Breville Juice Fountain Elite 800JEXL
Breville Juice Fountain Elite 800JEXL - Best Juicer
This is the best juicer I have ever come across. And I’m not saying this because it sounds good, but because it’s true. After having tried out the Breville Juice Fountain Elite Juicer, I can’t go back to using ordinary, normal juicers anymore. To make my juice every morning is a hassle without my Breville Juice Fountain Elite Juicer.
I have realized that other juicers on the market just cannot compare with the fast juicing speed, and easy cleanup that make this juicer such a joy to use. I love how it is seriously fast, and makes me juice in record time, especially when I’m a person who doesn’t have much time to spare in the mornings. It also helps that it’s very easy to clean, which encourages me to use it often.
Furthermore, unlike some juicers in the market whose mouth openings are quite small, this juicer has a relatively wide mouth opening of about 3 inches. I simply love this feature because I don’t have to waste time cutting up my fruits and vegetables into smaller chunks to be fed into the juicer.
This juicer is one of the best in its class. After feeding through several apples and oranges and tasting the fresh juice at the end, I have come to the conclusion that this is a juicer, which will really go the distance. Little pulp was produced throughout the juicing process, which means that the juicer was so effective it used up most of the fruit and left little waste. It looks good too, with its easy-to-clean stainless steel body. It is one of my best-looking kitchen appliances!
Two Thumbs’ Up!
After putting the Breville Juice Fountain Elite Juicer to the test, I personally give it a two thumbs’ up because it makes amazingly fresh and yummy juice, with little hassle at a speed, which I can accommodate in my busy lifestyle! Definitely a great way to stay healthy!
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by Mike on April 12, 2011
Wheatgrass juicer is somewhat different from the usual juicer. Most wheatgrass juicers specializes in wheat grass only, so if you want to juice fruits as well, you’ll have to find a single gear masticating juicer that does fruits, vegetables and wheatgrass. But hurray for the wheatgrass juice fans, a good wheatgrass juicer can be found at a much cheaper price if you don’t need it to do anything else except juice wheatgrass.
Manual or electric?
Wheatgrass juicers can be manual or electric, but from what I’ve observed, the best wheat grass juicers in the market are manual ones. Not to say that the electric ones won’t work well, but they are so expensive that you might as well spend the money on a single gear masticating juicer that is versatile. The manual ones are also more portable and easy to store away due to their compactness.
Metal or Plastic?
You’re paying a lot for your juicer, so you’ll want to know whether it will last. The general idea is that the more metal parts, and the less electronic parts it has, the longer it will last. There are wheatgrass juicers that consists fully of stainless steel or cast iron parts, while some are plastic with a stainless steel auger. But I don’t advise getting a cast iron juicer because they need a lot of maintenance to keep them from rusting over time.
Ease of Use
Read the reviews to see whether users find it easy to use. You don’t want a juicer that needs a lot of effort on your part to set it up, make it juice, and then take it all apart to clean it. Remember that the easier it is to use, the more you will use it, and that means getting your money’s worth.
Okay, hope you’ll find the best wheatgrass juicer out there. Remember to check out my wheatgrass juicer reviews here: Wheatgrass Juicer Reviews.
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Vegetable juicers, namely the single gear and twin gear masticating juicers, are heavier and more substantial machines compared to your regular juicer. If you’re sure about getting one of these, go ahead and find out how to choose one.
Large Chute
Definitely get a vegetable juicer that features a large chute so that you save preparation time not having to cut the vegetables into small pieces first.
Low Speed
Find out whether the juicer creates a lot of foam when juicing. A good single gear or twin gear masticating juicer should operate at low speed so that there is little or no foam. Also, when the juicer works at low speed, it will not heat up easily, and the nutrients will be retained in the juice.
Easy to Assemble and Clean up
I still haven’t found a single gear or twin gear juicer that is easier to clean up than my Breville, but any juicer should not be so difficult to assemble or clean up that you have to spend more time at it than preparing the juice.
Dry Pulp
A good vegetable juicer should make the most of the veggies or fruits. There shouldn’t be juice left in the pulp.
Able to Make Other Food Stuff
Since you’ve invested so much in the juicer, it might as well be able to perform well in other tasks that it claims to do, such as making nut butters, pasta and so on.
Wheatgrass Juicing
Some of the single gear or twin gear juicers can juice wheatgrass too, but not all are efficient. If you like to drink wheatgrass as well, I recommend the Omega J8005.
Find out more about what vegetable juicers can do for you here:
I have also recommended several good models of masticating juicers, hope you’ll find the best vegetable juicer for your diet! 
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by Mike on April 11, 2011
Here are a few things to think about when buying a citrus juicer:
Manual or electric?
Citrus juicers are either manual or electric. Manual ones are cheap, lightweight, easier to clean and store away than electric ones, and will probably never break, but are not suitable for elderly people or people who lack arm power to squeeze out the juice. Weighing the odds, it’s probably better to buy an electric one if you’re juicing regularly. Though beware that even a powerful electric juicer will overheat if you’re trying to juice a whole garden at once.
Is it easy to use?
You operate a citrus juicer by pressing the cut half of the fruit against the reamer cone, and either squeeze it by hand or let the motor do the work. Find out whether too much or too little pressure will stop the motor or make things difficult. In other words, you should check the sensitivity and power of the juicer.
Can it juice many kinds of citrus fruits?
New citrus juicers often include different sizes of reamer cones for you to juice fruits from small limes to large grapefruits. If you like variety in your juice diet, you should check whether your juicer gives you this versatility.
What about the pulp?
Some of us like pulp in the juice, some of us don’t. Not to worry, there is usually a strainer that collects the pulp and the seeds while the juice goes down to the container, so you can always add the pulp afterward if you like. Some citrus juicers even allow you to remove the strainer and let the pulp go down together with the juice, and this is great for pulp lovers because that means one less thing to clean up.
Is it easy to assemble, dissemble and clean up?
You’ll want assembly to be as simple as possible for fast juicing, cleaning up and storing it away. Are the parts dishwasher safe? Find a juicer that has as few parts to wash as possible.
Is it loud?
If it’s manual you don’t have to worry about noise, but some electric citrus juicers may be loud. If noise is a problem for you, find out about this before you buy the juicer so that you don’t regret it!
I have a few recommendations for the best citrus juicers in the market, read my reviews here: Citrus Juicer Reviews.
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by Mike on February 14, 2011
Green Star GS-1000 Juice Extractor has all the basic juicing equipment and is suitable for those looking for a cheaper alternative over the Green Star Elite GSE-5000. As this juicer comes with a magnetic and bio ceramic technology, you can be ensured that it will minimize the lost of nutrient.
Green Star GS-1000 Juice Extractor
The unique triturating twin gear feature generates virtually no heat to your juice hence preventing on the oxidation process from taking place. Unlike Green Star Elite, Green Star GS-1000 has no mixing stage in the juicing process; only pressing and crushing stages. However it is still proven that with just the two stages, it is enough to yield much more juice quantity and best of all the quality is ensured. Compared to similar models in the market, like the masticating Champion G5 PG720 Juicer, or Jack Lalanne juicer, Green Star yields more nutritional values and maintains on the efficiency as well.
Just the day I also tried out on the frozen fruit ice cream and to my utter amazement, it was so easy to make. All I need is just the juicer and frozen blueberries and strawberries. The result produced is just so amazing that straight off I had fallen in love with the Green Star Juicer even more!
Advertised as one of the easiest juicers to clean, the detachable parts are easily removed for cleaning purposes. However always be aware that if the screw knobs are screwed too tight or loose, it might creates excess squeaking noises.
Just like the Green Star Elite, this juicer could also suck the leafy green vegetables easily into the funnel and no efforts are needed in doing so. However, there are a few drawbacks on this juicer. People who fancy extracting juices from leafy vegetables might find that this juicer produces more foam than any other juicers in the market. Besides that, additional parts such as pasta makers and mochi makers are not included in the package hence the need to buy them separately.
Overall, Green Star GS-1000 Juice Extractor is still ranked as the best selling model of its kind in the market. Many people acclaim that it manages to extract almost anything to perfection such as the bell pepper, cucumber, lettuce and celery. While it may not be the latest model in the market currently, but in terms of pricing wise, it certainly beats the rest! I would definitely recommend this juicer to anyone looking for value for money purchases.
Go to my Best Juicer main page for more of my recommendations and reviews, or check out the other Green Star Juicer here.
by Mike on February 13, 2011
Green star Elite GSE-5000 Juicer is sure to make heads turn but wait till you see the function and features of it! The easy assembling and disassembling of the machine is definitely an added advantage for any new and beginner users out there. There will be no more tricky and complicated screw knobs to remove the compartments but using easy latch instead.
Green Star Elite GSE-5000 Juicer Extractor
Oh and did I mention the twin gear feature? Twin gear feature enables finer and a smoother texture of juice to be produced. However it is always important to make ascertain that the twin gear is handled with care during cleaning process because they are a few comments from the users out there saying that the plastic edge chipped off once they dropped it onto the floor. Green star Elite is also the world first juicer with triple stage twin juicer. The gear comprises of three stages which is; crushing stage, pressing stage and mixing stage.
When you buy the Green star Elite GSE-5000 Juicer, it comes with either a wooden or plastic temper. Personally, I would recommend you to choose the wooden one because it is much safer to be use. Keep in mind that there are certain ways of using the temper and if you fail to do as it should, the gear will practically eat up the plastic (that’s if you chose the plastic one!). Whereas wood is just made out of fibre so even if it does indeed accidentally feed onto the gear, it won’t spoil the juice as it is a FDA certified wood.
To top it all off, the nice thing about this juicer is that you will also receive a glass juice collection bowl to collect the juice and a strainer to be put on top of the collection bowl to strain the juice further. Another thing that I would like to point out is the outlet adjusting knob. Not many other juicers has this knob where it keep the produce/pulps inside the machine until it gets really dry where only then does it pushes the pulps out.
After using this juicer for quite sometimes, I also realize that it is very, very quiet so there is no need of worrying that the sound of the juicer might woke your neighbors up even at late nights! Another wonderful thing about this juicer is that it could almost suck the leafy vegetables in without even pushing it into the funnel. Vegetables such as wheatgrass, parsley and celery could easily goes into the funnel by themselves without any effort.
On the whole, this Green Star Elite GSE-5000 Juicer Extractor is great for juicing things like apples, carrots, celery and a lot of other general things, but if you intend on only juicing say wheatgrass specifically, this is definitely not the right machine for you. The reason why it is not suitable for wheatgrass only is because it tends to produce a lot of foam and the yield produced is not that high as to compare with other juicers in the market.
If you’re looking for a wheatgrass juicer, check out my review on the best wheatgrass juicer – Hurricane Stainless Steel Manual Wheatgrass Juicer, or other wheatgrass juicers here.
Other Green Star juicers can be found here, or you can also head out to my Best Juicer main page for other recommendations!
by Mike on February 11, 2011
If you’re the type who doesn’t juice very often, only wants lime juice for margaritas, or cannot afford to get an expensive do-it-all type of juicer, I think a citrus juicer would do the trick.
Black & Decker CJ525 CitrusMate Plus Citrus Juicer
In college, my girlfriend practically swore by this Black & Decker juicer to get her daily fix of OJ (orange juice to the uninitiated!).
Because of its high Vitamin C content, orange juice tends to oxidize pretty quick, so whenever my girlfriend used to juice with this juicer, she’d drink the juice as soon as it was done because it wasn’t the fastest of all juicers. But it was really cheap and generally pretty usable. The cones come in two sizes to accommodate all sorts of citrus fruit from limes to pink grapefruit, and rotate both clockwise and anticlockwise to squeeze out as much pulp as possible.
I wouldn’t like this juicer because the motor is pretty weak and pressing too hard on it causes it to jam. Also, I hate cleaning and this one has to hand washed in warm soapy water after use.
This juicer is the type you would call a hard reamer because all it does is squeeze out juice, which is why it’s only really suited for citrus fruits. My girlfriend likes the fact that she can control pulp content, because she abhors pulp. Because its cheap and generally good for its intended usage, I really recommend this juicer to those on a budget who don’t need to make fancy juice concoctions to get their daily juice fix!
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by Mike on February 10, 2011
Since I’m using a Breville myself, it really is a slight bias I have because I had hoped that its sibling, the Breville Compact Juice Fountain would be nearly as good as it’s elder sibling. I bought this one for my mother’s birthday, because she wanted something to replace her manual citrus presser and she was suitably impressed.
Breville BJE200XL Compact Juice Fountain 1.5-qt.
Now, I put a lot of store by what my mother says which is why I’m recommending this Breville as the best budget juicer. It has a huge 3-inch chute which means you don’t have to cut fruit up into really tiny pieces to juice. My mother also loved the fact that it was super fast, probably due to its 700 watt motor, which she says juices in seconds.
However, over time, she found that beet stained the plastic housing, but really that’s her only complaint. Other than that, she is completely in love with it, although she thinks I spent quite a pretty penny on it. Of course, considering that a manual citrus press costs but a few bucks. I guess price really is relative?
Ceiling Juice
The first time she tried it, she didn’t quite know how to use it and didn’t cover the top like she was supposed to. Like me, she isn’t much of a fan of manuals! She was juicing mango chunks and bits flew up all over the place because the motor was so strong! My dad had to use a ladder to clean up the mess on the kitchen ceiling!
Anyway, she’s learned her lesson now and experiments with new combinations every day. She loves her budget Breville and I think if you were to get one, I’m sure you’d love it too!
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by Mike on February 9, 2011
I first thought this juicer looked a bit imposing and scary when I saw it on the shelf at my local electrical appliance store. I asked the sales person about it and was surprised to find out how versatile this juicer is. People who are trying to include more vegetables in their diets can consider this the best vegetable juicer.
Omega 8003/8005 Juicer
I think it has to do with the fact that it’s a masticating juicer, which mashes everything to a pulp before juicing.
But seriously, it can juice practically everything but the kitchen sink. (But since nobody really wants to drink kitchen sink juice, there’s no problem in that department! ) It runs on a very low speed, so unlike high speed juicers which whiz everything (the heat produced kills nutritious enzymes), no nutritional content is lost in the juicing process. This really makes it the perfect choice for extra fussy nutritionists who want to retain as many nutrients in their juice as possible.
I’m tempted to buy this juicer because the idea of being able to make nut butters, pasta and other foods that you can think of which require pounding but when the sales person explained to me how much I need to clean, it put me off right away. I’m not a fan of cleaning, so I stuck with my Breville.
However, it really is amazingly versatile and produces very nutritious juice, so honestly, if you’re not as lazy as I am in the cleaning department you really should consider this Omega!
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by Mike on February 8, 2011
This model has been around for ages and ages. I think folks first started using it in the 70’s because I remember that a neighbor had one once. Even now by far it is still the most efficient juicer because the pulp the Acme produces is super dry in comparison to other juicers on the market. Classic case of oldie but a goodie!
Acme Supreme Juicerator 5001
It is very noisy because the motor is very powerful, but it’s a good thing because really, this juicer seems to make more juice than even my Breville at home. It’s a very efficient juicer to use if you need to make juice for a lot of people because it’s very economical.
I have heard nothing but praise for its quality as the motor is very well designed and very sturdy. I have heard complaints about the filter sheets, because there are two types to choose from. The paper ones have to be replaced quite often, while the metal one doesn’t have to be, but must be washed thoroughly after every use.
Although it is so efficient, clean up is a hassle, which is why I opted for the Breville when I was looking for a juicer. It’s not certified dishwasher safe, and there are 5 parts to be cleaned by hand, which is time wasted, to me.
Economics vs. Time Efficiency
Ultimately the choice is up to you. If you need the extra juice, then by all means, wash the parts by hand and be able to make more juice. If you’re not the type who needs it, then by all means look elsewhere for your juicing solution.
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