Manual Juicers are different from our normal electric juicers. It is hand powered with a crank and funnel to drop fruits or vegetables. Manual juicers are still very popular nowadays and rather inexpensive, as its manual it tents to be more durable compared to electric juicers. This is because there are fewer parts involved in making it. Usually fruits and vegetables are feed in the crank and we will turn the handle slowly and the produce will be grind to get a steady flow of natural squeezed juice.
There are many types of manual juicers, the most commons manual juicers are those for citrus fruits or cal fruits juicers. This type will only cater for squeezing citrus juice and most household has one of them. Some are made from plastics or can be from stainless steel. They allow you to get most of the juice through extraction and with little effort. The produce is placed in an upper cone and is dredged down by turning the crank.
The other types of very popular manual juicers are wheat grass juicers. Many people have found that wheat grass is a good source of nutrient for our body. Many manual wheat grass juicers have a funnel where the wheat grass are feed and a crank where you turn and the juice will be extracted out.
Benefits of manual juicers
Like all things there are pros and cons to both the manual and electric juicers and usually buyers will buy whatever that suits their needs and lifestyle. The pro of manual juicers are that they are very simple which are the body, crank and auger. This simple design is very basis and is very convenient to carry around. The simple design also makes it very simple to be assembled and just put in the counter top and it is very rare that one finds the manual juicers to be mal function. They tend to be very safe for children compare to electric juicers.
Now, manual juicers tends to be popular and manufacturers have evolved coming out with many better manual juicers for people to suite heir lifestyle. One of them is now stainless steel juice extractor for citrus fruits comes with additional interchangeable domes for different sizes of fruit. This is much better because certain citrus are different in sizes i.e. Lemon and grapefruits, thus with its interchanges cap, we can change the cap for juicing according to the sizes of citrus. Another reason for people opting manual juicers is that it operates when there is no electricity, no excuse for not juicing.
There are no such thing as perfect products thus the cons of manual juicers is that everything has to be done by you and that includes the separating of the pulp and seeds. This can be a messy affair for the same reason. However, if you are a person who enjoys personal contact and preparation of your own meals as well as beverages you will greatly enjoy even the disadvantages of the manual juicer.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
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