How expensive is your juicer?

[SamuelWilson]

I just used my Vita-Mix to blend some grapefruits whole (just peeled only). I then strained them through my paint strainer bag and the juiced turned out great. The Vita-Mix can be used as a juicer, you will just have to strain to remove the pulp (if you don't want pulp and I don't want a thick pulpy drink, I want fresh juice with no pulp).

Oh, and I made some brazil nut mylk as well. I tossed in the black seeds scraped out of a vanilla bean and a stick of real cinnamon from Sri Lanka. I blended it and then I strained the entire thing to remove any cinnamon silt and brazil nut pulp. The end result was great. The Vita-Mix definitely produces a much more creamier nut mylk than a traditional blender.

[LovesAnimals777]

I have the "juiceman" juicer. I like it except that I have to cut what can't fit

[dread_head]

mine is a Hamilton Beach jucer... i thunk i got it at walmart for $40.... going to get another one someday

[Sillybloss]

Well, here's my big dilemna......I'm pretty convinced the the Green power is the best, especially for veggies! What I'm concerned about is the fruit. The Champion, I'm told, is better with fruit, but does that mean the Green power doesn't do fruit well? If I spend that much, I'd rather get the one tha will most fit my needs. I won't do a lot of fruit, but definitely will make juices that have fruit in them at least occasionally.

Any advice?

[JinxieKat]

I absolutely love my Omega 8005, it does fruits, veggies, and leafy greens easily. The plup is nice and dry and it is soooo easy to clean. This is the first juicer I've ever used, but after alot of reading I know I've got a jem. It's simple! Simple is good when your mechanicly challenged

Jinx

[fruit]

I have the jack lalanne power juicer,I love it copared to my last juicer but im sure if you compared it to some of the ones that ppl on this site own,then the jack lalanne does not compare.but for me it does the job untill i get the money for a real good one.

[sport]

I have the Green Star Gold. It was very expensive and takes up a lot of room in the kitchen and very rarely gets used. It was a bit of a mistake but I think that maybe just because juice is not a big part of my life not does not meant that my habits will not change. I may get the value from it yet (wait for watermelon season and things will change).

[Rmiller]

I have the Champion juicer and the Green Star Juicer. Although the Green Star is much better on greens the Champion is quicker and takes less clean-up so I rarely use the Green Star.

I would also recommend getting a good blender first. I have the K-Tec.

[Randolyn]

We have a Juiceman Jr. I got it from freecycle, so it was free ;) It works fine although I hardly ever use it. I make green smoothies and nut milks in my cheap Hamilton Beach blender. For my green smoothies I just freeze my fruit first and add the greens first. Tastes great and with the frozen fruit I don't notice the texture of the greens

[lily]

I've just been through this same dilemma. I dithered for weeks between the Green Power/Hippocrates and the Omega 8005 (which I think is the same as the Oscar Vitalmax in the UK). In the end, on the advice of energiseyourlife.com, who were extremely helpful, I got the Omegar 8005 (Oscar) and I couldn't be more thrilled! It's strong, quiet, efficient, a snap to wash and put together --does leaves, veg and fruit -- brilliant.

The clincher for me was when the helpful guy at energiseyourlife.com told me that the Greenpower/Hippocrates really struggles with any fruit -- even one apple makes it 'back up' apparently. And I was all set to buy one, which is more expensive than the Omega, so he actually advised me to get a cheaper juicer that would be better for me. Can't report yet on wheatgrass cos my first batch is not quite ready to harvest yet, but they say it's great for that too and I have every confidence it will be.

Not sure whether energiseyourlife supply to the US, but their advise was excellent for me.

Good luck!

lily

[Rawmominaz]

I had a champion years ago - didn't like the cleaning with all the little teeth- ouchie! Just bought a green star 3000 at Best Juicers.com. I love it! I chose to spend a little more and got Living with the Green Star book(Elysa Markowitz) and soft fruit attachment. The book is tremendous and it was cheaper to get it with the juicer than buying it alone.

[Sillybloss]

I did a search on the Omega 8500 and all I could locate was a model 8005. Is this the same?

[Shivananda]

8005 is correct, 8500 was a typo

[Sillybloss]

Thanks, Shivananda!

[juicingRAWks]

and how does that relate to its functionality?

I used to have a 300 dollar juicer and there were some things about it that I didn't like... then my mother threw out the knife by mistake and we had to get a new one. This time it's much cheaper and much more convenient too...

My juicer is the HealthyJuicer electric model from a company called Lexen. I got it from 877myjuicer.com and it sells for $189.00! This is a great little machine -compares almost spec for spec with the Omega 8003 and does all the same basic stuff -juices wheatgrass real well, citrus, apples, pears, beets, carrots, celery, cucumber, you name it. It's the masticating type so it wont "zap" all your nutrients away! Also makes peanut butter, pasta and frozen desserts. Those of you that are looking for a new/better juice maching can check it out at 877myjuicer.com -that site has a whole bunch of cool juicing/raw food gadgets. http://877myjuicer.com/product/LEXENHEALTHYJUICER