Breville JE15 (awt) Professional Juicer

...This is not what the Breville Anthony Worrall Thompson Juice Extractor JE15 does !
It seems that the fruits are grated and spun to maximise the juice extractions (I thought the extraction was via a press): this means that the oranges (and other citrus fruits) have to be peeled first.
Having discovered that I could not insert whole unpeeled oranges, I also then realised that:
a) it is really huge & bulky (many times the currently ...
...have juice coming directly into a glass: you must use the large & bulky jug which is provided or else the juice will splutter all over your worktop as it comes out at high speed from the spout;
c) it seems to extract more juice than the Philips press but a good proportion is "froth", which does not taste nice, and this is why the provided jug has a froth separator;
d) cleaning theJE15 is a much bigger task than t cleaning ... more

Let me state first what I wanted this juice extractor for: I like having a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice for breakfast. I currently use a Philips comfort citrus press which requires cutting the oranges into halves and manually pressing them down. I really tfancied he type of juice extractors I have seen in bars: all is required is to drop the whole orange in and juice comes out at the other end (quickly & no effort).
This is not what the Breville Anthony Worrall Thompson Juice Extractor JE15 does !
It seems that the fruits are grated and spun to maximise the juice extractions (I thought the extraction was via a press): this means that the oranges (and other citrus fruits) have to be peeled first.
Having discovered that I could not insert whole unpeeled oranges, I also then realised that:
a) it is really huge & bulky (many times the currently used Philips comfort citrus pres);
b) you cannot have juice coming directly into a glass: you must use the large & bulky jug which is provided or else the juice will splutter all over your worktop as it comes out at high speed from the spout;
c) it seems to extract more juice than the Philips press but a good proportion is "froth", which does not taste nice, and this is why the provided jug has a froth separator;
d) cleaning theJE15 is a much bigger task than t cleaning the Philips citrus press: there are 8 separate pieces to dismount & clean (rather than 2 with the Philips citrus press) and it takes much more time to clean them and much more worktop surface to lay them out to dry.
In conclusion the E15 can extract juice from a much wider variety of fruits but is much more bulky and expensive. If all you want is freshly squeezed orange juice, a small citrus press is not only much more compact (and cheaper) but also much quicker to operate & clean.
We bought this because it was a Which? Best buy in the August 2006 issue of the Which? Magazine but this review did not really explain the drawbacks & limitations of this item! 

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