PGP001-WHSL Longevity Electric Juicer

As I am a novice juicer, I did quite a bit of research both here on Amazon and also viewing several comparable products on YouTube. I decided to go with the Powergrind pro, as I wanted something that could handle greens as well as many fruit. While I have only used it twice thus far, I can say that the pulp is fluffy dry - another big point for me, as fresh, organic produce isn't cheap. I was watching a video comparing the 2 upright auger machines: the Omega, and the Kuvings (my first leaning), however those seemed to leave a lot of food encircled around the auger that didn't look juiced. So after deciding that the Brevilles probably would not meet my needs, and the money and cleanup of a traditional auger were beyond my means and patience, I came back to the PGP. I was a little concerned about the aeration factor, with all the comments about high speed versus low speed in regards to oxidation. While it doesn't come near the 80 rpm that I found on another juicer (auger, I believe), at 3500 rpm it is much lower than most centrifugal juicer speeds of 6000+rpm. The upshot of my experience so far is that it produces a bare minimum of foam, certainly nothing to get antsy about. Soundwise, I found it relatively quiet, certainly much less noise than my Osterizer blender. I have had no difficulty passing kale, apple, ginger, carrots,cuke and lemon so far. It helps to apply slow pressure, and alternate fruit/veg. The end product has been delicious! The only difficulty that I haven't perfected is that it seems to pass some parsley leaf straight through to the pulp cache. The stems get nicely juiced, but some of the leaves look untouched. Perhaps I should switch to curly leaf, but I so love flat Italian! i will continue to experiment. I would highly recommend this juicer! ps.. I would definitely invest in a small scrubbing brush for ease of cleaning. Also, there are some great demo videos on YouTube w/Evita Ochel who is very clear and succinct.

I've spent obscene amounts of money trying to find the right juicer. But I can tell you this juicer is the one to get and I'll tell you why. In fact, I'll give you a couple of reasons. What good is a juicer if you don't use it? I don't care if it's cheap or expensive, if you don't use the juicer you might as well save your money. This juicer is so easy to use it's ridiculous. Veggies (or whatever) in the top, press down, juice comes out the bottom. But when you're done - then what - here comes clean-up! If your juicer is difficult to clean, you're not going to use it - so we're right back to square one. This juicer has five (count 'em) five simple pieces to clean and they can be cleaned just by holding them under running water. (We truly are blessed in the good ole US of A to have the amount and quality of water we have, but that's for a whole other topic.) The basket, inside the top, through which the juice is spun is the only thing that will need a little brushing with any type of kitchen brush. Takes me less than a minute to clean it. I get up at 6:00AM and by 6:20AM I have assembled the juicer, cleaned the veggies or fruit I plan to juice for lunch, juiced them into my thermos, disassembled and cleaned the juicer and thrown away the pulp into my compost bin. How much easier could it be than that? OK, so I know some of you think that centrifuge juicers (as this one is) doesn't make the best quality juice, especially when compared to that $2,500 model. Well, let me tell you something, IF YOU DON'T USE THE JUICER WHO CARES WHAT QUALITY THE JUICE IS? (Anyone want to buy my only used three times $2,500 juicer??) Jay Kordich, the GENIUS who developed this juicer, tells you right up front, "Don't make any more juice than you will drink." Juice - drink - juice - drink! It's so freaking easy to use this thing it's no hassle to make juice for any meal, just before sitting down to eat. And, trust me, there is NOTHING as GREAT as freshly made juice. Well, that's about it. I've bought two of these things, gave one to my son and encouraged my other son to buy one as well. This is a well made product and, by the way, the tech support from LFLB is FANTASTIC! Good luck!