BOLTR: Juicero, Cold Press Juicer for Rich Weirdos
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN treats it as the classic teardown and the go-to example of over-engineered hardware built without real-world constraints.
What it is
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.
Recommended by 6 HN commenters across 6 different months, 2017 to 2026.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec justboxing · 2017-05 · on “Show HN: FreshTube – show latest videos from YouTube channels”
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 => [this video]
Strong rec picklesman · 2018-06 · on “Ask HN: Which YouTube channels do you watch regularly?”
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. [this 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 (obscur
Strong rec msisk6 · 2020-02 · on “Teardown of a $1.25 LED Lightbulb”
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: [this video]
Recommends ryandrake · 2021-01 · on “Review broken products instead of new ones”
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: [this video]
Recommends jacobwilliamroy · 2023-08 · on “X-ray CT scans of coffee equipment: Aeropress, Fellow kettle, Moka pot”
You just reminded me there's a video on youtube of a guy literally tearing a Juicero apart and it's hilarious: [this video]
Recommends jiggawatts · 2024-02 · on “Vision Pro teardown part 2: What’s the display resolution?”
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: [this video]
Cites theGimp · 2017-07 · on “Juicero Plans to Lower Prices and Cut 25% of Staff”
AvE also did a teardown. It's 40 minutes long, and evidently I watched the whole thing according to YouTube. [this video]
Cites fsckin · 2017-09 · on “Juicero Is Shutting Down”
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] [this video]