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Breville BJE510XL Ikon 900-Watt Variable-Speed Juice Extractor | 
 enlarge | Brand: Breville
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $249.99
Buy New: $173.10
You Save: $76.89 (31%)
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Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 416
Color: Stainless Steel
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 16.8
Dimensions (in): 19.6 x 15.9 x 10.3
MPN: BJE510XL
Model: BJE510XL
UPC: 021614046567
EAN: 0021614046567
ASIN: B000QBFFU8
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 900-watt stainless-steel juice extractor with 5 speeds | | • | Speeds range from 6500 rpm to 12500 rpm for maximum extraction | | • | 3-inch circular feed tube; backlit control panel; dishwasher-safe parts | | • | Juice jug and froth separator, detachable spout, and cleaning brush included | | • | Measures 16-4/5 by 15-1/2 by 10-1/4 inches; 1-year limited warranty |
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Product Description
Speeds from 6500rpm to 12500rpm / Centered dual blade knife / 3-inch center feeding tube / Backlit control panel / Stainless steel / Dishwasher safe
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| Customer Reviews: Read 43 more reviews...
well built juicer August 18, 2007
Cyborg
83 out of 84 found this review helpful
Breville BJE510 was nominated Australian Design Award and it deserves it indeed.
Built very well with outstanding attention to detail, solid stainless steel feed chute, thick and mirror finished acrylic parts that do not have difficult to wash nooks. Juicing carrots left no stains and washing with paper towel and few drops of mild detergent took about 3 minutes for acrylic parts and 5 minutes for the basket with help of soft brush. Locking bar is solid metal with safety - motor will not start if bar is not raised to lock position to prevent any accidental startup. Speed dial has solid feel and digital info display is very cool looking. After choosing speed the power requirement is automatically adjusting according to load. Unit is slightly heavy yet within a reason. Cutter assembly has simple yet solid lock and is easy to remove - no more pulling apart stuck cutter basket and motor base wondering when you are finally going to break it. Pulp from veggies comes out with little moisture and not dripping wet, so efficiency appears to be quite good. Amazon shipping came in double carton and manufacturer also uses very thick padding therefore no problem with shipping and no damage of any kind. In one sentence, this juicer is practically designed, works very well and looks good.
Best Juicer, worth every penny December 12, 2007
shopper6626
36 out of 36 found this review helpful
I look forward to using this juicer every day. I used to own a more expensive juicer but cleaning it was such a pain I stopped juicing and gave it away. After doing tons of research I settled on the Ikon Juicer which is just perfect. My biggest concern was cleaning. It takes about 10-15 minutes to clean by hand but you can rinse the parts and just put it in the dishwasher. The pulp comes out dry so all the juice is extracted pretty much. I disagree with the complaint that people have that the juicer is too loud. It's not that bad actually. The design is very cool looking compared to other juicers. I've used it for about 2 weeks and made a variety of juices and I see and feel the difference in myself. Lets face it, if you're single, cooking and cleaning are not at the top of your list. The Ikon lets you get all the nutrients from fruits and vegetables in their purest form immediately without the headache of cooking and cleaning. If you are serious about your health, spend the money and buy the Breville Ikon Juicer. You won't regret it.
Time + Money + Breville = Great Juices June 4, 2008
Just Anonymous (Georgia, USA)
100 out of 110 found this review helpful
I have a young daughter and it was a desire to be a good parent that drove me to buy this juicer.
Why I bought a Juicer:
I have a young daughter and as a parent I want the absolute best for her. Looking through the supermarket looking for good juices for her I found so many interesting things:
a) Labels at the supermarkets are confusing: sometimes mango juice is 98% apple juice with 1% mango and has all kinds of things like sugar, corn syrup, stabilizers etc.
b) You have to be very careful and become knowledgeable on what "from concentrate," "not from concentrate," "pasteurized," "stabilized," "5% real juice," "10% real juice," "no sugar added," "etc," means.
After a couple of months of reading labels and books, I became a learned shopper for juices. I only buy 100% natural orange juice, not from concentrate, without additives etc. Beyond orange juice though, things become very complicated: Just try to find 100% mango juice with no sugar, high fructose corn syrup, stabilizers etc added to it ---- I found it pretty much impossible and you can't get watermelon juice, cantaloupe juice, guava juice (well really hard), strawberry juice etc -- and if you happen to find something decent it was probably packaged in South Africa and shipped here with no clear markings on when it was packaged.
So, in order to get my daughter a greater variety of juices...made from more than just orange juice in a 100% natural fashion drove me to buy a juicer.
Why I bought this Juicer:
I looked at so many juicers and the basic principle on 99% of them work in pretty much the same way:
a) you have a spinning cone shaped cup with a very fine mesh on the outside.
b) a blade at the bottom of the cone tears up the fruit
c) the centripetal force smashes the ground up material against the mesh sides -- juice flows through the wall of the strainer while the fibrous leftovers stay in the spinning mesh cup
d) the juice makes it through and dry fibers get pushed up due to the cone shape of the container and finally out of the top of the cup onto a receptacle on the side
e) Viola! -- Juice!....oh, and Messy leftovers!
Given that the basic principles are the same for most juicers, I started looking for a few things:
a) The best constructed product out there
b) Ease of cleaning
c) Versatility
-- Construction
This Breville product is indeed very durable. Its rock solid. I can't say enough about how tough this product is. Bear in mind there are quite a few plastic products on it which are crystal clear. Yes they could break but seems unlikely that they will unless I bang them against something pretty hard.
-- Ease of Cleaning
The clear pastic parts have a plus that it makes it easy to clean and see that everything is clean.
The mesh is much easier to clean than I thought
--Versatility
The motor has several speeds to help get the most juice out of different fruits. Speed is important. If the speed is too fast, juicy fruits will be spun out of the juicing cone leaving precious juice in the fibrous remains. So I really like the 5speed variable speed.
What I have found:
a) Juicing is Hard --
-- Depending on the fruit it can take a lot of fruit to make little juice
-- Cantalope, Watermelon make lots of juice from each
-- Oranges make medium amounts of juice from each
-- Pineapples, Mangos, Peachers make little juice from each
-- You have to prepare the fruits before you go down the road of juicing and this takes time
-- Once you have all of your ingredients prepared, its almost heartbreaking to see the Breville turn them into juice in about 30 seconds --- literally 30 minutes preparing fruits sometimes so that the juicer can crush them in 30 seconds and then to make half a pitcher that you drink in 3 minutes....hmmm
b) Juicing is Expensive
-- You have to buy fruits that are in season and cheap otherwise juicing is a prohibitively expensive proposition
-- No matter what type of fruit you use save watermelon and cantalope, it will always seem that you're throwing tons of fruit into the hungry beast to make very little juice.
-- It is amazing how much fruit this machine will consume and all that fruit is pricey
-- So, unless you're a millionaire and have all the time in the world, you're going to be relegated to making juice only from things that are in season.
c) Juicing is Great
-- Ok now you're probably saying, "oh, I don't know about this whole juicing thing after this crazy guy points out all the negatives." Not quite, there are a ton of positives to juicing.
The Opportunist Blender -- I'm blending all kinds of different fruits, especially all the marginal fruit in my refrigerator (I used to buy lots of fruit, and still do, and don't consume it all) As that fruit gets ripe and just before it goes to waste, before I would just throw it out, but now I just bring out my juicer and throw it all into the machine. It makes short work of blueberries, strawberries, all berries and then I throw in a few oranges (oranges have become my defacto base for my juices) and viola! I've saved my old fruits that would've gone to waste and I've created a healthy concoction that I could never get at the store....don't ask me to recreate it but all and I mean all my blends taste great with the Breville.
The Health Nut -- I make it a point to blend at least 1 to 2 times a week for my daughter and I absolutely know 100% that she's getting 100% fresh and pure juice and she loves the juices I make! She looks forward to juicing. She's 2 and she just sits there on a highchair while I juice -- such wonderful times.
Overall:
a) The Juicer has NOT replaced supermarket juices. I still buy 100%orange juice, not from concentrate
b) I don't buy other juices like mango juice etc
c) I still buy Motts for Tots kindof juices (go figure)
d) The Juicer has allowed me to supplement our diet with 100% natural juices a few times a week
e) The juicer has allowed me to use fruit that I would otherwise throw away.
What I Learned After Owning the Breville:
-- Juicing is not the glorious thing that its made out to be in the infomercials, its tedious, dirty, expensive, and you get little juice
-- Its very healthy and if you do it right (with in season, juicy fruits), you can make some wonderful and very healthy juices....You know exactly what you're putting into it
-- If you're going to buy a juicer, buy this a fantastic choice.
Great juicer for beginnners! January 6, 2008
Angela N. Warrick (Los Angeles, CA)
29 out of 29 found this review helpful
I received this juicer as a gift from my husband for Christmas. I had been reading a lot of reviews online on various juicers and other Breville juicers had gotten high marks. This is a newer variable speed version, and that is a great feature. I have juiced carrots, parsnips, cabbage, celery, pears, tomatoes, and apples, and am amazed at how dry the pulp is when it comes out! The unit is quiter than my blender, so the noise isn't a factor. Also, it takes me about 5 min to wash the 5 parts after juicing, since I don't have a dishwasher. I must also mention how beatiful and well crafted the juicer is, I have it sitting out on my counter along with my other stainless steel appliances and it looks great! Highly reccomended!
great juicer and excellent customer service!!!! January 19, 2008
Theresa (Irvine, CA)
33 out of 34 found this review helpful
I got this juicer after reading a lot of reviews like the ones posted here in amazon. It is really helpful to people thinking of buying something to read what people who own it think about it.
I got this because of the 5 speed setting, the safety feature and the accessories that came with it. Unfortunately when I got mine, it was a display at the store and they didn't give me the box, the manual, the adapter for when you want to use a glass instead of the really nice pitcher and the cleaning brush. They gave me a discount so I bought the juicer, figuring I could purchase the missing parts separately.
I looked up the manual online and I used it to juice carrots, apples, pears, beets, grapes, celery etc that same night. Make sure you line the pulp container with a plastic grocery bag to make clean up easy. It was great! And cleaning up is really a breeze compared to my other juicer. Just rinse the parts and use a stiff brush to clean the shredder with a little dish soap.
So, on to the missing parts. I called Breville customer service and although I was on hold for a LONG time, they did send me the parts FREE OF CHARGE, not even shipping. I offered to pay for it but they said "NO PROBLEM. We'll send it to you free of charge." I got it after 3 days. That is how GREAT their customer service is!!! I highly recommend this juicer and I'm sure to get more Breville appliances when the ones I have need replacement! Customer service like this is really something worth giving a good review for!!! And now using the brush to clean it makes clean up even easier!
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