Omega J8003 Nutrition Center Single-Gear Commercial Masticating Juicer, White

Comment: I bought this juicer after reading several reviews. Omega J8003 is my first masticating juicer. I love that I don't have to worry about the pulp mixed up with the juice. It juices almost all fruits and vegetables. However, time is the biggest problem. It works very slowly; unless it is given time to crash and juice the fruit/vegi, it will send the pulp with the juice. I didn't enjoy smooth and pulp free juice until I realized that it was supper slow in masticating each slice. Even though I read that one of the cons of this juicer is being slow, I didn't expect it to be that slow. Anyone who can stand next to the juicer and feed the narrow mouth with pieces of fruits/vegi one by one, this is an excellent addition for a healthy life. However, it is very hard to get a quick juice for breakfast unless it is juiced the previous evening. After realizing that the juicing process of this item is supper slow, I decided to juice every evening before I go to sleep and use the juice throughout the next day. It tests fresh; and very much better than the canned juices. As long as this juicer is used slowly, it will produce commercial standard juice of almost all fruits.

Pros:

* Works for almost all vegetables/fruits
* Extracts dry pulp in many fruits
* Cleaning is extremely easy
* Assembly is like snapping a finger
* It relatively is very quite
* Doesn't need much space
* Multifunction

Cons:

? A very small feeding mouth which mandates fruits and vegetables to be cut into small pieces
? Relatively slow that makes quick juice making hard
? Unrealistic functions combined together. I don't think combining grinder, pasta maker, and juicer is a good idea. I mainly use this machine for juicing, and I wish they could make the grinder & pasta maker optional with some price difference.
? It heats up faster. The manufacturer warns not to use this juicer for more than 30 minutes at a time. But it takes more than 30 minutes to get one pack (3lb) apple juiced. This is a serious problem considering the slowness of the juicer; the manufacturer should have thought about extending the time limit.
? Besides the 30 minutes time limit, cleaning in the middle of juicing may be needed when working on mushy fruits because the holes of the juice extractor may get clogged which makes juicing more slower and messy.

Overall this juicer is a very good product for a family of two regardless of the above mentioned flows. But it may be small and slow for a big family that wants to enjoy juice daily. If Omega can eliminate the unrealistic other functions and use the resource to enlarge the feeding mouth and strengthen the motor so it won't heats up faster, this will be an ideal juicer.

Comment: The J8003 Masticating Juicer is excelent. I obtain excelent juices of parsley, cilantro and other vegetables difficult to juice. It is very easy to clean and ensamble. I am delightful with this apparatus. A good exponent of american brands.

Comment: But, I never got to even try it out. After washing all the parts, reading the instructions, putting it together, plugging it in? It was completely dead, it had no power at all. Evidently this Omega J8003 was defective. From all the reviews, I am sure I would have loved it. Instead, I shipped it back for a refund and purchased the Samson 9001 Single-Gear Juicer and even before I washed it, I checked to see if it would power-up, it did and I am really happy with it.

Comment: This juicer is great! I was afraid that I might not use it enough to justify the purchase, but have grown fond of apple/celery/carrot/fresh ginger combinations. Makes great frozen desserts if you dice fresh fruit, toss with a little sugar (or fructose), freeze and run the mixture through to puree (peaches are especially good). The only problem I had was making pasta - but the problem was not with the equipment, only with the recipe in the juicer's cookbook. If you make pasta, use the recipe from the semolina flour package or from a cookbook.

Comment: I had previous owned a Champion juicer, but had problems with the blades dulling and subsequently having to apply a lot of force to push my carrots through. No such problem with this machine. Also, I find juice extraction is much more thorough - I was amazed to get over a cup of juice from 4 good sized carrots! THere is some preparation involved in cutting the vegetables and fruit down to size, but I don't find it that inconvenient. Cleaning the parts just involves throwing them in soapy water and rinsing them off. There is a small screen on the juice extraction piece that may need some scrubbing with a brush, but this screen is a lot smaller than that of the Champion and therefore cleans much more quickly.