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Re:Juicero Is Shutting Down by microcolonel on Friday September 01, 2017 @04:56PM (#15152335)
It does, it is shredded vegetation in a bag which is squeezed by an amazingly overengineered solid steel screw press with giant, beautiful one-piece plastic moldings on the back. It is also true that you can extract the vast majority of the fluid without the press just fine. It is not "chopped" into "smaller" pieces, but literally shredded.
Re:Juicero Is Shutting Down by hwillis on Friday September 01, 2017 @05:13PM (#15152431)
Nope; check it out: https://vimeo.com/214030931

That's mostly carrot (+lemon and orange) but still it's very dry. See also AvE's video[1] where he opens a bag and its full of processed but still largely intact pomegranate. You can squeeze most of a first glass out by hand[2] but that's about it. To get the rest out a press really is necessary- but Juicero isn't just a press. It's massive machined aluminum billets and expensive gears and a custom motor. The huge aluminum parts are likely the biggest cost sink- hundreds of dollars, easily. If they had made the things out of extrusions they could have saved 80%+ on the cost. Just goofy all around.

edit: also this... enthusiastic gentleman, who is pretty enthusiastic about the contents of the bag[3]

[1]: https://youtu.be/_Cp-BGQfpHQ?t=30m6s

[2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lutHF5HhVA

[3]: https://youtu.be/wOmB7H6meUQ?t=22m3s

Re:Juicero Is Shutting Down by microcolonel on Friday September 01, 2017 @06:59PM (#15152968)
> Nope

I don't know about you, but that cleanly fits my definition of "shredded".

> edit: also this... enthusiastic gentleman, who is pretty enthusiastic about the contents of the bag[3]

Yeah, discountjuicers.com guy is a real hoot. Good info too.

Re:Juicero Is Shutting Down by subcosmos on Friday September 01, 2017 @09:01PM (#15153515)
He says in the video, "Ain't no kill like overkill"

LMAO