Dr. Weil 9804 The Healthy Kitchen Stainless-Steel 80-Watt Juicer with Stainless-Steel Cup

Average, but for price should be better.
After a lot of research I bought the Weil and the Tribest Citristar knowing one was getting returned. This is a comparison of both.
The Weil is 30 watts stronger, I'll give it that. It's much harder to stop the Weil than the Citristar with your hand but both motors are more than capable of the job. It is also a bit better looking, being steel on the outside vs. plastic. Cons are:

1. Not very big at base, therefore tends to wobble just a bit at times. Tribest has much larger base and is far sturdier.

2. The reemer isn't wide enough so instead of just pressing down you have to kind of squeeze the sides into it to extract all the juice. Also, half the ridges on the reemer or smooth and curved instead of coming to a point. This prohibits it from really tearing into the flesh of the fruit and extracting all the juice. I compared both with the same amount of oranges and the citristar extracted about 10% more juice than the Weil.

3. The reemer...

So Far, OK
The only thing I have to compare this juicer to is the manual lever press model I've used for 30 years. The manual was fine for the occasional lemon or lime I had to squeeze, but recently my husband took to mixing fresh lime juice into his seltzer instead of drinking orange juice. We were going through 5 limes a day and the process was making our mild carpel tunnel problems flare up, and the process was messy, so we decided to go electric. When reading this review,keep in mind that I've only used this product for limes and lemons...not larger fruits.

We had a choice between the Dr. Weill/Spring, the less expensive Cuisinart, and the more expensive Breville automatic lever model(which was too tall for our counter set up and more than we wanted to pay).

So far, from reading the other reviews, this was the right choice. It is not truely 'automatic' because you do have to press the fruit against the reamer for what seems a relatively long time (compared to the manual...

So far so good
It is good for the price. The down side is that it is not designed for easy cleaning/washing. Can't take it apart easy and simpl

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