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BOLTR: Juicero, Cold Press Juicer for Rich Weirdos

BOLTR: Juicero, Cold Press Juicer for Rich Weirdos

AvE
6 HN recommenders · discussed 2017–2026
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About this video

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.

Why it appears in the archive

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

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From the Hacker News discussion

justboxing · 2017-05 · strong rec

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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picklesman · 2018-06 · strong rec

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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msisk6 · 2020-02 · strong rec

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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ryandrake · 2021-01 · rec

He did a great and hilarious teardown of that failed Juicero product that came out a year or so ago [1], noting how ridiculously overengineered and expensive it is to produce. 1: [VIDEO]

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jacobwilliamroy · 2023-08 · rec

You just reminded me there's a video on youtube of a guy literally tearing a Juicero apart and it's hilarious: [VIDEO]

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jiggawatts · 2024-02 · rec

There is a great tear-down video of a juicero on YouTube where the guy makes comments the whole way through about how every part is ridiculously over-engineered: [VIDEO]

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theGimp · 2017-07 · reference

AvE also did a teardown. It's 40 minutes long, and evidently I watched the whole thing according to YouTube. [VIDEO]

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fsckin · 2017-09 · reference

AvE tore one of their machines down awhile back[0]. It's so over engineered, I was wondering how they'd ever make money back with their business model. [0] [VIDEO]

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