That’s true, but bottles of juice are meant to last a relatively long time in the fridge. Supposedly these juice bag thingies are supposed to be less fresh after two weeks. Seems like a racket to me.

I don’t care, really. I seem to be the only one on this thread who has experience (for lack of a better term) with these things, so I thought I could share what they are like. Take it for what it’s worth.  

No? You haven’t been to a grocery store where there are fresh oranges sold in bags?

The bags are pressed extremely thin, so unless I want to eat the equivalent of celery/parsley/beet seaweed strips, I’m not gonna try it.

The bags contain chopped fruits and vegetables.

I didn’t post that other post over at Slashdot; someone else did. I think it’s just a good explanation of the juicer and what it does. I have no idea if it’s worth it but it’s tasty.

I didn’t know the bags were so expensive. Not my dime though, so I’m gonna drink free juice when I can. What’s not to like?

Or who have time or the energy to squeeze a bag without squirting juice all over themselves or onto the table. That’s for chumps.

I don’t think they cost that much since we get them in bulk. I could be wrong though.

Compared to Odwalla or Naked. There’s a fair amount of sugar in those fruit drinks. I like their juices, to be honest, but the juicero stuff tastes better. I think that’s partly because I don’t like drinks that have much sugar; I prefer my juice bitter and extremely “vegetably” (is that a word?), and a lot of the…

I prefer it your way, to be honest.

No. Look, why do people think I work for the company just because I like their damn juice? Jesus. I have nothing to do with the company. I just don’t like seeing a product I enjoy unfairly maligned. That’s all. The machine makes good juice. Big deal.

“turn fruit into juice” means something specific; it means pressing the juice out of the fruit, leaving the pulp behind. This machine does the same thing, except the fruit is pre-chopped.

They are filled with raw produce. It’s basically pulped/chopped produce. Cross posting this from a comment on Slashdot, as it explains the benefits of this particular machine:

No, seriously we have one here at the office. Seriously. It’s a good little machine. Maybe not 400$ good but I have nothing to compare it to.

This squeezes juice out of fresh fruit/vegetable pulp. They take fresh veggies/fruit, pulp it, put it in a bag, and deliver it weekly. It’s still fresh. (as far as I know)

I use a nutribullet at home; that was <100$ and I swear by that thing. I use that for making a smoothie every morning, but I also use it for chopping vegetables and grinding coffee.

The idea, as I understand it, is that this particular method of pressing produces more nutrients than by hand squeezing or using other methods. I can’t say if that’s true or not; my limited taste tests seem to indicate the juice does taste “richer” and more “vegetably” than the stuff you get from stores. But that’s…

Why does using a juicer make me entitled? I didn’t ask for it, and I wouldn’t care if it was taken out. I’m just kinda defending it because lots of things aren’t as stupid as they first appear.

Well I would image a selling point would be the convenience. You put it in a machine and press a button. Squeezing takes effort.