Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Ill start with saying this is a good (not great) juicer. But for the price, I have not seen better... I have owned 5 Juicers from this $40 centrifugal juicer to a $400 masticating juicer. All have pluses and minuses. Most centrifugal juicers will give you much cleaner juice (less pulp) where masticating juicers will give you a much higher yield and dryer pulp but a lot of pulp also makes it into your juice. But, again, for the most part... you get what you pay for. NOW, about this specific juicer: Assembly /disassembly - Very standard for any spinner. Locking mechanism prevents machine turning on if not properly assembled. Cleaning - Cleaning is always a pain in the A** no matter what juicer you have and anyone who tells you different is either lying to you or selling you. So anyone who says this product is terribly difficult to clean,,, they all are. This one is pretty standard. Dishwasher safe is nice but you will have to do a fair amount of pre cleaning on the mesh blade. A sprayer works nice or a soft brush. Power - With a sharp blade (they last a good 6 months with heavy use and are cheep to replace) this has enough power to juice all soft fruit and veggies as well as harder things like broccoli trunks, sweet potatoes, ginger, etc. Leafy greens are no problem but I often get better results when I put something solid in with them. If you just drop in leafy greens alone they tend to just take a hit from the blades and much of it just spin out. Throw a carrot in at the same time as your spinach and youll get better results. Juice vs pulp - This juicer will get you pretty clean juice with minimal pulp in it. The extracted pulp is a little wet but I can live with that for a $40 juicer. It has some issues with really small wet fruit (blue berries, grapes, pomegranate) Cons - My biggest issue with this juicer is the feed tube. It is strangely curved and small making it very difficult to do any "Bulk" juicing ( enough to make a gallon+ for the week). Many people like to juice fresh everyday because they feel that they receive better fresher nutrients. I envy the amount of free time you have in your life if you can juice every day, but if you do, the feed tube probably wont bother you. You just need to do a little extra prep cutting to get your fruit and veggies small enough to fit the tube. Again, you dont get MAXIMUM juice extraction, but it is still fine unless you need your pulp bone dry and plan to make veggie burgers out of it! Pros- I purchased this in a pinch as one of my other juicers broke and I wanted something cheep to get me through the next few months. This was a good find! I still have it and use it occasionally when I want to do some small stuff for a dinner or make popsicles. I have had it for 2 years now and still havnt had to replace the blade but I dont use it often. It is small and I can keep it on a shelf in my kitchen. Once again, the juice is nice and pretty pulp free. Try using this to make tomato juice to supplement your pasta sauce! Throw in a touch of garlic and some basil and cook it down and your good to go!!!