Cuisinart Citrus Juicer with Carafe

I love Cuisinart products but this item is a big disappointment in that it feels very flimsy. It does juice but it is slow and when you press the orange down there is a discernible drop in the revolutions and the cone wobbles as it turns with a why, why, sound. I didn’t think it would last. Cuisinart used to have a juicer/reamer that fit on their blenders and it was great. Fast, solid and dependable for years. I returned this one to Amazon.

The head is to large for juicing lemon and limes. The head is so big that it has to run so long to juice small items and they just rip apart. Great for pomegranates, grapefruit and oranges.

In reality, making orange juice can be a sticky mess. My husband and I used to own a very small citrus grove. We sold oranges, grapefruit, limes, and lemons. We were always making juice for ourselves and others, so there was always a juicer in our house of one form or another. Burned out one or two as well. For us it’s about the shape of the cone and the design of the ridges. We no longer own the grove or a juicer, so when our neighbor gave us a whole lot of oranges, I found this one based on the brand. Most of my small appliances are Cuisinart–maybe just my mixer is a MixMaster.
This juicer made well over a gallon and a half of juice without a hiccup. I dumped the strainer three times because I dialed back the pulp content. For these particular oranges, it took about 12 to fill the glass pitcher up to the metal band. I transferred the juice into a bigger pitcher to store in the refrigerator. A bag of oranges from the store would easily fit in the glass pitcher stored in the refrigerator until next time.
The cone does a great job of scraping the juice out without destroying the peel and making the juice bitter. The holes in the strainer are small enough regardless of the setting–no seeds will get in your juice. You also won’t get any of the skins from the segments. Just the tasty part of the pulp.
If you rinse the parts off right away, clean up is super easy. No small crevices or hiding places for orange pieces or cracks the juice can settle and make sticky. The on/off drip catcher is a plus for when you’re ready to remove the pitcher. It helps avoid a sticky mess on the platform. It has a small footprint and matches the rest of my black and stainless appliances, so I keep it out on the counter, but it’s not tall so it will easily fit in a cabinet.
The only negative so far is the clear plastic cap wouldn’t stay on the top because the plastic tray was slightly out of round from the packaging/shipping experience. However, now that it’s been out of the box for a little while it fits and stays on fine.

Used the product for lemonade will try oranges next

I decided to purchase this after watching the video even though it wasn’t in stock for a couple weeks. What sold me was the reverse feature and the carafe even though it was more expensive that the other Cuisinart juicer. Extracts the maximum amount of juice, is easy to clean, some pulp does get lodged in the slots but a quick brush takes care of that. You do have to apply some pressure on the fruit and press straight down. It will stop if you press to much to the side but it didn’t seem to harm the unit and the user. I just don’t have the hand strength anymore to use those hand squeeze things for any major juicing and I have 3 of them in different sizes. It worked well on lemons and oranges but haven’t used on limes yet. Makes some noise as you would expect but is not excessive. I am perfectly satisfied with it to do what I need it to do. I doubt you would want to use it for any really big juicing jobs, but should be adequate for home use. I would recommend.