[aresant]

"Reporters were able to wring 7.5 ounces of juice in a minute and a half. The machine yielded 8 ounces in about two minutes. . . The company sells produce packs for $5 to $8 . . ."

- So the machine is 6%, give or take, more efficient than hand. If I'm serving two juices a day during weekdays for me and spouse at average cost of $6.5/unit that's $0.78/day, $3.90/week, say I do this 50 weeks a year so $195 in juice recovery value (JRV) by using the machine :).

- Also saves the household example above 3 minutes of time a day by using machine. Let's say average household who can afford $8 packets of juice is in the $100k/yr club at least so time value (for sale) of $50/hr gives me an efficiency gain of 750 minutes or $625/year in Juicer Time Return (JTR).

Using machine provides one year JRV of $195 and a JTR of $625 = $820

Product cost is $400.

FOLKS you are DOUBLING YOUR MONEY!

[Yetanfou]

You're forgetting to include the beneficial effects of the extra hand workout the manual juice squeezer gets. 3 minutes of squeeze per day can be offset to X minutes per day in the gym, at a cost of $Y. Add to that the increased self confidence due to the feeling of being self-reliant when it comes to juice recovery and the calculation might just tip in favour of the Luddite squeeze squad.

[ithinkinstereo]

Thanks for doing the analysis. I'm going to order one of these RIGHT AWAY. It's a perfect complement to my $1,500 June toaster oven!

[sgustard]

The alternative isn't squeezing their juice packs, though. The alternative is buying a carton labelled "Juice" and pulling it out of the fridge.

[DerpyBaby123]

I know you're being facetious, but the machine is actually slower than doing it by hand.

[aresant]

The machine takes no time though - eg 2 min of machine time is zero human cost time :)

[marcosdumay]

I was sure you were joking at the GP, now I'm not sure anymore :)

You mean, I go out and get a machine, something that will take constant handling at home, and waste some precious space, so it can make juice. And as a bonus, it's slower than the no-machine alternative (so it will make me wait). And I didn't even come into the cost of finding their brand of juice for buying, instead of any other one.

I did never hear about this company before, but I'm surely not becoming their client.

[smlacy]

And much, much louder.

[jerryszczerry]

Depends on the human.

[random314]

Check this post from almost a year ago!

http://liesandstartuppr.blogspot.com/2016/08/how-is-this-thi...

[jordache]

$100K/yr household means you can afford $8 per cup of juice at home?

Oh you mean a single person household. A bro living a one bedroom apt filled with useless gadgets type perhaps