TECHNOLOGY
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Breville Juice Fountain Elite 800JEXL
iRobot Roomba 980
This robot will clean your floors— carpet, hardwood, and even tile. It automatically adjusts to different surfaces; no change in settings is required.
Juicing is not only healthy for you, it’s better for the environment. Better to have compostable fruit and vegetable waste than processed-food chemicals in our oceans. I grew up with a little mountainshaped metal device that required you to take a half-cut orange and squeeze down the top until you got out all the juice. Eighteen hard pushes later, I had 6 ml of juice. There are so many brands/models of juicers on the market, it’s hard to decide which one is right for you. I tested the Breville 800JEXL Juice Fountain Elite to see if I could get more than 6 ml from an orange. The made-in-Australia unit is a solid-built machine with heavy-duty die-cast metal construction and stainless steel parts that replace the traditional plastic parts. The cutting
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disc is reinforced with titanium. Only Superman could have made a stronger unit. The special cutting disc promises 30 percent more juice and the retention of 40 percent more vitamins and minerals. The controls are simple: On (2 spin speeds) and Off. The feed tube is a large 3.3 inches wide for dropping in fruits and vegetables with their skins on without chopping them first. Use the food pusher to get the items down the chute. Juice falls nicely into the 1.1 quart (1 litre) jug that incorporates a foam protector to keep out the foam. The centrifugal juicer outputs the pulp into a 3.2 quart container. The 800JEXL is a cinch to clean. It’s easy to disassemble and only 4 parts need to be washed regularly; some parts are dishwasher safe.
www.breville.ca MSRP: $449.99 The Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia
This robot will clean your floors— carpet, hardwood, and even tile. It automatically adjusts to different surfaces; no change in settings is required. The Roomba 980 is the smartest of them all. The app-controlled unit from iRobot has iAdapt 2.0 Navigation, 2-hour continuous run time, multiple room visualization, and cliff-detection (for stairs). Sylvester Stallone could have used this feature in 1993 (see Cliffhanger). Cliff-detection sensors ensure Roomba doesn’t fall off stairs or other drop-offs. The iRobot HOME app allows you to schedule cleanings and remotely activate Roomba from your smartphone or tablet. Your carpets and floors get the once-over and the twiceover if you choose, even before you get home from work or school. Volume 26 Number 2 Summer 2017
