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People might have a misconception about the machine then. I had heard that the juice was easy enough to extract from the pack that you could do it with your han

People might have a misconception about the machine then. I had heard that the juice was easy enough to extract from the pack that you could do it with your hands. This gave me the idea that the pack basically just had juice in it already.

microcolonel 9y ago
It does, it is shredded vegetation in a bag which is squeezed by an amazingly overengineered solid steel screw press with giant, beautiful one-piece plastic moldings on the back. It is also true that you can extract the vast majority of the fluid without the press just fine. It is not "chopped" into "smaller" pieces, but literally shredded.
- hwillis 9y ago
  Nope; check it out: https://vimeo.com/214030931 https://vimeo.com/214030931 That's mostly carrot (+lemon and orange) but still it's very dry. See also AvE's video[1] where he opens a bag and its full of processed but still largely intact pomegranate. You can squeeze most of a first glass out by hand[2] but that's about it. To get the rest out a press really is necessary- but Juicero isn't just a press. It's massive machined aluminum billets and expensive gears and a custom motor. The huge aluminum parts are likely the biggest cost sink- hundreds of dollars, easily. If they had made the things out of extrusions they could have saved 80%+ on the cost. Just goofy all around. edit: also this... enthusiastic gentleman, who is pretty enthusiastic about the contents of the bag[3] [1]: https://youtu.be/_Cp-BGQfpHQ?t=30m6s https://youtu.be/_Cp-BGQfpHQ?t=30m6s [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lutHF5HhVA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lutHF5HhVA [3]: https://youtu.be/wOmB7H6meUQ?t=22m3s https://youtu.be/wOmB7H6meUQ?t=22m3s
  - microcolonel 9y ago
    > Nope I don't know about you, but that cleanly fits my definition of "shredded". > edit: also this... enthusiastic gentleman, who is pretty enthusiastic about the contents of the bag[3] Yeah, discountjuicers.com guy is a real hoot. Good info too.
  - subcosmos 9y ago
    He says in the video, "Ain't no kill like overkill" LMAO
dopamean 9y ago
I think you're right. The Bloomberg video clearly shows someone just squeezing the back with their hands and juice comes out.

microcolonel 9y ago

It does, it is shredded vegetation in a bag which is squeezed by an amazingly overengineered solid steel screw press with giant, beautiful one-piece plastic moldings on the back. It is also true that you can extract the vast majority of the fluid without the press just fine. It is not "chopped" into "smaller" pieces, but literally shredded.

hwillis 9y ago
Nope; check it out: https://vimeo.com/214030931 https://vimeo.com/214030931 That's mostly carrot (+lemon and orange) but still it's very dry. See also AvE's video[1] where he opens a bag and its full of processed but still largely intact pomegranate. You can squeeze most of a first glass out by hand[2] but that's about it. To get the rest out a press really is necessary- but Juicero isn't just a press. It's massive machined aluminum billets and expensive gears and a custom motor. The huge aluminum parts are likely the biggest cost sink- hundreds of dollars, easily. If they had made the things out of extrusions they could have saved 80%+ on the cost. Just goofy all around. edit: also this... enthusiastic gentleman, who is pretty enthusiastic about the contents of the bag[3] [1]: https://youtu.be/_Cp-BGQfpHQ?t=30m6s https://youtu.be/_Cp-BGQfpHQ?t=30m6s [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lutHF5HhVA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lutHF5HhVA [3]: https://youtu.be/wOmB7H6meUQ?t=22m3s https://youtu.be/wOmB7H6meUQ?t=22m3s
- microcolonel 9y ago
  > Nope I don't know about you, but that cleanly fits my definition of "shredded". > edit: also this... enthusiastic gentleman, who is pretty enthusiastic about the contents of the bag[3] Yeah, discountjuicers.com guy is a real hoot. Good info too.
- subcosmos 9y ago
  He says in the video, "Ain't no kill like overkill" LMAO

dopamean 9y ago

I think you're right. The Bloomberg video clearly shows someone just squeezing the back with their hands and juice comes out.