Healthy Juicer - Manual Hand Powered Wheatgrass Juicer - Wheat grass juicer
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Healthy Juicer - Manual Hand Powered Wheatgrass Juicer - Wheat grass juicer
Customer Review: Basically very satisfied, a couple minor issues.
Summary: 4 Stars
Overall I am very happy with this item. I am not sure why some people have trouble assembling it; I found the assembly so intuitive that I hardly needed the instructions. Easy to use, too. I only juice wheatgrass in it, but it does that with little effort and minimal problems.
The issues I have had are as follows. The screw is designed to push everything forward towards the grinders, but the juice is supposed to flow the other way to a drain at the back. I find that about 60% of the juice flows out the front - where the spent grass is expelled. Not a huge deal if you have a cup underneath, but it was a rather messy learning experience when I first used it. Also the suction cup base has let me down a couple times. If my counter allowed the use of the clamp I would be sure to use it. As it is, it is just something I keep in mind. I can easily hold it in place with one hand while cranking with the other. Again, not a major problem beyond the initial hard-earned lesson.
One thing that I think might be affecting some peoples perception is that the juicer does seem VERY sensitive to quantity. If you under load it, it is terribly inefficient. If you over load it, it is difficult to crank (also it leaks more at the front and the suction cup is more likely to break free). A couple times I could tell that I got it perfect: when I did the handle turns easy and the juice flows like water. I am still learning where the limits on that are, but it's something to keep in mind.
Customer Review: Awesome Juicer, but could be improved
Summary: 4 Stars
I love this juicer.
I can't say enough about it.
Pros:
Easy to use
Quick to assemble and disassemble
Easy to clean
Efficient
Well made
Cons:
Too much plastic, the receiving vessel should be made of glass, in mine it seems that the combination of vegetable juices has actually corroded it, I don't want plastic in my juice. There should be more metal inside the unit. basically the unit should be made of heavy glass and metal, not plastic. Unfortunately due to the special shape of the receiving vessel there's little chance of substituting your own container for the provided one.
Some veggies are hard to juice without helper vegetables. For example celery tends to sit at the end of the auger and spin in place instead of being forced in to the juicer, so you must use something hard like a carrot to force it through. This is a problem because most hard veggies are packed with sugar, something I don't want to make up much of my juice. That is just one example, you will get used to it after a while but it's still a bit of a pain.
Overall this is one of the best juicers out there. Way more efficient than a centrifugal, wayyy cheaper than a comparably efficient powered auger type. With a few changes to design it would be the best manual juicer I've ever seen, actually it already is!
Customer Review: Great overall juicer and it came with a DVD with instructions too!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have had this juicer for over 1 year. It does wheatgrass,
greens, and fruits and vegetables. Instead of having two
juicers one for wheatgrass and one for fruits and veggies
this works great and is affordable. Certain people who are
mechanically challenged should get the DVD or go online to
assemble it, but it comes partially assembled. Very easy to
assemble, disassemble and clean. Works even without electricity
on a picnic table or travel with it. I have used it in a hotel,
and on the road. It is very light weight where most other juicers are 15-25 pounds in weight. This is an incredible buy
and good for one or two persons juicing. If you are looking at
a house full of people it takes time to juice, but the low RPM
no heat gives you the freshest juice while not distroying fragile
enzymes like a high power juicer. Kids even like to make their
own drinks -- and naming them, this is without all that added sugar to hype them up. Every household should have one and now
everyone can afford to juice!!! No need for that $200 -$1,500
expensive heavy juicer NO NO. One downside, the handles do
crack if you load it up with carrots or overstuff with wheatgrass
but they are easily replaceable call the Company. Also they
have a website if you need help or ideas.
Customer Review: Excellent wheat grass juice extraction.
Summary: 4 Stars
I ordered this to supplement my Champion Juicer which can't handle wheat grass. I would give the healthy juicer 5 stars for being very good at extracting juice from wheat grass but I will ding it slightly for 2 reasons: Although it performs very well with wheat grass and leafy vegetables the promo should not have carrots etc listed as vegetables to juice with this juicer. A hammer would probably work better on carrots! The box it comes in shows wheat grass and leafy vegetables only and they should stick to that in their promo pictures. The only other negative is that I can't imagine it lasting very long due to all the plastic parts but I could be wrong. The positives: I've used it twice for wheat grass and it's utterly remarkable how well it extracts juice. It's very easy to set up and clean...just make sure you have the right size counter top or other base to attach it to or you'll have to make one or improvise somehow. If I wasn't on such a tight budget I would probably have gone with the manual "Miracle" stainless steel juicer or similar stainless product. I would stay away from electric models as they don't extract as well as a manual and they generate more enzyme destroying heat as well. If this one breaks within 6 months of daily use I'll update a review and probably step up to a stainless steel model for $110 plus.Customer Review: A Fair and Balnced Review of a Budget Wheatgrass Juicer
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this product because I wanted to juice wheatgrass without spending a lot of cash.
This product only juices wheatgrass if you use it unconventionally.
What I mean is that when you follow the directions and rotate the crank clockwise (so the pulp goes all the way through the nozzle end) you will end up pushing a lot of juice through the nozzle as well.
The opening that drains the juice into the collection container is at the base of the machine. When wheat grass is inserted the auger pushes the grass away from the opening towrds the nozzle at the end. The juice is pushed away from the drain opening with the pulp and drips through the nozzle making a bit of a mess. Only when some of the pulp is being expelled does the remaining juice began to drain into the container.
What I do is crank the handle counter clockwise until the wheatgrass reaches the nozzle. Then I crank the handle counter clockwise so the the juice is pushed toward the drain and does not drip though the nozzle. Keep rotating counter clockwise until no remaining juice is expelled. That is the most effective way to use this machine.
The juicer is only good with wheat grass. It cleans easy and when used unconventionally it makes some pretty good wheat grass juice.