Philips Viva Cold Press Masticating Slow Juicer with X-Large Feed Tube, Drip Stop, Quick Clean and Recipe Booklet – Black/Silver – HR1889/71

 

Loved after it was washed plugged in and it’s so easy to put together we had juice after about 10mins. Softer items have a tendency to make there way to some nooks that are hard to get to but I found a good way was a pipe cleaner. Noise wise it’s totally fine and nothing to what I expected so that’s an added bonus.

 

This juicer is robustly made, easy to assemble and disassemble to clean. It’s ideal for regular use for one or 2 people – you probably wouldn’t want to use it all day, every day for a family. My only complaint would be that the waste pulp hopper is too small, but you can always use a bowl!

 

This is a fantastic juicer easy to clean quick and efficie

 

So far amazing! Having much more fruit and veg with this machine. Juicing is very good machine is quite nosy and filter does clog a little bit very easy to clean.
Can’t live without a juicer right now!

 

We have used our phillips machine for over a year now several times a week for Apple’s, pineapple, carrot , orange, lemon, grapefruit, ginger and watermelon.
Honestly it has performed flawlessly, is easy to use , quiet, easy and quick to clean and produces a great result.
I have read other reviews on here and watched YouTube videos so it comes as somewhat as a surprise to hear of other people’s issues.
My only comment is this machine like most others of a similar type is a domestic machine so cut the items up….ie cut an average carrot lengthways into quarters and let the machine do it’s job. One video I watched and the reviewer was forcing large whole carrots and apples into the macine and ramming it down with the plunger….We hardly use the plunger and so far we have had no motor problems.
This appears to be a well made robust mac hine but like I have commented this is a domestic machine and like all relatively cost effective domestic machine’s they do not tolerate abuse.
I am not commenting in any way on other people’s reviews and maybe I have just been lucky but I have to give this machine, used over a long period of time in a sensible manner an unreserved positive review.

 

Doesn’t Quite squeeze every drop out of the pulp but close enough

 

Overall this juicer exceeded my expectations, though I got it at a discount from Warehouse Deals.

It’s not whisper quiet but it’s definitely not offensively loud. It’s quieter than my last juicer (The rubber seal at the pulp bin end is noisy when dry/brand new but that stops when it gets wet.)

It has a big chute and you can drop whole lemons/limes/medium apples in there without cutting, and with a slight push to get started it chews them up perfectly without further pushing. It extracts pretty well and the pulp is moist but not wet.

There are some nice touches. The juice bin has pouring spouts on the end so you can pour easily direct from the container without spilling. The auger is quite long and is designed to chew the food against metal fins not against a porous surface, so there is only a small piece of sieve to clean. Overall very easy to clean.

The only oddity is that the chute, while large, has a hinged cover with a smaller opening and it is not quite large enough to fit a whole cucumber through, and if you open it (As you would for a lemon/apple) then there is a tongue in there that prevents you from inserting a long item like a cucumber, so even though lemons/limes and small apples/oranges are really convenient, ironically you may have to quarter a cucumber lengthwise.

The pusher is significantly smaller than the chute, so if you get cucumber pieces or berries stuck to the sides of the chute during juicing, there may be nothing you can do to unstick them, as the pusher won’t scrape the sides of the chute.

Still though, it’s a powerful juicer that’s easy to clean so I’m giving it a 4. If I had paid the full price of 200 I might only be 3 star impressed.

 

Bought the machine to support our SIRT diet, and after eight days of frequent use, juicing curly kale, celery, rocket, spinach, apples and ginger, feel we have made a very good choice. The machine fully deserves five stars for juicing efficiency, ease of cleaning and silent operation, but falls down badly on its claim of “XL wide feeding tube” as an aid to ease of operation. The feeding tube is indeed wide but the poorly designed and positioned “safety flap” negates much of the benefit. The tube cap has a smaller central hole, sized to control the position & depth of insertion of the robust “pusher” (which we quickly abandoned in favour of a celery stick, which is far more efficient and controllable and not a problem if the machine grabs it!). As the tube cap is lifted,a rather flimsy clear plastic “paddle” rises across the feeding tube, preventing all but the slenderest of stalk passing down the tube. This leaves a small space at the top of the tube, about 3 cm deep, where the material to be juiced must sit until the lid is closed and the material is released to fall down the tube. This annoyance is further compounded by the mechanism of the paddle preventing the lid being opened fully, so making loading of the material a fiddly and messy business. Juicing 160 gm of curly kale is a long, long job due to the tiny loading space available, and reluctance to compress too much material in, for fear of snapping off the flimsy paddle. Closing the cap drops the paddle to the side of the feeding tube, but the springy kale sits in the top of the tube and has to be pushed down with a pusher clear of the paddle to allow the lid to be lifted. This was a problem for all the leafy ingredients. To speed up the process, we find ourselves feeding material through the smaller hole in the closed lid, completely losing the advantage of the large tube diameter, but enabling us to pack the loose material down the tube so that it feeds into the crusher. Unnecessarily fiddly and a disappointment for an otherwise excellent machine.

 

Wow, just great, not to fast as one review stated which concerned my, it really does a great job especially on leafy greens. My tip is to still chop items and add the items in a mix a bit of one ingredient, then another and so on, so it blends everything.

Very easy to clean, top tip is to clean straight away before you drink, its so much easier, over the sink flush it through. My only regret is that I took so long buying one, my biggest pleasure is the price I paid, what a bargain.

 

This is a review for the Philips HR1889/71 Viva Slow Juicer with X-Large Feed Tube, 150 W, White/Black/Silver.

First impressions are WOW! This is an amazing-looking piece of kitchen kit.

Like generally all Philips products, this is another well constructed item. They really do seem to be the King of Juice Makers. Getting it out the box and putting it together is easy. Indeed, operation is easy and doesn’t need much in the way of reading the instruction manual, although I recommend that you do to get the best from it.

From a visual standpoint, it is stunning, and watching the whole juicing process is quite enjoyable. It’s clear that lots of juice is extracted as the ‘waste’ that comes out is very dry, surprisingly so. Cleaning the juicer is easy… rinse under the tap and then put it back together. Cleaning is always where these machines end up being not used, because cleaning is difficult. In this case, it is simple, as long as you get into the routine of it. The reverse button is a very good innovation, as it does help when the odd thing gets stuck.

I really like this juicer. I generally use it for simple things, like apple or orange. The large feed-in tube is good for these fruit, and even if it is a little slower than others, that’s not an issue. I’m not that bothered by the fancy concoctions, so stick to simple things, and it does these very easily.

Overall, very impressive.

 

This is a well designed and effective machine (and a considerable improvement on our previous, much larger, juicer)

To begin with it is a modern-looking and attractively designed appliance that has a pleasingly small worktop footprint for a juicer. Once out of the box it is very simple to assemble (requiring little or no reference to the supplied instructions) and is intuitive and simple to use.

It has a very effective mechanism and made short work of all the fruit and veg we tried it with (and because this is a ‘masticating’ juicer you don;t have to prepare the fruit/veg beforehand i.e. remove stalks, pips, skin etc: just bung the whole lot in!). . What/s more the machine is also significantly quieter than our other juicer. It collects the ‘mulch’ effectively and produces a nicely smooth juice (and the unit also comes with a useful recipe book), Disassembly to clean is also surprisingly easy, with the three main components separating easily and – once rinsed – easily snapped back into place (and I estimate you could remove the juicing housing/mechanism, rinse and replace in no more than a minute: that’s impressive I think). The components and engineering also seem to be of a reassuringly good standard too.

In short this is a compact, well-made, highly effective and practical juicer that is easy to clean (and reasonably priced too). Also coming with what I have found to be Philips impressive customer care/after sales support: I can’t fault it.

Highly recommended.

 

This Philips HR1889/71 Viva Masticating Slow Juicer sets a new level of juicer performance – I say this having used a few before as I’m a juice fan. The out of the box experience has been really thought through and it’s easy to get up and running plus there’s a recipe booklet and two year warranty. The machine looks and feels well made and, despite its futuristic appearance, it harmonises with my traditional Shaker kitchen surprisingly well plus has generated quite a few admiring comments from friends.

This is an easy to use juicer and what I particularly like is the large feeding tube which can easily accommodate largish apples and oranges as well as smaller fruit and vegetables. The operation is relatively quiet and although the process is a bit slower than some juicers I’ve used it’s very thorough and seems to produce a better yield of juice – more in terms of quantity plus the quality seems better too, although nothing unwanted gets into the output.

I found firmer fruit and vegetables work better but it’s still okay with soft fruit and can cope with a mixture of the two. Apple and blackberry is true nectar from this machine and the 1L output container means you can make enough to go round for the household.

One thing which has put me off juicers on the past has been the amount of clean up time – that’s not the case here, it’s really quick and easy which, in turn, makes you more likely to use the juicer in the first place.

In summary, this a really well designed and made juicer that you’ll actually want use every day – there’s a lot to like about it. Recommended.

 

What is a slow julcer? The answer is a slower process but a better juice in texture and taste that presumably also retains more of the good stuff from the fruit you are using. However this isn’t why you should get this juicer. You should get it on looks alone. The machine looks great on the countertop. It is intuitive to use and easy to clean. I am quite impressed. Very space age in the kitchen.

 

Usually, you spend more time prepping the stuff to go in the juicer than it takes to juice – but not with this one – it takes whole fruit – cutting down the time, and giving you a really flavoursome juice

Fresh apple juice has been my favourite – so easy and it just rinses clean after use… amazing

It comes complete with a large feeding tube – making it so easy to put whole carrots in, apples, etc., just amazing

It is quite dear, but if you can afford it, get i

 

Love, love this juicer.

This juicer lets you discover tasty, nutritious drinks.
No need to peel or dice your fruits/veggies.

This big boy lets you put the whole fruit in the juicer.

Not the cheapest on the block, but certainly one of the best.
Pound for pound a brilliant machine.
There is also a recipe book in the box.