Is there a TRULY easy juicer to clean (sigh)

[Raw Joy]

I love juice. I don't even mind the peeling and prepping and chopping. But I hate the clean-up. A few times a week isn't bad. But when I really want to get juicing a lot, it's always the clean-up that gets me.

Take it apart, dump the pulp, clean out the chute, clean the pusher-downer-thing, scrub the spinner with a toothbrush to get into all of those little teeth. Put it all back together. Just to do it all over again.

My first juicer was a $30 Juiceman. I used it for a few years until it died. Then I got a Breville, about $100. Much nicer, better juice, bigger chute. And yet it sits.

There's time I'd love to have an apple-ginger juice, but it's just not worth the time or trouble, especially for just one glass.

Has anyone done the Vitamix route where you process it all up and then strain it? I think I'm going to try that this weekend, but in the meantime, thought I'd inquire to see if anyone has found a juicer that's even relatively easy to clean. :confused:

[Dimond]

I love The Omega Vert. You just run water through it twice when you're done juicing and it's practically finished. I love that it practically juices itself too by sucking in the produce. You barely have to use the plunger.

I've tried the Vitamix route and it wasn't for me. I wish because I prefer to not own many appliances.

[Raw Joy]

So you don't have to take the Omega Vert apart? I think the taking apart and putting back together is the deal killer for me.

(thanks for answering)

[streetsurfer]

What I usually do to make it easier on myself is prepare a sink of soap water first. The faster you get the parts in water the easier they are to clean. The plant cellulose becomes like glue if you wait. Yes to the brush, and a sprayer head helps a lot. If you don't have a sprayer it might be worth it to install one, or a new faucet with one integrated into it. You can use some small Food Waste bags called biobags from whole foods to line the pulp bin so you don't need to wash it afterward. They can then just be tossed onto the compost pile to decompose pulp and bag. An occassional wipe down and soak with olive oil helps get any staining or buildup off of the steel and plastic parts.

[vrijesh]

I bought Omega VRT recently but not too happy. May be i don't know how to clean it. There is always pulp stuck in the pulp outlet and it takes some extra effort to clean it.

Apart from that, VRT:) juicer is great. I had not tried Omega 8006 but i gonna try it some day.

[Dimond]

Vrijesh, make sure you flush it with water twice before taking a part and remember to remove the little pulp plug.

Raw Joy, you do take the Omega Vert apart once you flush the water through, but it's way easier than the juiceman & most other juicers. It doesn't have that many parts so it take like a minute or two to take apart & put back together. I had both the Juiceman & Breville and they're a pain to clean. Not to mention they didn't last very long before they had issues. I've tried a couple of the other high end twin gears and didn't like them. I need something super quick and easy if I'm going to juice. Otherwise I'll never use it-at least not now.

[ginadj]

Lori(Dimond) I finally took my Omega 8006 out of the box today and had some yummy apple juice!!!! I love the juicer!!

and it was super easy to clean! Raw Joy - I do think the VRT is easier to clean - from all the research I did and the youtube videos I watched the VRT looked so fast to clean! but my juicing preferences aimed me at the 8006 which I got from Dimond right before Christmas! But I did just as the above poster said, I filled a small sink of soapy water and took apart the few pieces and within a few minutes it was clean and drying - no problem at all!!

[Aleesha Sattva]

if cleaning is an issue for you... just leave it soak in the sink till you need it next time (if it's in the same day)... or a bowl of water on the counter... it's easy peasy quick if you do that!

[rawviveyourself]

Love my Breville Elite - had it for just over a year now. no prepping with the large chute and super quick clean-up. I'm always amazed I can make a quart of juice and clean everything up in under 3 minutes. I know there are better 'raw' juicers as far as how they extract, but I know myself and if it wasn't a speedy process for prep and clean-up, I'd do it a lot less, so this one works for me.

[Aleesha Sattva]

i timed how long it took for me to clean my champion... less than one minute!

never timed how long it takes for me to clean my greenstar... but it's comparable.

[Raw Joy]

Thanks for all of the replies. Filling the sink with soapy water first makes sense. I always wanted to get it clean really fast before everything started sticking, so there I was at the sink when what I really wanted to do was sit and enjoy my wonderful juice. But when I'd sit and enjoy my wonderful juice, there was the dirty juicer sitting there staring at me. I'm not one of those compulsive people who have to have everything clean that minute, but having that distasteful task of juicer-cleaning hanging over my head would kind of ruin the moment.

I'll have to (1) organize my juicing/cleaning time better; (2) adopt a better attitutude about the whole thing; or (3) find a live-in hunk named Sven to make my juice upon my command. :)

[Aleesha Sattva]

I soooooo agree!!!

[EternityRider]

My Champion could hardly be easier to clean.
But I know some brands are more labor intensive.
Do you have a dishwasher?
Occasionally I'll just rinse the parts
and part them in the upper rack.

If you juice citrus, use a citrus juicer.
Those are nothing to clean.
My best citrus juicer cost me $3 used.
They appear in the thrift stores often
People part with them because they don't
recognize how valuable they really are. :cool:

[revdrcyn]

I have the Omega 8006 and the Breville Juice Fountain -- both are really easy to clean!

[SevenKindsOfCookie]

If you juice citrus, use a citrus juicer.
Those are nothing to clean.
My best citrus juicer cost me $3 used.
They appear in the thrift stores often
People part with them because they don't
recognize how valuable they really are. :cool:

The only problem is that you miss out on a lot of nutrients with those juicers. But they are very quick and easy to use though.

[EternityRider]

The only problem is that you miss out on a lot of nutrients with those juicers.

How do you lose nutrients?
Are you referring to the
inside of the peels?

Otherwise, would it not be the same
whether triturated or peeled?

[beyceo]

I to have this problem and I brought little bags to gather my pulp as others have suggested and that is one less piece to clean. I also just recently discovered the spary hose which is my new best friend!

[freelive]

My Omega 8006 is quite easy to clean if you find the right brush for the auger housing part. And yes, I get much more juice from citrus, if I use it instead of citrus juice. And grapefruit juice is much more bitter- but I like that way! When I juice fast, sometimes I juice citrus with hand juicer to get it quick.

[skier2]

My Omega 8006 is quite easy to clean if you find the right brush for the auger housing part. And yes, I get much more juice from citrus, if I use it instead of citrus juice. And grapefruit juice is much more bitter- but I like that way! When I juice fast, sometimes I juice citrus with hand juicer to get it quick.

I agree. I used to have a centrifugal ejection juicer, but my Omega is so much easier to clean, and really produces a fantastic juice.

[EatRaw]

I also love my 8006!

dave