Description
Dash Dual Citrus Juicer JB065WH: what it is
The JB065WH is a small electric citrus press. Dash’s description sets out the whole machine in a sentence: an auto reversing electric reamer with two attachments for different sized fruit, adjustable pulp control, and a 20 ounce container with a pouring spout that goes straight into the refrigerator. The listing adds dimensions of 6.4 inches deep by 8.8 inches wide by 7.8 inches high, a weight of 1.9 pounds, a plastic body and reamer, corded electric operation, hand wash only care, and StoreBound as the manufacturer. It was first listed in July 2013 and carries 886 customer ratings averaging 4.3 stars.
This is a single purpose appliance and that is the point of it. It juices citrus. It does not juice apples, carrots, kale or anything else, and it makes no attempt to.
Why a dedicated citrus juicer beats a general one
Every general purpose juicer in this catalog can technically process an orange. None of them do it well. A centrifugal machine such as the Robot Coupe J80 or a cold press machine like the Kuvings AUTO10 is designed to break down fibrous produce, and citrus is not fibrous produce. It is a bag of juice vesicles inside a bitter pith and a bitter peel.
A reamer press works with that structure instead of against it. The fruit is halved and pressed onto a rotating cone, which ruptures the vesicles and releases the juice without grinding up the pith. That produces sweeter juice with less bitterness, and it does it with three parts to wash rather than seven.
The auto reversing action is the detail that makes an electric reamer worth having over a manual one. Reversing direction repeatedly works the flesh loose from the membrane, extracting more juice than a cone spinning one way. Two attachment sizes cover the range from limes and lemons to grapefruit, which a single cone cannot do well.
Adjustable pulp control
The pulp control is a sieve setting that determines how much of the flesh passes into the container. This is a matter of taste rather than quality, and having it adjustable means one household can accommodate both preferences without straining anything by hand. It is a genuinely useful control on an appliance this simple.
Size, storage and the container
At 1.9 pounds and under 9 inches in any dimension, this is smaller than most kettles. It goes in a cupboard, lives in a caravan, travels to a holiday rental, or sits permanently on the counter of a very small kitchen without being a nuisance. That size is a large part of why it has sold consistently since 2013.
The 20 ounce container going straight into the refrigerator is a small design decision with a real benefit: nothing needs decanting, so there is one less item to wash and no transfer spill. Twenty ounces is roughly three small glasses, which is a sensible batch for a household to get through before it separates.
Highlights
- Auto reversing electric reamer, which extracts more juice than a cone turning one way.
- Two reamer attachments covering everything from limes to grapefruit.
- Adjustable pulp control for personal preference.
- 20 ounce container with a pouring spout that stores directly in the refrigerator.
- 1.9 pounds and under 9 inches in every dimension, so it stores in a cupboard.
- Very few parts to clean compared with any general purpose juicer.
- 886 customer ratings averaging 4.3 stars, accumulated since 2013.
Things To Consider
The listing records the product as hand wash only. On a citrus juicer that matters, because citrus juice and pulp dry hard and sticky, and the reamer, sieve and container all need washing immediately after use rather than later. Anyone who will not do that reliably should expect the machine to become unpleasant.
The construction is plastic throughout, including the blade material field and the finish. That is normal at this price and size, and it keeps the weight down, but it is not a machine that will survive being dropped or wedged into a crowded cupboard under heavier items.
The capacity field records 1.3 pounds, which does not match Dash’s own description of a 20 ounce container. Twenty fluid ounces of juice weighs a little over 1.3 pounds, so the fields are probably describing the same thing in different units, but a capacity given in pounds on a liquid container is a record fault worth naming.
The listing also records the special feature and controller type as manual while recording the power source as corded electric. Both are true in a sense, since the motor is electric and the pressing action is done by hand, but the record does not explain that.
No wattage figure is published. A reamer press does not need much power, but the figure is simply absent.
Finally, single purpose appliances only earn their space if they get used. Someone who drinks fresh orange juice twice a week will find this excellent. Someone who thinks they might start will find it in the back of a cupboard.
Who should buy it, and who should not
This suits a household that genuinely drinks fresh citrus juice, a small kitchen with no room for a full juicer, a bar making fresh lime and lemon juice for cocktails, or anyone who wants juice without cleaning seven components afterward. For that job it is well judged and inexpensive.
Skip it if the intention is to juice vegetables or hard fruit, which needs a machine from the centrifugal juicers category or a cold press from the masticating juicers category. Skip it if a dishwasher is the only washing that reliably happens in the household. And skip it if the volume required is more than a couple of glasses at a time, where a larger press or a commercial machine like the Robot Coupe J100 is the appropriate scale.