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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Defective and OverPriced Juicer
By Ubuntu Man
I ordered the RA Chand citrus juicer in late January 2009 for home use. Despite being advertised as having been designed for commercial use, it lasted less than four months under light (less than once a day) home use. During this period, I never squeezed anything harder than a juice orange. And in early May 2009 the handle/lever simply cracked in two. It was gone after less than four months and close to $200 expended (with shipping/tax). Whatever metal was used to fabricate the lever/handle, it was a shoddy composite because it cracked just like a piece of brittle plastic.

At the time I ordered this product, I was under the misunderstanding that it was made in the USA. While this was my error, I had had similar problems with Chinese made home grade juicers which I had bought for a quarter the price. (They, ironically, had each lasted six to eighteen months under similar usage before breaking.) The RA Chand juicer is made in Mexico, not the USA, and the quality that I experienced unfortunately lived up to my worst expectations.

If you want a juicer that looks sharp and don't expect to ever use it more than once a month, this product might be just right for you. But stay away if you want something you can actually use on a daily basis at home, much less in a commercial setting. This product is bad news.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
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By J. W. Dietrich
I bought my jucer through a Amazon SPONSORED LINKS [...] which seems to be an improved model. The design of the handle (removes with screws) and the juicing bowl (stepped instead of curved) seems to be the difference.

For the price the finish should be better. The outside of the juicing bowl is polished but the inside is rough and unpolished with what seemed to be a lot of black/grey machineing/grinding residue left in the bowl and when washing this residue out the roughness of the interior snaged on the dish sponge I was using. Since this is the surface the juice runs across I think it should be more polished allowing it to be cleaned easier. But can be washed in a dish washer.

Easy to use, but need to be careful not to apply to much pressure at end of handle as it does tend to tip forward. The bottom bowl and funnel just sits in the metal ring and is easy to remove to clean and drops right back in place. Still need to strain the juice to remove seeds and pulp.

I bought this for squeezing grapefruit and needed the extra large bowl for the fit. So far every grapefruit I've tried has fit without any problem. Does make juicing quick and easy.

Also it's easy to over squeeze fruit because of the force that can be generated, then you get that taste from the oils in the skin into the juice. First glass of orange juice I made was very noticable but the second glass I used less force and that taste was almost gone, third glass of juice (grapefruit this time) I pretty much had the amount of force correct. I used to slice up grapefruits and with my hand press the slices against a perforated metal bowl (strainer) to juice them and if I pressed too hard I would get that same taste, so that citrus oil taste isn't something unique to this juicer.

Edit:
Just recently my young grand daughter was visiting and we needed some lime juice for cola and lime drinks and I was juicing some oranges. She asked why not juice the key limes in this juicer... I said wouldn't work they are to small. She placed a half of a key lime in juicer... and it worked!

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Crap
By Kirk Shelton
Got this as a gift. Picked all the oranges off my tree excited to use our new juicer.

It sucked
-there isn't enough room under it for a regular size glass. Had to juice into a coffee cup.
-isnt big enough to juice a regular sized orange. Have to cut into 1/8ths and carefully juice each piece. Otherwise it leaves a ring of unjuiced orange around the edge. Also juice squirts out the sides.
-I hope you like pulp because the holes are so big hunks of peel and pith make it through.

- pieces fit together poorly. Cheap construction.

It was an inefficient messsy experience. There are better more effective products out there.

If you want a decorative retro piece. That's about all this is good for.