .
- The reverse rotation feature is also useful in that I feel that more juice gets extraced from the fruit than if it would always just rotate in one direction. The fruit halves look really squeezed out.
- Pitcher has a good capacity (32 oz). Works just as well for several large fruits as it does when one only has one single lemon – not too big, not too small.
Don’t Like So Much:
- The electrical cord is rather short, so one can’t operate this too far away from an outlet.
- The auto-reverse sometimes kicks in and sometimes doesn’t, and since there is no button to auto-reverse, it sometimes requires several tries.
- When squeezing a lemon on the max pulp setting, quite a few of the baby seeds also get through. Since I like as much pulp as I can get in my juices, this is either something I have to live with or I reduce the pulp setting to ensure that I don’t have the little seeds floating in my juice.
- When squeezing larger fruits like oranges, a lot of the pulp tends to eventually collect on top of the strainer despite the stirrers (it just doesn’t fit through the small strainer openings). So I end up having to periodically scoop it out when processing a larger number of fruits to avoid solid covering of the strainer.
Summary:
This is a useful appliance for normal household usage. I don’t think, however, I would use it if I had large amounts of juice to make but for the occasional pitcher, this is perfect. At the price this is offered here, there is really nothing to think about: Get it and enjoy your lemonades or orange juices.
Rating: 4 / 5