Anyone Own a Juicer?

I think about beer too much. I thought your thread title was "Anyone Own a Jucifer?", then I was really confused by your OP.

I had an Omega juicer for the last two years, but recently gave it to a friend when I was moving and didn't have much space. I've also owned a breville before.

The brevile I used a decent amount. 3 or 4x a week... it's all a matter of if you're going to juice or not. The clean up for that machine (can't remember model) took probably 8 minutes? Lots of pieces but just clean it right away and it'll be fastest.

I preferred my Omega... think more of a wheatgrass type juicer that extracts more. I got if off of Craigslist for $125 which I thought was a pretty good deal. The difference was that the hole for the produce was smaller, so I had to cut my stuff smaller.. this would take more time. Instead of cutting an apple in 1/4 I'd do it 1/8. I thought the cleanup for this machine was much more efficient.. this made me use it more often. I'd use it also 4-5 days a week

They aren't THAT big of a deal to clean... but you do need to do it right away and there are quite a few pieces. If you have your mind set on juicing, it's worth the investment.. especially if your other go-to is the juice from stores which has lost a lot of its vitamin content.

I'm currently looking for an Omega again, thinking of just biting the bullet and paying for one instead of trolling Craigslist til one pops up for cheap

Breville = save time cutting produce not as small, cleanup is not bad
Omega = smaller produce so more time cutting, more juice gotten from produce.

are you planing on juicing on the regular? what's your goal? Damn I miss fresh carrot/celery juice in the morning

Juicing can take less than 30 minutes. Plan ahead and it won't be a big deal

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Breville JE98XL
omega J8006
Are the models I had

Thanks a lot for all that info.

My wife likes drinking fresh juices when we see a place that has them but some servings can run $10 a piece for a fairly small thing. I think it would be nice to do fresh orange/apple juice or whatever instead of store bought crap.

I think my wife would like it a whole lot as she has done juice cleanses and really likes fresh juice.

And it even looks like the juice would store a couple days so I could make orange juice on Friday for the weekend. Am I right?

You could! Anytime I make a lot of orange juice I end up drinking it all that day

I own a kuving and love it. We'll put it away for a month and then use it for weeks at a time-juices all veggies and fruits. It only takes 2-3 minutes to clean, but it is a bit of a pain to clean the sifter. I also owned a lalanne and it was the same for good and bad. A good juicer is worth the money though.

I have the Cuisinart CCJ-500 juicer. I have many fruit trees and during the winter months make orange/satsuma juice weekly.

You're going to have to trust me on this: DO NOT get a juicer. They are a HUGE pain in the arse.

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You're going to have to trust me on this: DO NOT get a juicer. They are a HUGE pain in the arse.

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wow what a review ...

It's true that a juicer needs to be immediately cleaned. I haven't ever used dishwasher on it, unless it was a situation where I'd already cleaned the blade and filter and just wanted some extra sanitation.

But I've never used a juicer that required more than 8 minutes of clean up time. Ever.

Okay wait I take that back, when I worked at Whole Foods we had an industrial sized juicer (you guys really shouldn't buy juice from there...) and it took a solid hour to clean. Now THAT is a pain in the arse.