Breville 800CPXL Citrus Press Pro Juicer Machine, Brushed Stainless Steel

Well worth every penny!!!
This is the best citrus juicer ever! Like others, I swallowed hard at the price tag. I even postponed ordering for a few days to think it over. Would I really use it enough to justify the high price tag? In the end, the rave reviews of others convinced me, and I’m glad they did! What a great purchase this was!This machine makes juicing so easy! The designer was obviously thinking about every design detail. It’s just about as perfect as a citrus juicer could be! Effective, easy to use, easy to clean, dishwasher safe–what more could one want?The machine is faster and quieter than any other juicer I’ve owned (which is really nice first thing in the morning). And, unlike so many other juicers, the machine requires very little hand or arm pressure to do the job. The long arm takes all the work out of the process. And this juicer never balks, as so many do. It just does the job, quickly, thoroughly and efficiently.It’s now a pleasure to make fresh orange juice every single morning. I’ve also made real lemonade and fresh lemon-lime ade. Ever tried them? They’re delicious!!! Oh, and we’ve made fresh grapefruit juice, too!The machine has handled every fruit beautifully.Like others, I do wish there was another, “coarser” strainer, for those of us who love lots of pulp in our juice. But maybe that would allow too many of the small seeds through. And it’s not a big deal to just scoop out the pulp and add it to the juice.I also was a bit concerned about reviewer reports of the large size. Yup, it’s larger than regular juicers, but I love it so much and use it so much that I’ve “found” space on my counter for it!If you love fresh citrus juice, for the flavor, for the health benefits, or both, Breville is the citrus juicer to buy! In fact, I’m considering splurging and buying one for each of my adult kids!

After 3 Years, We Still Love It
I typically use our juicer once a week for my weekly orange juice fix & lime juice for drinks & cooking. Also, about four or five times a year (more?) we’ll use it for cases of limes and oranges at a time for parties. My once a week fix is about 25 oranges and about 20 limes. I just checked my order history and we bought this in May 2007 – it’s still going strong and still feels and looks new. It makes quick work of juicing a case of oranges or a case of limes (mmmm, margaritas!) and I’ve also used it regularly for grapefruit (see note below) and lemons.There are a few downsides that have semi-remedies:Hard limes. We have a lime tree and sometimes the fruit is quite hard. This can seemingly cause the machine to seize up (doesn’t seem to hurt anything, just won’t squeeze the juice). Our solution to this problem has been to roll the limes first to make them less hard.Oval limes & lemons. If the cut citrus is more than half a round ball the juicer can’t really handle it properly. Our solution to this is to use slices of the middle for garnish and then the fruit squeezes much more easily. Now we have pretty lime slices for margaritas or orange slices for other edible garnish.Huge grapefruits. So while it works “okay”, you do feel like you do feel like you’re losing some juice on these. I haven’t let this problem deter in my love for the machine. I simply wring the last bit of juice out by hand so that I don’t feel like I’m wasting any.Cleaning. Clean immediately and there will be no problems, but if you leave the pulp for a day (or night), it’s not going to be so easy to clean. I put all of the parts into the dishwasher and have never had a problem.Cabinet space. I used this at a friend’s house and saw that low cabinets can interfere with the handle, but I use it on an open island and my cabinets at home have more space between cabinet and counter top so it’s no problem for me. At my friend’s, I simply moved it closer to the edge and was much more careful about placing a glass to catch the juice so that it wouldn’t slide off.Slippage. It does move around some on slick counters. I have that problem (not really a problem, in my humble opinion) with my new granite counter top, but I’m sure that I could put it on a mat and stop that problem if I really felt it were a problem. I do keep my eye on where it is.Pulp. Sometimes if you’re doing a lot of oranges or grapefruit that has a lot of pulp, you may need to empty out the basket. I don’t see this as a problem, but I saw someone else comment about it. I do let the machine go extra revolutions for about 30-60 seconds to make sure I’m getting all the juice, but then I spoon out the seeds and pulp into the trash (or disposal to make the sink smell nice) before going another round. It comes with two pulp screens – one for low pulp and the other for higher pulp. Keep in mind that most of the nutrients are in the pulp. I love that you can change it because sometimes I use lime juice for a Thai soup and low pulp is better.The ease of use, the ease of cleaning, and the results produced have made this a GREAT BUY! I’m not a fan of products that have only one use, but even if I only used this for squeezing oranges, I would still say that it is one of the best purchases I have ever made. I have used many a hand squeezer or reamer and I still do on occasion for just one lime or whatever, but if you want fresh squeezed orange juice, this is definitely the way to go.

Hace muy bien su trabajo como exprimidor, de las naranjas extrae facilmente el zumo y es muy eficaz para exprimir citricos grandes como las toronjas, el esfuerzo es mínimo con su palanca que incluso los niños son capaces de prepararse sin problemas un vaso de jugo. Es caro, pero bien lo vale por el material con que esta fabricado todo el cuerpo, el deposito y la rejilla (acero inoxidable) ademas de su motor alojado en su base solida que le da buena estabilidad.

So far (Over 1 year of daily use) Breville Citrus Press Pro 800CPXL has exceeded our expectations. It’s not a cheap citrus juicer, but if you need the best citrus juicer in the market, this is it. Last November, I was at pharmacy to buy Vitamin C supplement for my daughter for cold and cough and pharmacists said “I would rather recommend you continue with what you are holding in your hand – Oranges”. Since then, we buy big box of Oranges every week from Costco, so I can say our usage of this machine “Heavy”. After 1 year of use, this looks same as when we took out of box for the first time. We have thrown cheap plastic citrus juicers from Wal-Mart- I noticed plastic juicing dome was wearing out and where do that worn out plastic go? Obviously in our tummy.This is sixth Breville kitchen appliance in our home and like other Breville stuff, this die cast machine is built like tank. It looks very nice on counter-top and juicing is very easy and effective. You need to apply just little pressure while juicing and motor is very silent. Power-assisted arm not only make squeezing effortless, but keeps you hand clean as you don’t need to press fruit on the top of juicer dome. Built-in sensors activate juicing process once the press arm and fruit are in proper contact. I also notice that it is more effective and gives more juice compared to plastic juicers since you have no leftover juicable part remaining on orange halves. It goes right to the very end and takes out every bit of juice out of fruit.Top and bottom cups as well as pulp cup is removable and very easy to wash and clean. All parts that requires washing are dishwasher safe. Though we mainly use it for oranges, it should be noted that it easily handles grapefruits and limes as well. When you need to stop juice to flow, you can simply lift the spout upwards, thus there is no more dripping while taking the glass away. You can control the pulp stainless steel filters.THE GOOD:• Outstanding built quality• Effortless and easy squeezing• Exquisite look – You would like to keep it on the counter-top• More juice and almost no wastage• Very quiet operation• Very easy to clean• Pulp control• Drip-stop spoutTHE BAD:• I can’t think of any major issue other than price. Edges of strainer parts are little sharp, but I have never hurt myself while cleaning. Though top cup eject button worked perfect so far, I think this should have been designed better as sometimes I have to try couple of times to put it back. It sits by plastic o-ring gaskets and It should be noted that it comes with extra o-ring type gaskets in case you need to replace it.FINAL THOUGHTS:I bought this Citrus Juicer after researching every product in market. I don’t think there is any better citrus press in market than this. It is expensive, but it is far far better than other juicers we have used before. You can buy packaged juices at lower price, but when you do it yourself, you know that you are getting is pure and fresh juice and not some watered down stale juice. Overall, this is a stellar product and you would not be disappointed if you are doing regular citrus juicing. I am very demanding person, but this product earns Highly…Recommended rating.