Breville Compact Juice Fountain BJE200XL 700-Watt

User Rating: List Price: $130.00 Sale Price: $99.00

There are different blenders, mixers and smoothie makers with a huge range of capabilities depending on what you want to accomplish. This blender is simple to operate, relatively compact, produces excellent smoothies and is easy to clean.

Heavy Duty
Some blenders are not very good at crushing or chopping hard vegetables or fruits. The Breville BJE200XL Juice Fountain is designed specifically for making smoothies and as such is a Heavy Duty blender, which means it, is quite capable of crushing ice or other hard objects.

Compact Blender Size
If you are looking to save space in your kitchen, this blender is quite compact with a base 9 ½ by 8 ¾ inches wide and a height of 16 inches so you won’t have to pack it away each time you use it. This model also collects pulp within the footprint of the unit and will help you conserve counter space that way as well, since you don’t need an extra bulky unit for the pulp.

The Breville BJE200XL comes with a centred knife assembly, which centers fruits or vegetable over the cutter and filter, minces them into minute particles.

Power
In terms of power needs tend to vary so you probably want a processor that is not as powerful as a commercial food processor some of which go up to more than 2000 watts. Domestic blenders tend to use between 450 and 750 watts motors.

While lots of power is great, you will also tend to consume loads more electricity. This Breville smoothie maker and juicer has a more than adequate 700-watt motor, which is powerful enough to meet your needs without raising your energy bills. It spins at 14,000 revolutions a minute to ensure you get maximum extraction of juice whatever content you put in and is capable of producing an 8-ounce cup of juice in just five seconds. It has been reported to produce results 10 times faster than other juice extractors

Feed tube
Blender for making smoothies sometime have a feed tube to let you add ingredients while chopping, pureeing or even grinding your smoothie contents. In addition the feed tube works as a chute through which you can add items for shredding or slicing disks.

In many cases smoothie makers come with a pusher to push the contents through the slide tube and protect your fingers from harm. The Breville BJE200XL excels here in that it comes with an Extra-large 3-inch centered feed tube and pusher so you can easily slide whole apples, carrots, tomatoes and other vegetables down with minimal effort, which makes processing fruit and vegetables quite easy.

Stainless steel micro-mesh
A thinner mesh reduces the surface area between the fruit and the cup. These unique Italian made filter baskets have almost 40,000 tiny pores to help extract up to 30% more juice. You don’t even need to lock them in place as they are held down by an ingenious magnetic system. Since they are made from stainless steel they are dishwasher safe and long lasting.

Speed
This unit operates at a single speed – 13,000 RPM – which is great if you love simplicity.

Safety Issues
If your worried about the danger of such a powerful machine, Breville have included a couple of devices to keep you safe, firstly, the device is designed to not operate without the juicer cover being in place. Secondly, it will not work without its safety-locking arm set in the vertical position.

Cleaning up
Cleaning up is really a 2-minute operation – the micro-mesh filter basket and juice cover are dishwasher safe. The unit

Warranty
The Breville BJE200XL comes with a limited 1-year warranty

Real user quotes:
“…Best features are its simplicity and ease of cleaning.” “….Solid piece of engineering, sturdy long lasting parts, excellent workmanship.” “…The Breville is the best juicer I have had. It is an example of good product design in that it is simple, practical and attractive.”

Pro’s

• Simple to use, easy to clean
• Sturdy, long lasting, reliable.
• Unique pulp collector, so no danger of mixing the pulp back in.
• Great wide feed tube, safety mechanisms, and covered juice jug with froth separator

Con’s

• May take longer than the 5 seconds quoted.
• Like most juicers may not be effective for leafy green vegetables
• Mesh needs to be cleaned immediately after use.
• Compact but not that compact.

Conclusion
With an average rating of 4.5 out of 5 possible stars, this is appears to be an excellent blender to purchase and fit for most needs.

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• Heavy-duty compact juice fountain with centered knife blade assembly
• 700-watt motor operates at 14,000 RPM for maximum extraction
• Extra-large 3-inch centered feed tube; stainless-steel micro-mesh filter
• Dishwasher-safe parts; custom cleaning brush included
• Measures 9-1/2 by 8-3/4 by 16 inches; 1-year limited warranty