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BOLTR: Juicero, Cold Press Juicer for Rich Weirdos

AvE · 2.5M views · 2017-05-19 · 41:39

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Overview

AvE tears down the Juicero cold-press juicer, examining its heavily machined parts, electronics and the pricey juice packs. He pokes fun at the product and venture-funded culture along the way.

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HN treats it as the classic teardown and the go-to example of over-engineered hardware built without real-world constraints.

Recommended by 6 HN people across 6 months · HN mentions 2017–2026

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Repair, teardowns & right to repairStartups & entrepreneurshipConsumer devices & gadgets
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What people said

msisk6 · 2020-02 · Strong recommendation

You'll probably like the product teardowns of youtube user AvE. He usually does tools, but also the random appliance or product from time to time. His teardown of the Juicero is a classic: [VIDEO]

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picklesman · 2018-06 · Strong recommendation

Seconded. I especially recommend his teardown of the Juicero, in which he displays his insights into design for manufacture, plastics, metallurgy, electrical engineering, etc, peppered with hilarious and insightful jabs at VC culture. For me, it's his masterpiece. [VIDEO] My wife recently watched all 45 minutes and was entertained throughout, despite her not being technical at all. Speaking of which, I also share a distaste for his "engineering boys club" sense of humour. I think his heart is in the right place (though who knows?), but it's definitely from another era, one that I won't be sad to see fade off into the distance. That being said, the rest of the components of his humour (obscure Canadianisms, etc) are great and I enjoy the particularity of it. EDIT: added link

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justboxing · 2017-05 · Strong recommendation

Thanks for this feed example. Found this gem in there. A beautiful technical / engineering take on why Juicero failed, after he takes apart a brand new Juicero => [VIDEO]

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