Black & Decker CJ525 CitrusMate Plus Citrus Juicer

I juice pretty much every day, about 2 grapefruits a day. I have had this juicer for less than a year and a few months after buying it, I am ready to trash it. In the beginning it worked fine but now whenever I try to use it, the motor catches and pauses frequently and makes a weird grinding noise before it will start rotating and juicing again. So it takes a long time to juice anything, and the noise is very irritating. I guess to get a truly durable product that works seamlessly, I will need to spend a lot more. I guess this is good if you are not into frequent/heavy juicing.

There is already lots of great descriptions in other reviews on what this juicer can do, so I just want to add that I am loving this juicer! No more paying $5/glass for fresh squeezed orange juice in restaurants. Definitely pays for itself quick! And so easy to use! Some people will probably be getting this from me for Christmas this year. :-)

One of the few kitchen products that I'm totally happy with. It is very efficient, easy to clean and fairly priced.

This Juicer is perfect, is not loud but will juice half a dozen oranges in no time. I love it and would buy one for everyone I know who wants a juicer

We purchased this juicer three years ago and the motor is powerful and good for the price, but the motor mechanism is finicky (doesn't always start promptly when you press down) and the plastic gears ground themselves up in three years. It was good in the meantime for juicing limes and oranges (two different juicing attachments) but cheap plastic gears inside sealed its fate in the end.

I'd repair it, but there is no customer support for internal components out of warranty, and it is not serviced by Black & Decker but by a third party kitchen company that also does George Foreman products and breadmakers. In the meantime, I'm hunting for a 1 cent, 40 tooth to 8 tooth reducing gear that ground itself down to 40 teeth to 1 tooth.

Good design, cheap plastic gears, Black and Decker in decoration only.