Philips Viva Collection HR1832/00 1.5-Litre Juicer, Ink Black

I’ve seen some negative feedbacks here and I wasn’t sure about the product for the first place, however I had a few good experiences with products of Phillips, so I bought it. I WAS RIGHT. This juicer works perfectly fine, makes low noise, easy cleaning and small amount of waste. Of course, Juice tastes really good. I don’t understand, how people expect more than this. If you are looking for a small sized juicer, maybe for 1~2 persons, then get this one. In my experience, most of Phillips products work perfectly fine over than, at least, 5 years.

I LOVE this juicer because the operation and cleanup is much better than centrifugal juicers like Omega. Be careful because mine came with a 220 European wall plug so I had to buy a voltage converter (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B9F87HG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1).

This only has 400 watts of juicing power so it is a bit slow and the inlet chute is not big enough for an entire apple, so more chopping than the 1200 watt model. In 20 minutes I can chop, juice, and clean up 1L of juice.

Watermelon juices just fine including the skin, but the last bit can clog the teeth – pretty quick to unclog. My centrifugal juicer would hang up on apples and celery but this think process them OK. It will do a lemon, skin and all.

I use it for Gerson dieting that is integrated into my lunch bag, so the quick cleanup minimizes prepping for work.in the morning.

I used to have juicer many moons ago but it was a cheap model and never really produced the juice I wanted and I couldn’t afford the mega posh ones which juiced fruit and veg to within and inch of its life so I was excited to be able to start using this new one. First off this is a nice compact design. It really doesn’t take up much room and it has small suckers on the base to keep it in place on the kitchen surface.The juicer is simple to take apart and put together, instructions are not really needed, though there are some basic pictures provided on the box.

The juicer spout where you put your fruit and veg in is quite small. I need to cut up my apples into quarters to fit them in and although this is not a huge flaw it is a shame as you wouldn’t need it to be much bigger to get them in. So far my juicing attempts have all been successful – apples, raspberries, grapes, cucumbers, carrots have all yielded a fair amount of great tasting juice. I also unwittingly popped a chopped up mango in there without realizing it is one of the starchy fruits that is apparently doesn’t work with – it seemed to work fine for me. I can see how a banana or avocado might not work, but the mango did produce juice so you may want to experiment. The pulp left at the end is still fairly damp and I found I could easily squeeze liquid out but it’s in no way dripping and I would say a decent job had been done. I know that there is a lot of goodness left in the pulp so if you want to use this then just make sure you clean your fruit before juicing and remove anything you wouldn’t want in the pulp. That way once you have finished juicing you can just scoop out the pulpy goodness and do whatever you want with it.

Juicers produce different quality juices. There are really 2 key areas to judge a juicer on it’s juice quality.

#1 Some juicers produce a higher amount of juice per food item. You can tell by the drier pulp that is extracted.

#2 Some juicers produce frothier juice and warmer temperature juice – 2 signs of lower quality because the air and heat are evidence of the oxidization of nutrients. A faster spinning juicer (centrifugal) will often produce more heat and froth, which is why the masticating style juicer (slower, chewing action) creates better quality juice.

In terms of these 2 key areas, this Philips does an alright job producing dry pulp and an excellent job with low froth and low temperature juice. The slow masticating action is excellent and on par with other juicers. To get more descriptive, I like to run the pulp of the Philips through the juicer 1 time to get extra juice out of it. Running it a 2nd time and I get hardly any juice. One extra run of the pulp is sufficient.

The specs for this juicer claim you can clean it in under 1 minute. I think this is a little optimistic but that said its not too far off. All the plastic parts rinse clean easily and quickly with warm water and the only part which takes a little more effort is the metal sieve and grater. This has teeny tiny holes in it to help separate juice and pulp and so it does get clogged up with stuff. That said I have found that using a soapy scourer sponge and gently rubbing with the green side does the trick pretty swiftly. It certainly does not take much elbow grease and I found it very easy to clean off – unlike my previous juicer where you needed to scrub for half an hour and you were still finding bits the next time you used it.

I think this is a pretty decent juicer for the everyday user. Yes it could produce a little more liquid from the things it juices but it is certainly not bad and the stuff it produces is on the whole clear from bits. The anti drip spout is not quite anti-drip and you do need to watch out for juice on the fruit plunger when you put pieces in as I have whipped it out too quickly and splashed drops of fresh juice all over the place. For the current price I would say it is well worth it.

Like many other users, I did a lot of research on centrifugal juicers and finally decided on this model. My product review could be considered as a combination of several users’ reviews mainly because I share their opinions. It might sound a bit repetitive, but I have to write what I consider relative to this product after a few days’ use. So here it goes:

What I like about it.

(1) I found the cost reasonable. It is part way between a cheap one (less than 3000INR) and an expensive one (>18000INR), so it suits my budget @ 5678INR.

(2) VERY easy to set up. I like the drawing-only instruction manual which makes it so easy to understand. After all, a picture speaks more than a thousand words.

(3) The juicing process is a piece of cake: once assembled, simply place your own tumbler or the one included under the spout and feed the whole / cut fruit and vegetables through the chute. That’s it! Pulp-free juice flows straight out.

(4) Pulp is very dry. There is hardly any juice left in the pulp which conveniently collects in the pulp container.

(5) The vacuum suction cups on the appliance feet are incredibly strong. I find it almost impossible to lift it from my kitchen granite worktop. The appliance is very sturdy on the surface and there is no risk of slippage.

(6) Very easy to clean. It’s all done in a few minutes. The only part that takes a bit of time is the blade-cum-sieve. However, since the sieve is smooth, it won’t take that much time. I just wash it under running water and rub with my fingers.

Things that could be better:

(1) The plastic parts especially the pulp container and the upper dome-shaped portion easily stain especially after juicing beetroot. The staining seems to be permanent.

(2) I am a bit concerned about the strap on plastic lock handles. They are rather flimsy: don’t know how long they will last.

(3) Due to the high speed of the blades, sometimes fruit / veg are thrown out of the chute: not much we can do about that unless the appliance is switched off before the chute is filled again.

(4) A strong draught is produced due to the high RPM of the blade. This causes juice in the cup / juice container below to splash outside. This is only really evident once the cup / tumbler reached the 3/4th – full mark.

Some people have expressed dissatisfaction at the short power cable length: this is deliberately done for safety purposes and all European appliances have to abide by this requirement.

The product is made in CHINA for Philips, The Netherlands. As long as it works well for the foreseeable future, I don’t care where it’s made!

Thanks for reading my review.

Quality wise very good

Initially the juicer worked very well but in 6 months it started showing issues, the pulp would not be completely dry and one has to manually squeeze the juice out of it. Disappointed with a sub par product from Philips

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