Going to spend approx €300-500 on juicer

eeme

I'm thinking of either the champion 2000 or the Green Star Elite GSE-5000 Twin Gear Juicer.

Does anyone have any advice?!

EileenG

Honestly? I think you're mad. That's a staggering amount of money to spend on a juicer if you are not in the business of making juice professionally. How much juicing do you do now? Why do you think it will be worth buying such an expensive machine.

I can't help thinking that for that money, you could buy a ton of really nice vegetables. Juice has its place, but the whole veg is better.

Jimmy Garlic

I am going to light the fire with tenners.

Sapsorrow

:eek::eek::eek: You are bonkers! WTF would you need to do that, you can get a perfectly good one for less than 100 bucks and you'll probably get bored of juicing after a few months anyway!

WildBoots

eeme wrote: »

I'm thinking of either the champion 2000 or the Green Star Elite GSE-5000 Twin Gear Juicer.

Does anyone have any advice?!

Go for the Green Star juicer, I have the same one for about 5 years now and never had any trouble with it. Great for wheatgrass too.

cormie

My friend bought this one: http://www.vitality4life.ie/greenpower-hippocrates-twin-gear-juicer.html

Apparently the "healthiest" juicer out there. I forget where he got it but he said he got a good deal.

eeme

I know it's a lot of money but I hate the 'normal' centrifugal juicers..
Thy destroy the juice.

Twin gear makes beautiful juice that can keep in the fridge without losing much of it's nutrients or oxidising.

I usually have fresh veggie/fruit juice every day.
Also make my own rice/almond milk with these juicers and they make amazing peanut/nut butters and raw ice cream.

It sems like a lot of money but if I was to go oout every day and buy a fresh juice for just one year it would cost well over €1000 and these juicers come with 10-2- year guarantees...

Wish someone who had bought one could help me with some advice!!
:rolleyes:

eeme

WildBoots wrote: »

Go for the Green Star juicer, I have the same one for about 5 years now and never had any trouble with it. Great for wheatgrass too.

Wildboots, do you use your gren star for making frozen fruits or nut butters or just for juicing?!:)

cormie

If you'll use it, go for it I have a Blendtec HP3A and I definitely get my money's worth out of it, use it every day.

I think with the one I linked to, which sounds similar to the one you're speaking of, maybe just a rebrand? It's difficult to wash, but I guess if you use it every day then it'll self wash in a way

Ramette

I have a VitaMax Oscar 900 and it can do nut butters, have it 2 years now and no problems with it.. it is a single gear (but you can get a twin gear version)
http://www.livinggreen.ie/products/Oscar-VitalMAX-900.html

this link is just to show you what it is like - you can get it for cheaper on uk site (just cant find it at the mo!)

WildBoots

eeme wrote: »

Wildboots, do you use your gren star for making frozen fruits or nut butters or just for juicing?!:)

Just for juicing, never even entertained the idea of using it for anything else!

cormie

How does it work for nut butter? Does it create a butter out of the nuts alone or do you need to add oil? The blendtec I have is advertised as being an easy way to make homemade nut butter, but it really only works with roasted nuts, not raw nuts, the food processor is a much better way to make raw nut butter, you just throw a load of nuts in and leave it on for maybe 10 minutes Clean up is always the most difficult part of these things though

Rycn

Can I just ask how cheap juicers destroy the juice they make?

I'm thinking of buying one tomorrow but that comment defo put me off if the juice isn't going to be everything I thought it was.

eeme

I'm sure 'cheap' juicers are better than nothing but maybe give this a read!

http://www.discountjuicers.com/juicequality.html

noel farrell

forget about the cost if you have the money to spare , you get what you pay for. Sit down and ask your self am i going to use it'. wonderful machine bought one in the good times , down side there is a lot cleaning up can be messy ,I soon tired of it , it is now rusty and money wasted ,

LoveGreen

Hey eeme,

If you are planning on juicing leafy greens then I would recommend a masticating juicer- you will save the money you spend on buying veg since they are so much more efficient.
I would recommend an omega 8006 juicer. I have a greenstar and an omega VRT - i originally had a centrifugal juicer.
The greenstar will extract marginally more juice than the 8006 but the 8006 is better with leafy greens in my opinion. The greenstar 'foams' alot more with the greens -the omega wont. You can also run the pulp through the omega very easily if you wanna get every drop out of it - the greenstar will struggle with this- it will back up a little.

Neither the omega 8006 or greenstar excel with soft fruits like berries/apples. Generally since I only make green/veg juice i dont care - the only fruit that goes though my juicer is a lemon.

There is a big difference in clean up time between them both. The omega literally take me 1-2mins to clean while the greenstar will take me 7mins+ (more parts, lots of annoying nooks and crannys to get into). I juice before work everyday and it takes me 10-15mins (at relaxed pace) between start and finish- no way I would be so good having to clean the greenstar everytime.
Nutritionally both juicers would be almost identical, both are 70/80rpm.

If you are looking for a very good all round juicer and intend to juice a fair bit of soft fruit aswell as leafy greens then the Omega VRT/ Hurom (both 80rpm) is a good choice. I have to say the juice is alot more pulpy than the greenstar/omega and that was the reason I stopped using it for veg juice. Its a very nice machine to use you dont need to push anything down and its a nice sized chute - just drop a celery stick and it will eat it up.

If its veg only juice (of course it will do ok with fruit too) and all the sorbet/nut butters etc then I would go omega 8006. it cost me 330 euros to get a 220v from the US sent here.
Best wishes with your new juicer

LoveGreen

eeme wrote: »

I'm thinking of either the champion 2000 or the Green Star Elite GSE-5000 Twin Gear Juicer.

Does anyone have any advice?!

do not get a champion, I would get almost any other juicer over them. They are high rpm, struggle with anything that isnt a hard veg, will heat up your juice, wont even look at leafy greens (which is my key reason to juice), they are using the same design they used 30 years ago when they were first made and they wont break down so you will be stuck with it for life

fivestar

advice: cop on.

eeme

noel farrell wrote: »

forget about the cost if you have the money to spare , you get what you pay for. Sit down and ask your self am i going to use it'. wonderful machine bought one in the good times , down side there is a lot cleaning up can be messy ,I soon tired of it , it is now rusty and money wasted ,

Noel was that the green juicer?
It's not like I have money to throw away, I've saved up for a long time to invest in a quality one.

People keep saying it takes a while to clean, how long is a while?

I emailed a company that seems to have the cheapest juicers in England and this is what they had to say!!

Thank you for your enquiry.

The Champion is a very convenient fast masticator for general purpose juicing and it is extremely durable and strong. It is also great for homogenising and would do these functions faster than the Kempo. However the Champions weakness is that it is not brilliant with leafy greens and you only get a good result with greens by juicing them at the same time as other ingredients such as carrots.

The Green Power Kempo will do everything you need and give a better quality and quantity of juice than any other type of juicer. Unfortunately it is slower than the Champion and takes a bit longer to use and clean, so it depends which feature is most important to you.

If you didn't need your juicer to be able to do food processing functions, The Omega VERT offers more versatile juicing than the Champion and it is great with greens and although it can't do homogenising it offers the same speed and convenience as the Champion.

:pac:

eeme

I decided to get the green star elite.
The fact that you can make fresh juice and leave it in the fridge for 72 hours without affecting enzymes or oxidating sold it for me!
I seldom go out to clubs and bars anymore so am justifying the cost.

Got it from uk for €585 free delivery.

Can't wait to get it. Should arrive Friday.

If anyone has any questions don't hesitate to ask!

llennon

Hi eeme

While its a bit late now, i run a business called www.juicers.ie and i’ve tested all the juicers mentioned above, i’ll try and give an unbiased as possible opinion

The champion is one of the best single gear juicers on the market, champion have been around a long time (biggest selling point) and their juicers are backed by an excellent warranty. One of the main drawbacks of the champion juicers is that they are poor at juicing wheatgrass and other leafy greens.

On the other hand the greenstars are twin gear machines and are excellent at juicing fruit, vegetables and especially leafy greens such as wheatgrass, however they are more expensive.

So i believe the main question to ask is if you intend to juice a lot of vegetables and leafy greens? If not, go for the champion or another single gear juicer, otherwise go for the greenstar

dickwod1

Too late now to matter but I bought a Jack Lalanne Power Juicer 2-3 years ago about €160 ish, Its perfect for home use ... dry pulp and not much waste etc