Kambrook Citrus X-Press KJ12

This has not missed a beat in 10+ years – I have had this so long, I cant remember buying it! Cheap as they come but so effective. I was attracted to it because it did not take the pith of the citrus, as many juicers do. As a domestic cook, I have used it weekly for juicing lemons and oranges for cakes and puddings, main courses and entrees. I use it annually for making about 40 jars… Read more

of marmalade and for making lemon curd. It has never missed a beat until today. 5 years ago I bought extra fittings for it, assuming they would crack eventually. Sadly the engine is obviously reaching its use by date and the spare fittings are unused. I will try to get this discontinued model again, just so I can use up the spare fittings.

Kambrook Citrus Juicer – I have used the Kambrook citrus juicer for 5 years, before it died on me. I guess the little motor of this gadget did okay for 5 years. I had a back to use, same brand and model, which I am using now. If this latest one lasts another 5 years that's what I would call an excellent product. Show details

Good Juicer, impossible to keep clean – Work great as a juicer. The side handle leaks water into it and mould eventually forms. It is not something that you can access to clean. For this reason only I do not recommend. Show details

You get what you pay for – Purchased 10 days ago for $23 and stopped working today. Will take it back to Hardly normal for a refund. Would have thought I would get at least 1 years worth. Show details

Love this appliance – I bought this a few months ago when I started buying organic lemons that were the size of large oranges. I'm arthritic in my hands and need something that would work for me. Found this. It has 2 size cones so a larger cone for bigger fruit. Couldn't believe how easy it was to use. The fruit juices itself. I only have to hold it in place. Sometimes… Read more

you buy lemons or limes that are really hard and you can't juice but this blitzes them. Yields so much more juice than you would get with the regular lemon juicers. I am so surprised that there are a couple negative reviews. I'd very much recommend it. Sorry, the receipt isn't very clear but you can make out the model on it I think.

Truly Terrible – The blunt cone means you have to use considerable force and takes forever to do 4 oranges, which is ridiculous. The filter holes are too large meaning if you want low pulp, you have to sieve the juice into a bowl which is more hassle and washing up. The gear crunching noise as it reverses direction is horrible. Overall, you would need less force,… Read more

have less washing up, less noise and take less time if you did this manually meaning this juicer is a big fail. My advice, save up for a Zaksenberg.

Smoke coming out! – Only juices half the orange as starts to overheat, lots of smoke coming out. Why cant companies make decent appliances anymore? Only used twice, will go back to my manual machine! Show details

Every Day Good for a Few Years – Worked pretty good for a few years, being used every day to make 2 or 3 juices. The only problem I found is that it has a mechanism to make the rotating knob that extracts the juice, go one way then reverse and go the other way. Problem is, this broke down after a few years and so put an end to a perfectly good machine. Sad to put it in the bin with a good motor still in it.  Show details

Works very well! – Bought last week and am very happy with it! For $19.95 I got a well-designed, functional citrus press which is easy to use, easy to clean and easy to put back together. Impressed, and can recommend it! I use it once a week and do a lot of lemons in one go; my Myers lemon tree had lots of fruit and I have a lemon drink in the mornings.  Show details

Used for ten years each morning - simple and no problems – The Kambrook Citrus X-Press KJ12 is simple, easy to clean, easy to store, works well and it is cheap. My answer to fresh Orange juice I am happy as I have used the juicer for about ten years most mornings on 3 oranges with no problems. It could be considered noisy, but I find most kitchen appliances are. .. As a simple juicer it is good value.  Show details

Pretty good juicer, does its job and worth the price $17 au – If you are over manually juicing your citrus fruits and thinking to get this juicer, go for it! Purchased this at Harvey Norman for $17au sale from $20. With 12 months warranty. What a bargain :) The design is solid. As per instructions to wash in hot soapy water and dry first before use, surprisingly when left to dry, the water dries up… Read more

pretty quickly and clean off this product (good quality plastic).

Product has a decent length cord that plugs in the powerboard/wall. Easy and simple to operate. Just cut the citrus in half, then place it on the juicer cone (comes in 2 convenient sizes) with a bit of pressure of pushing down the fruit and the juicer will automatically rotate. Lift the fruit up then press down again to rotate the other way. Has 2 way rotations to maximise juicing.

I find that this juicer does an excellent job at extracting majority of the juice without much pulp coming off the citrus. The machine very smartly pushes the pulp up against the skin to extract the juice. All nice and clean. Also has a plastic sieve to catch the pulp and seeds.Giving you fresh juice, pulp free. For anyone similar like me who likes to eat the pulp, feel free to help yourself off the sieve.

When in action, the Juicer rotates slowly or at average speed that does make a bit of sound, which sounds a bit like a pig's snorting but a lot smoother and low key I promise lols. Very normal so it doesn't bother me or my child who is usually highly annoyed with loud sounds. Runs smoothly juicing up to about 10 oranges at a time with approx 2 secs rest (to cut orange) in between each orange, so have never experienced with overheating smells.

The jug that holds the juice in is awesome! It can store up to about 8 average size orange juice. I love that it can hold so much and you can put a lid on it to store away. The jug comes with a slight turn. Jug has a small pout that pours juice out seamlessly spill free. Serves up to 4 long tumbler glasses.

Very easy to clean with hot soapy water and a soft sponge to avoid scratching the surface. As for all plastic products alike, I find that washing them straight after use helps eliminate the plastic from staining and odour build up.

Has been using this baby almost everyday juicing mainly orange (using the small cone instead of the bigger one, which I find extracts more juice with ease).

Overall, very happy with this Product. Only gave it 4 stars because you do need to use your hand to apply pressure and press the fruit down while juicing to get the most out, which uses up almost as much energy as to juice manually. Perhaps an improvement with the cones design that will have better grip onto the orange or perhaps have a lid to hold down the orange while juicing, Kambrook?

Anyways, for that price what can go wrong when you have 12 months back up warranty? One happy customer.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

Adequate – I purchased this to replace a 20+ year old Philips juicer of a similar design. This one is adequate; the two different size juicing cones are handy - the old one I had only came with one size, so limes were difficult to juice, but possible with this one. This one doesn't pour accurately, so if freezing the juice in ice-cube trays, I need to pour into something else first. All in all, only OK.  Show details

Good Value – After 3 years juicing 6-8 oranges daily our Kambrook has given up. We will buy a new one since we have found the juicer to be reliable and efficient. No it won't last forever but conservatively it has juiced at least 6500 oranges before carking it. Happy with that performance.  Show details

No difference between this and manual ones – I do get the juice but the effort i need to take is same as the manual ones. Felt like the manual ones are more comfortable and easier compared to this machine. Otherwise it is easy to clean and simple mechanism and good price but not sure how long it will work.  Show details

Very handy and cute – I am very happy with the juicer. Now I can easily get fresh juice any time. It is very easy to use and can be easily cleaned. It doesn't take much space. The product is not very loud. I use it very often. My family loves the fresh orange juice make by it.  Show details

so disappointed – No does not juice all the fruit. Very loud You wash it Every day, oranges We have never found the smaller cone, cannot see it anywhere Hard to believe Kambrook would make such a thing!! And there is no other brand to buy in the ACT Not like you can obtain refund and buy another. Have arthritis so difficult to hand juice fruit.  Show details

Planned obsolescence – Juicer worked fine for a few litres of orange juice but eventually the rotating mechanism just stopped. It's cheap and nasty and I suppose you get what you pay for. White plastic eventually turns a nasty yellow colour so with that and the cheap mechanism this item is not designed to last. Wouldn't buy it again. Several reviews have commented on… Read more

the same things as I have so it seems Kambrook obviously don't listen to their customers and continue to produce cheap, unreliable juicers. With some cars having 7 year warranties nowadays, and considering their complexity, there is no excuse for a simple juicer to last such a short time.

Cheap rubbish – Gutless Motor overheats after 5 oranges and looses what little power it had when cold . Press down and it stops and does not juice anything. It only juices 80% of the orange WHEN it works which isn't very often . I have to squeeze the rest by hand . It's quicker to use my cheap plastic hand juicer . I will be buying one that works next time from another maker..  Show details

The juicer appears to be cheap and nasty – The juicers mechanical drive has failed after 11 uses, no rotation. The item has been well cared for, had very little use and is out of warranty. Under Australian Consumer Law, goods and services must be fit for purpose and must meet an expectation that there is reasonable quality in a product if operated in the environment the product was… Read more

designed for, to last a reasonable period of time before breaking down through wear & tear.

This product has not met that expectation.

What a horrible thing ! – First, it does not work, the rotation is made by a "ratchet style drive" not a motor. Also after a couple of minutes the overheating induction drive starts to smell burnt. Auto-rotation is the key word for a rubbish design. Second, if it "tries to work" the noise is incredible. Do you want to juice your fruit with protective earplugs, just… Read more

go ahead !

NB: There are many variants of this bad design on the market !

Watch out for the same result.

GETTING A REFUND PRONTO !

Second juicer but this time smoke coming out – Bought mine at Harvey norman in a box. Came home to find out it doesnt even work at all. So got it replaced but this time after 5mins of juicing, smoke started to come out of the base! Havery norman has no stock left and they didnt give me the manufacturer warrenty card.

Works well and great value – So, you expected a juicer that costs $20 or more to function like a Rolls Royce? Sure, you might get a (pardon the pun) lemon from time to time, but I think the key with products like this is to be careful with them, don't overdo it. Mine works perfectly. One thing that is overlooked by everyone. The design. Terrific idea with the two juicing… Read more

heads, and even better the design of the grill around the head to catch the seeds and other solid material. It is very easy to wash and clean which makes it a winner for me. The juice collected is just that, juice, free of other junk that is collected up above. Two thumbs up for the price!

Second one to fail – This is our second juicer of this model to fail really quickly. You can hear the motor really struggle right out of the box. It has always left too much seed and pulp in the juice, we always need to run the juice though a sieve after juicing before you can drink it. I am trying my third now because Good Guys do not stock another brand, be warned… Read more

keep your receipt it will not last the 12 months and like us you just keep going back for a replacement.

Not the worlds toughest, but reasonable at the price – I bought this unit a few years ago and it has worked fine. Yesterday it stopped working correctly. I opened it up and found that the small plastic drive gear on the motor shaft had stripped. ( I like to know why an item has stopped working) Fortunately I had some suitable replacement plastic cogs available which I had bought on E-Bay some time… Read more

ago. I was able to fit one on the shaft, reassembled the unit and it is working fine again.

Of course it would be easy to buy a new unit, but it is very satisfying to have made a successful repair.

Rudolf

Best value for money – Today I juiced 15 oranges - it died after 14. Did not even think twice - threw it out and going tomorrow to buy another one. For 20 bucks and after 6 years - it has served its purpose!! Would not even bother buying juicers that cost hundreds and still made in China.

Works for us – I do about 20 large lemons at a time and find I get ALL the juice, more so than ever out of a manual juicer. This is a machine for batch juicing, not so much for the one or two in which case a manual (we still have a couple of those glass ones..) My son & D.I.L. are vegetarians and they have processed several cases of citrus through theirs in the… Read more

past month and it shows no sign of faltering. We bought our from The Good Guys as they will exchange a faulty unit almost without question within the warranty period.

The old adage that "if you can't say something good..etc.." doesn't apply here. If you have had a bad experience or think the product doesn't perform as expected, speak up!.

As for effort involved here.. Well, nature didn't design citrus to give us mere mortals an easy supply of juice, but if you just lean your weight on the citrus half, just enough to ease the strain of your hands, and wobble the piece a little and use the reverse only if necessary, it's no more difficult (I'm a Senior) than going to bed .;)

And, like he said.. $20.. not $200.. !2 month warranty.. good enough for me. Powerful, easy to clean and inexpensive. Nothing.

Best citrus juicer- simple, practical & reliable – I've used this every morning to juice oranges for 4 years and it's been amazing, I have weak hands & this is so easy to use & clean.This week the motor's reverse motion has started to slow so I'm going to pick up another one (understandable after so much use!)- never had so much value in a kitchen appliance I highly recommend it. Easy to clean, reliable, inexpensive, gets all the pulpy goodness from your citrus

Worse than useless – I used mine for ten minutes then cleaned it up and returned it for a refund. It takes more effort and more time to use than a cheap plastic juicer. The motor runs VERY slow and the thing only squeezes about 80% of the juice from an orange. A cheap plastic juicer gets more, with less effort and four times as quick. Returning it for a full refund Slow, bad design, useless

Terrible item – Kambrook's Citrus X-Press Juicer motor died after a 3 min of work!!! This is a record! I just started a second half of my orange when it has died! I bought it at Harvey Norman store like a gift for my mam's birthday and birthday was spoiled by this! Stay away from this juicer. Motor died after 3 min of work

Terrible – The motor broke down after only 2 weeks! We regret having bought this product. Now we have to go out an buy a new one. Worked for about 2 weeks Worked for about 2 weeks