Product Description

T-fal ZE813US Balanced Living 500-Watt Juice Extractor with Stainless Steel Filter and Dishwasher Safe Juicer Parts, White

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1832 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Size: Small
• Color: White
• Brand: T-fal
• Model: ZE5813US
• Platform: Windows
• Format: CD-ROM
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 13.10" h x 15.30" w x 9.20" l,

Features

• Whole fruit feeding tube;2 speeds for soft or hard fruits;anti-drip spout
• Includes 1.25-liter pitcher with foam separator for direct service
• Stainless steel filter;3-liter integrated pulp container
• Drip stop system;Metal locking arm
• Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging

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Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful.
Great affordable juicer
By Mike Wallace
I am an avid juicer and I have been using a Breville Juice Fountain Elite for the past 3 years. This juicer actually has many of the features of the Juice Fountain Elite and works just about as well.

The T-fal Balanced Living juice extractor is easy to assemble and take apart. The plastic parts are dishwasher safe and the stainless steel filter comes with a cleaning brush. If you do put the plastic parts in the dishwasher I would suggest turning off the heat dry, just in case; and hand washing the filter basket with the cleaning brush. The feed tube is extra wide and can fit whole pears and apples, although I would suggest coring the apples because the seeds can contain trace elements of cyanide.

I made apple ginger juice this morning and it turned out perfect. I use the lower speed for most items because slower juicing seems to yield a bit more juice, so I usually let the items feed through the tube instead of forcing them with the pusher. Because m y Breville is about 3 years old and has had heavy use, the nice new sharp filter basket of the T-fal juicer actually was faster.

With most juicers getting the juice basket out of the juicer for cleaning can be a bit of an effort. I noticed that the cleaning brush has a flat handle that looks like it is designed to pop out the juice filter basket, after use. The only problem was that the juice filter basket was lodged in pretty good, and I didn't want to bend the handle. I used a screwdriver and easily popped the filter basket out of the juicer.

I also put this juicer through the paces with a spicy green vegetable juice; with kale, cilantro, carrot, celery, cucumber, parsnip, apple, lemon, lime, ginger, garlic, and onion. It handled everything fine even the hard kale stems. The juice wasn't pulpy and the yield was over 32 ounces. I did try pulling the spout upwards to remove the filter basket, but popping it up with a large screwdriver seemed to be what worked best for me.

This juicer is noisy, but not any louder than any other centrifugal juicer. The juice pitcher is a bit of an ingenious design, with the defrother built into the pitcher, and the lid permanently attached. You can tell that the folks who designed this juicer tried to take the features of the best juicers available, and even tried to improve them a bit.

Juicing is a great way to get vitamins and enzymes straight to your system and save your body the effort of digestion. This is an affordable juicer with great features and a great juicer for people who are new to juicing or for juicing regulars who need a replacement juicer. I was impressed with the design and the price.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful.
Easy setup, quick to clean, sturdier parts than other juicer I have used, large capacity
By D. Brennan
Pros:
-Large capacity. Enough for a family or a full day's juicing needs.
-Powerful motor makes short work of beets, stems, etc
-VERY sturdy mesh disc - much stronger and stiffer than what I have seen in other models
-Quick clean-up. No special tools required and design makes emptying shredded vegetable matter clean and quick

Cons:
-Pitcher seems to drip more than our other juicer
-Instructions suck - I spent 5 minutes trying to figure out how to remove the wire disc. It was annoying at the time, though I am past it now.

We have been using a Breville BJE200XL Compact Juice Fountain 700-Watt Juice Extractor. It's great but I found it too small sometimes for the amount of juice we want to make for long bike rides or when we have company. It also struggles sometimes with beets and other tough vegetables. Its design also make it a little messy to clean up.

We have been using the T-fal ZE813US for 3 days now and I am mostly happy with it and will be giving our Breville away. My one moment of annoyance occurred when washing it the first time. I was unable to pull the wire spinner disc off. I was looking for a lever, special tools, etc but could find nothing. It turns out that you have to lift the adjustable spout a little to lift the green plastic collector off, which then allows you to remove the disc. You will find NOTHING about this in the instructions. Dumb.

Once I figured that out my experience with this juicer has been great. It makes short work of even the toughest vegetables I have tried. Strangely this 500-watt juicer makes its way through vegetables even better than the 750-watt Breville. Perhaps it is the VERY sturdy metal juicer disc. It is very stiff and thicker than what came with the Breville. In fact, the Breville, though more expensive, seems to me made with lower quality components.

The large pitcher and fiber collection bin makes it possible to juice large quantities. Cleanup is quick and easy. I was especially happy to see how easy it was to clean the metal disc. In a side-by-side test, it produced the same amount of juice as our Breville, with no difference in taste.

I would highly recommend this product. It's powerful, less expensive than many competitors, and built sturdily.

25 of 30 people found the following review helpful.
Great Juicer for the Price
By Amanda Devon
Before I get to the specifics of this T-fal juicer I want to state that although I have owned 3 juicers total and had the opportunity to check out a 4th brand in the past, I am not a juicer fan in general. I will expound on why later on in this review.

Removing the parts to the ZE813US to wash in preparation for its first use was easy enough. The manual was not all that instructive in how to do that but with a bit of fiddling with it I figured it out easy enough. The only somewhat frustrating part to remove was the sieve/filter (part letter D) because you have to push down on the pouring spout to release the sieve catch. I had to figure that out myself.

The parts seem really sturdy with the exception of part letter G, the pulp collector. The manual states that all parts except for the main motor housing and the actual juice collector/pitcher can be placed in the dishwasher however, the pulp collector (part G) does not look or feel like it would handle the bottom rack of a dishwasher's heat without warping somewhat. That would make it not fit well giving the potential of pulp flying out.

The instructions state to plug in appliance, turn to on position to start motor BEFORE inserting fruits and vegetables.

For my review, I decided to juice separately a variety of fruits and vegetables. I started with the easiest thing in my mind, a bunch of tomatoes. The manual has a little chart which indicates the speed (there are only two speeds on this juicer) recommended for certain vegetables and fruits. You can then figure out from that chart which speed for the produce textures not included on this chart. Of course with most juicers it is recommended that hard skin produce (citrus, etc) be peeled first.

Upon starting the motor I put medium sized tomatoes through the 3.25 inch chute opening. They fit fine and went through the sieve with little effort of the pusher. They sped through the s ieve and the juice came out of the pouring chute in record speed. I mean seriously, it was like one second for each tomato to get fully processed! The remaining tomato pulp in the pulp container was nice and consistent in size and texture. The juicer comes with a 45 oz juice catching pitcher with an attached lid. This pitcher actually fits onto the out spout so the juice is going NOWHERE except into the pitcher. The 45 ozs is a nice size compared to more expensive juicers I have had.

I then took the juicer apart. I easily collected all the tomato pulp to save for a sauce or other recipes by scraping with a small rubber spatula. There aren't any tight areas in this particular juicer so getting all the pulp was easier than past models I have owned. I quickly washed all the parts by hand. The juicer comes with a brush to clean the sieve. This brush is like an oversized toothbrush and at first it seemed like the bristles would be too soft to clean the tight weave of the sieve but it did a nice job using a circular cleaning motion. The sieve leave-ins then washed out fine under running water. Much easier than the sieves in the previous juicers I have had in the past.

Next I tossed about a cup of red grapes in. Of course I de-stemmed them first. It was funny how the sieve stripped the grapes of their red clothing (LOL, skins) before pulverizing the grape bodies. I then put about a 1/2 cup of strawberries (just washed, no hulling or de-leafing first) in right after the grapes. Again everything went in smoothly and came out quickly. The pulp from the grapes and strawberries again was nice and consistent and easy to collect to save for recipes. The amount of yielded juice I got from the above mentioned measurement of grapes and strawberries was about 3/4 cup.

I quickly and easily washed the juicer parts again and put it to the test of all tests of a juicer (in my opinion). I got out the celery and carr ots! I cut 1 stalk of celery in 2 inch pieces and kept another stalk whole. I cut 1 carrot in 3 inch pieces and left one whole. I honestly expected either the carrot or the celery to slow this machine down and make it choke. It did not. My previous Breville AND my Jack LaLanne both bogged and bounced around with celery!

Overall, I am impressed with this T-fal juicer. It is not overly loud like other more expensive juicers i have owned. It is easy to clean and is not too large to keep on the countertop.

As I said at the top of this review I am not a hardcore juicer because of the fact that the amount of fresh juice and/or vegetables you need to use to produce a fair amount of juice just doesn't seem worth the cost of the produce to me. But for those of you who are convinced that the benefits of juicing outweighs the overall cost then I highly recommend this model, especially if you are just starting out with juicing.

Be aware that this juicer does NOT come with any juice recipes (which surprised me) but you can find plenty of recipes for free on the internet.