I got this as a deal of the day, at about 50% off, and figured it was worth a try even though the reviews weren’t very detailed.
- First, like others said, it’s white, not silver.
- Second, it’s not rocket science, but the directions page sucks: one page, front only. There are no real details about what kinds of fruits, what needs peeled (other than saying to peel citrus). For a person new to juicing, I found this annoying. And the directions say it’s not good for tomatoes, which tons of people claimed worked fine.
- Third, the suction cup sucks. After 2-3 cranks, it breaks free. I cleaned it, cleaned the counter, tried it damp and dry, it’s never really secure. While doing the pineapple, it broke loose once and threw pineapple pulp at me.
- finding a very short cup that fit under and was wide enough to catch all the juice was tricky.
+ the cranking is easy.
+ I did half a pineapple (cutting just barely the skin off - see in photos), 2 kiwi (cutting the ends, but not removing skin), and 1/4 pomegranate (I peeled the red part of the skin, but left the white stuff between the seeds - see photo). All went through pretty easily.
+ the pulp is very dry (except for the kiwi, which were very ripe and too mushy)
- taking it apart after use was messy
+ cleanup otherwise was pretty easy. People said “just a quick rinse” so I did that and took a photo... that’s not clean enough for me because there was still pulp in the holes, but a bottle brush was very helpful and quick.
(For the photos, I did the 1/2 pineapple in two parts, I took a photo before the second portion, and a photo after that portion).
My effort yielded a total 1 1/3 Cup juice.
Overall: if you dont get enough fruits & veggies because you don’t want to spent time cutting and cleaning, this won’t help with that. If you need a way to remove pulp, this is mostly helpful (though not removed enough to be considered “clear”). As a way to get a variety of fruit, maybe. As a way to drink juice with no sugar added or juices that aren’t easily available/affordable at the store, maybe. For us, I think this might get pushed further and further back in the cabinets.
| Brand | Mueller Austria |
|---|---|
| Model Number | MK-105 |
| Color | White |
| Package Dimensions | 27.3 x 23.01 x 13.49 cm; 1.35 Kilograms |
| Material | MK-105 |
| Special Features | Manual |
| Item Weight | 1.35 kg |
