Omega J8005 Nutrition Center Single-Gear Commercial Masticating Juicer, Chrome and Black
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Omega J8005 Nutrition Center Single-Gear Commercial Masticating Juicer, Chrome and Black
Customer Review: Awesome Juicer
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought a Breville centrifugal juicer couple of months ago, At first I was excited...my first juicer, made decent amount of juice...but then I started to realize it wasted product so much...pulp was not very dry, greens don't juice at all, 60% of the time you would see vegetables or fruit slices in the pulp....
I ignored it first but then I became a serious juicer and not being able to juice greens bothered me, so I sold it off for half the price(I used it for 2 months...)and got my Omega 8005...I love it....pulp is very dry.
My only complaint is I dint have to cut nothing in Breville, for Omega you have to cut veggies and fruits up, Guess I will get used to that.....Another cosmetic issue I have is I donot like the plastic bins that come with it.....for a 260$ juicer they could have done a better job......
If you are serious about juicing..this is it.....LOVE IT
Tips...
1)Add honey and lemon if you want to sweeten vegetable juice...it tastes great...
2)Add an apple or some grapes to vegetable juices to make them more palatable...
Customer Review: Great for wheatgrass
Summary: 5 Stars
I just bought the omega 8005. I am very impressed with this unit. I have been juicing the last 13 years and this is the fourth juicer I have used. The auger, end cap and hopper are all quality. The fittings are secure and quality. The unit looks good. It is quiet. It leaves very little mess. I don't have to worry about one drip hitting the base motor. Cleanup is quick. I bought it to juice wheatgrass which it does a fine with grass. The supplied plunger does work, but using a carrot to push the wheatgrass down the opening is much easier and twice as fast. The 10 year warranty is phenomenal on all parts and labor.
I actually use my old centrifugal juicer to juice a glass of carrot juice, and the omega to juice wheatgrass and leafy greens. I believe in using two different tools for two different purposes. If I were only going to juice hard apples and carrots, I would not get this juicer because it would take too long to extract the juice from these. I would get a centrifugal juicer. But a centrifugal juicer cannot do what this omega can do, namely spinach, parsley and wheatgrass.
Customer Review: Good vegetable juices
Summary: 5 Stars
The only other juicer I have is an awesome Vita-Mix "blender" that leaves in the pulp, so I can't compare the Omega 8005 with any other pulp-free juicer. It's a single-auger masticating juicer with a relatively long warranty.
However, the Omega 8005 is pretty darn quiet, easy to clean, and makes some nice vegetable juices (even parsely, kale, ginger root). I like the slow rpm and lack of oxygen exposure - the juice doesn't get mixed up with a lot of air, and it actually comes out almost cool. It also doesn't do any magnetic alterations to the juice, which is what I prefer.
There are a few drawbacks I've seen. For example, it doesn't seem to do citrus amazingly well. Also, I usually wind up running pulp back through one more time. The input chute isn't very big. Also, when I first put the apparatus together, the way the auger scraped against the screen seemed worrisome - but seems like that's just the way it works.
That said, though, so far I'm enjoying it, and it's great at what I got it for - cool, not oxidized, non-ionized, liquid vegetable juices.
Customer Review: Such a juicer exists?
Summary: 5 Stars
We are heavy juicers. And, we are veterans of several brands including the Champion. We juice just about everything from pineapple to oranges to wheatgrass. And, I must say, this is the best juicer that we have ever owned. I say this both because of its versatility and ease to clean. The Champion beat things to a froth and heated up the juice to a point where good nutrients were lost. It was tedious to clean and juiced oranges (a family favorite) very poorly. (We needed a separate juicer for the wheatgrass. A real pain, particularly when you wanted a combined drink.) This machine is a little slower, a lot quieter, and produces better quality from just about everything - carrots, apples, beets, spinach, etc. We didn't need to make any changes in the way we prepared our fruits and veggies. We purchased it from Amazon because we have had such good fortune with them in the past and because they had the best price. We have now owned the Omega for nearly a year. It has put the fun of juicing back in our lives. I believe that it will do the same for you.Customer Review: Good powerful juicer
Summary: 5 Stars
I think the last reviewer might have gotten the juicer without all the parts- the juicer has a plastic plunger to push the vegetables down the tube.
It works by rotating something in the middle, that pushes and grinds the vegetables against the grating, to a point where the juice and pulp are separated. It's a good juicer, and if you're concerned about "oxidation" ect, I would recommend it. It is also supposed to do a wide range of other functions, but I haven't tried yet. Pasta, nut butters, mill your own flour, ect.
The motor never has problems, even with tons of carrots going through. I can juice everything- and the pulp is reasonably dry, better than my old cheap one. A little more work than a fast juicer, but just due to the fact that is a "low oxidation" juicer, so doesn't go too fast to avoid foaming up the juice.
Works on wheat grass, lettuce(bleh), carrots, beets, ginger, apples, ect. Soft watery stuff doesn't work as well as hard/low moisture things, but overall good all-purpose juicer.