Juicers

[Guest guest]

I had the Omega 8005 juicer, and though it was OK, it was not durable enough

for daily juicing- after less than a year it wore out. It is probably good

and economical if you do not do a lot of juicing.

Now I have a Green Power, and I love it.

I also have a little L'Equipe juicer that I got at Sams Club for $30 that I

travel with. It is centrifugal, but is fine for once in a while use.

If you are going to juice frequently, you probably need to invest in a

juicer that will hold up. Look for one that has a 5 or 10 year warranty- that

will

tell you something.

In the beginning, you could try a cheaper juicer to see how you do with it.

If it is going to sit on the shelf anyway, you may as well get a cheaper one.

By the way,the Dr Mercola website is good as a comparison for juicers, but

of course they favor the one they are selling. You can buy the Omega 2005 for

less elsewhere on line.

The juice press that started this conversation reminds me of the Norcross

juicer, which is much more expensive-over $2000. I would like to hear from

someone who has used it,

Terry

[Guest guest]

Hi, Bill.

I have had an Acme Juicer, a Panasonic Juicer, a Champion Juicer, a

Norwalk Juicer and a Green Star/Green Life Juicer.

The Acme, Panasonic and Champion all left enough juice in the pulp

that I could squeeze liquid out of it with my fist. Also, and VERY

importantly, they did not get the juice out of greens such as

parsley, cilantro, kale, spinach, wheat grass and such very well at

all. Finally, they were all very noisy and were a chore to clean.

The Norwalk, though it did get the very last drop of juice out of the

pulp, was annoying to use because I had to first make pulp from the

vegetables or fruits, then wrap the pulp in a little cloth and then

squeeze the juice out of it using the hydraulic press. The Norwalk

weighed something like 70 pounds, and cost around $1,000 dollars

second-hand, if I recall correctly.

In my opinion, the Green Star/Green Life juicer is the best juicer I

have ever had, and is, if not THE best juicer available, certainly

one of the best juicers available. Here is why:

It's not called " Green Star/Green Life " (GL/GS) for nothing. It does a

fantastic job of extracting the juice from wheat grass, parsley,

spinach, cilantro and wheat grass---actually grabs and pulls the

greens down into it and leaves the pulp so dry I cannot get ANY more

juice out of it. It does the same thing with carrots, celery,

broccoli, apples and most any other vegetable---gets so much juice

out that I can squeeze the pulp as hard as I can without being able

to get any more juice out of it.

The GL/GS juicer also does as good a job as any juicer I have tried

on fruits, though it will not make the same kind of juice out of

oranges or apples as will an orange juice squeezer or a cider press.

The GL/GS comes with a special " soft fruit " attachment to help you to

better extract juice from fruits.

I should mention that the GS/GL also has a fairly large chute for the

vegetables and fruits, causing you to have to do less work cutting

them to make them fit.

With regard to noise, the GS/GL is SO quiet you can have a quiet

conversation with someone right next to you while you're juicing. You

certainly can't do that with a centrifugal juicer. And cleaning a

GS/GL is FAR easier than cleaning any centrifugal juicer I've owned.

It takes no more than 5 minutes and you're done.

I recommend you get a GS/GL because I believe you'll be very pleased

indeed with it for all of the reasons I've mentioned. If you have a

brand-name centrifugal juicer, you should be able to get a fairly

decent price selling it used on eBay.

>

> Hey all of you juice-ologists out there, is a juice extractor such

as

> the Green Star 1000 really all that much better than a centrifugal

one?

> Isn't one still getting the vitamins, minerals and enzymes from the

> centrifugal one even if it's not rendering (per oz.) all the juice

> that a more costly one does? And assuming this is so, now that my

> centrifugal juicer is long paid for and I'm purchasing more

vegetables

> per lb., isn't the bottom line that it would take me years of more

> vegetable purchases to equal what a new juicer would cost?

> Maybe some one is going to tell me that a juice extractor yields a

> higher and more valuable amt. of vitamins, minerals and enzymes per

> oz...and if this is so, I'd love to be referred to some reliable

> source which proves same.

> Open to enlightenment.

> Bill

>

[Guest guest]

Bill,

I guess I didn't directly answer your query about " higher and more

valuable amount of vitamins, minerals and enzymes. " I guess I don't

really know, but would suppose that the better the juicer is at

wringing the pulp dry, the more of those things one will get in the

juice. When I had my Champion, it didn't matter how many times I ran

the pulp through, it still was far wetter than putting vegetables

through the Green Star just one time.

[Guest guest]

I am no authority or expert, but my own supposition is that as long as

the juice retains its color and flavor, it still has most of the

original nutrients. Everyone says, too, that if you are going to store

the juice for any length of time, you need to fill your jar as close to the top

as possible, so as to leave little to no air between the lid and the liquid.

I have also read that adding a little Willard Water to the juice is

supposed to keep it from oxydating/losing nutrients as quickly as it

otherwise might. But I have no way of knowing if that is true or not.

If you don't know what Willard Water is, just do a computer search for

it and you will see.