Philips Viva Collection HR1832 Review: Design<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nPhilips Viva Collection Juicer is a centrifugal juicer. It can make around 1L of juice in one go (depending on the produce) without needing to empty the pulp container, which is located around the central extraction chamber. In order to disassemble the juicer, you need to grab the side locks by the bottom and pop them loose, take off the top, pop out the blades, and then you can take out the pulp container.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nAssembly and disassembly is really intuitive and easy, thus the cleaning is really easy too. What\u2019s more, this juicer compared to other juicers is quite compact and light: weights only 2\u00a0kg and dimensions are 21 x 24 x 31\u00a0cm (US \u2013 8.3 x 9.5 x 12 inches). For example, Hamilton Beach Big Mouth ($70) is 4.3\u00a0kg 14.5 x 10.8 x 7.8 inches, so Philips juicer is going to nicely fit on the kitchen counter top or in the cupboard. All parts are plastic \u2013 ink black, dark transparent, and sidebars are matte black. The blades are in one piece with the sieve and safely located, so there is a small chance of cutting yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The package includes a 500ml juice jug. Philips Juicer has 4 strong suction legs, which even after 2 years of use are still perfectly functioning and keeping the juicer stable. This juicer has a quite narrow (5\u00a0cm, 2\u00a0inches) feed chute, so fruits and vegetables need to be chopped before juicing. The power switch is black and positioned just a bit off the front of the juicer for easy access. The cord is only 80\u00a0cm long, so this might be a problem, if the power socket is further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPhilips Viva Collection HR1832 Review<\/em><\/strong>: Juicing performance<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nIn order to test its performance, a small research was carried out. Soft, hard and leafy produce were juiced and results were measured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soft produce:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIt was found that soft produce like pears and apples resulted in around 60% yield. The juice from pears was more like a pur\u00e9e consistency with a few pieces of fruit. I noticed that Philips Viva Collection Juicer from time to time does have this issue, so you may want to strain juice through a sieve. When juicing apples, juice turned out well, no pieces and a nice froth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nCelery amazed me the most having 88% yield, grapes, tomatoes and cucumbers had around 70% yield which is good too. Previously mentioned, Hamilton Beach Big Mouth Juice Extractor produced a lower – 70% yield when juicing celery. When juicing oranges the yield was 48%, this is somewhat okay, but not ideal. What\u2019s more, I advise you peel citrus fruits, otherwise the skins of the fruit give an unpleasant bitter taste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overall, it performs really well keeping in mind its cost. Also, It is not too loud compared to other centrifugal juicers. Finally, I cannot stress that enough, the stability of this juicer is amazing. Once you put it somewhere, it will not move anywhere thanks to the suction legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hard produce:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIt was found that hard produce like ginger, carrots resulted in around 50% yield. There seem to be no problems grating harder vegetables. Here, this juicer performed really similarly compared to Hamilton Beach Big Mouth Juice Extractor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leafy produce:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThis category seemed to be most difficult for this particular juicer, not only I had to push quite hard in order to juice those greens, but also the yield was not great. Of course, in the end I still managed to juice such produce and I had really nice and dark green juices. Kale resulted in 38% yield and 50% for Spinach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nBelow there is a table attached with examples of yields from both of these juicers, keep in mind that the fruits used for this comparison were different, but a trend can be seen, that both of the juicers perform similarly, except for juicing leafy vegetables, Philips Viva Collection Juicer HR1832\/00 performed just okay in this category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nOverall, juices tasted fresh, with minimal froth. What\u2019s more, throughout 2 years of using this juicer it always managed to juice produce and never overheated. I would say this is a excellent performance for a budget juicer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Philips Viva Collection HR1832 Review<\/em><\/strong>: Ease of use and cleaning<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nUsing this juicer is really straightforward, and thanks to the suction legs, it is really stable. One thing to keep in mind is the size of your fruits and vegetables, the feeder tube is only 5\u00a0cm wide, so you have to make sure that the chunks are not too big, otherwise you will have hard time getting them out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once you have your vegetables and fruits prepared, you can start juicing. There is only one speed, but it is universal. No problem juicing apples, carrots. When juicing kale, you need to push the feeding tube a bit harder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The optimal height of the glass for this juicer I would say is 13\u00a0cm, if the glass is higher it will not fit under the faucet, if it is lower, the juice might splash outside the glass and end up making a mess. The provided juicer jug is below 12\u00a0cm, thus if you do not put it on some higher platform, juice once again will splash on the counter top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another problem that can sometimes happen is when feeding the tube with fruits and vegetables, some bits and pieces might fly out from the feeding chute and this makes a bit of a mess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nOnce the pulp storage fills, you have to disassemble the whole juicer, which might be a bit annoying, especially when juicing larger amounts of produce. Because of this, I would say it is optimal for juicing smaller amounts of juice. It’s really nice that there is a drip stop as you can turn it up and the juice will not spill on the surfaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nCleaning Philips Juicer is as simple as it gets \u2013 just disassemble the juicer and either wash all removable parts by hand or in the dishwasher (all parts are dishwasher safe). Round shapes and smooth surfaces facilitate easy rinsing under the tap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pro-tip, clean the juicer right after you finish juicing, otherwise it may be harder to properly clean everything. Also, if you are juicing produce that contains carotenoids (especially carrots), blades may put on yellowish color, but with a bit of scrubbing it comes off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n