How safe is this product?
Wow, what a disappointment! The product comes fully assembled except for a small mesh bag with charcoal dust in it that needs to be insalled in the lid. Not only did I get the charcoal all over my hands but the thing keeps falling out of the lid as I run the unit! But this isn't the worst part. Over the holidays I had a friend over that is a chemist and I was showing her the unit. To her, the odor that was coming out of the unit just wasn't quite right. She asked if it was okay for her to take into work today and she just called to tell me that the unit was emitting 1,200 times the amount of ozone that is allowed by UL and OSHA!! I may not get the wording right here but I guess the allowable limit is around 50ppb (parts per billion) and according to her equipment this unit pumped out about 62ppm (parts per million) on a consistent basis. Do the math and that is over 1,200 times the allowable limit set by UL and OSHA!! How does a unit like this get carried by reputable...
Faulty Product
I returned this product because using it scared my family and I. I started juicing 6 months ago and was concerned about the safety of the fruits and vegetables I was using. So I was excited when I saw this product. But just as another reviewer said, this product put off a horrible smell in my home which caused me grave concern. It also slashed up my fruit and vegetables if the unit was filled to the top. I had to only put stuff in half way up in the unit in order for it not to damage the fruit. I called Vesture to inquire about the smell coming from the Cuisine Clean. The only response he could give me was that he also owned a unit, it did have a strong odor coming from it, but he "liked" the smell!!! He also stated that I could continue to use it by placing it outside, which would also solve the charcoal issue because then I wouldn't have to use the filter/charcoal. This seemed absurd to me since I live in a cold climate, plus it would be a bother to transport this thing back...
Nice while it lasted
We purchased a unit a couple years ago and it just died...looks like a broken or shredded belt/pulley and the unit no longer spins. I've visited to Vesture site and tried to email their customer service and emails sent to 3 different addresses have bounced back so we are just tossing this junk in the trash.
I'm sure since it is outside the 1 year warranty getting a replacement unit for this obvious design flaw is not going to happen. Seems like another item that barely outlives its warranty period before dying...this is becoming the norm with many products.
We did not even get a chance to wear this unit out. While it was working it seemed to clean things without any problems but you really are "trusting" it is cleaning..how can you tell if fruit/veges are actually clean...I agree with the one reviewer...the odor released does stink and I was wondering if ozone spewing into our house air is safe even with a filter.
We're just going back to hand...
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