Thinking about getting Jack LaLanne's Power Juicer

[FreshPrince]

does anyone have one of these?

how does it work? does it really leave only a little bit of pulp left and transfer all the juice?

did juicing improve your health?

thanks

 

[SVT Cobra]

Hmmm I loved those info commercials. Does it actually work?

 

[jme5343]

My mom has a similar maker. She swears by it. She makes a buch of juice to start the day and bottles them. She then carries the bottles with her (and puts them in the fridge) and drinks 'em throughout the day. I can say that it's mighty tasty There's only the tiniest but of pulp, which I like.

 

[Whisper]

I've never used one, but my friend's family owned one for a while and seemed to enjoy it.

 

[Sphexi]

I have a more basic juicer, it gets gummed up pretty quick, and it takes a LOT of veggies/fruits to make a little bit of juice. But it is much healthier than most store bought stuff (no sugar), and can be very tasty.

 

[UpgradeFailure]

It works fantastic but it takes so much fruit to make a glass of juice, it costs a FORTUNE per-glass. I would use 3 apples, 2 oranges, and a ton of grapes and get about 3/4th a glass of juice.

 

[Sphexi]

Originally posted by: UpgradeFailure
It works fantastic but it takes so much fruit to make a glass of juice, it costs a FORTUNE per-glass. I would use 3 apples, 2 oranges, and a ton of grapes and get about 3/4th a glass of juice.

I used up a whole bag of grapes, got like half a glass ....bananas make great juice though, a little thick but they're great filler (and cheap!). Apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, mix it all up...mmm...

 

[FreshPrince]

the way the tv shows it, it looks like you'd get pretty good amount of juice, this is not true?

 

[PottedMeat]

Has anyone ever tried to put a steak in one of these?

 

[CellarDoor]

Originally posted by: FreshPrince
does anyone have one of these?

how does it work? does it really leave only a little bit of pulp left and transfer all the juice?

did juicing improve your health?

thanks

I don't recommend that juicer. They advertise the high RPM's like it's a bonus, but the high speed heats up the juice and kills some of the nutrients. Of course, it's still really healthy to have the juice, but a low RPM juicer is better. I bought a low RPM (only 60 RPM's vs. the 3600 the Lalanne juicer advertises) Omega 8003 juicer and I love it. It's excellent at both fruit and vegetables, and does wheat grass really well (a lot of juicers can't). It can do a bunch of other things as well, like make peanut butter, pasta, etc. It's an excellent juicer. It's about $200 but well worth it. All of the pulp that comes out of it is really dry, so it gets the most it can out of the fruits/vegetables.

And yes, of course juicing will improve your health.

Oh, and the reality of it is that you really do need to use a lot of fruits/vegetables to get a glass. This isn't specific to any juicer. The only way to tell how well it extracts the juice is to see how dry the pulp is. Things like oranges, melons, etc., give you a lot of juice for your money.

 

[preslove]

Generally it's better to get the products of competitors of infomercials that cost the same. The infomercial is a tool to take a cheaply made product and sell it at a jacked up price to ignorant consumers. The non-infomercial brands will usually be much superior at the same price point. Good juicers are expensive, though, so you might want to spend more.

 

[brtspears2]

It's cheap. I suggest finding a coupon floating online somewhere for Linen n Things and get the Breville juicer. It makes great juice, dry pulp, easy to clean.

 

[OVERKILL]

Another vote for the Omega. i have the 8005.

http://juicers.livingright.com/item209....ESSID=6t0tlrp5ugbc7p8b8ufph3fe530il35i

 

[FreshPrince]

here's a thought though...

the reason you want to eat fruits and veggies is to get the benefits of fiber. If all the pulp is discarded, then all you're getting is the juice. There's a lot of sugar in the juice no? So how is this healthier?

wouldn't eating fruits and veggies whole be more healthy?

Just wondering...

 

[CellarDoor]

Originally posted by: FreshPrince
here's a thought though...

the reason you want to eat fruits and veggies is to get the benefits of fiber. If all the pulp is discarded, then all you're getting is the juice. There's a lot of sugar in the juice no? So how is this healthier?

wouldn't eating fruits and veggies whole be more healthy?

Just wondering...

eating more vegetable juice than fruit juice is a good idea because of the sugar, but one glass of fruit juice has a lot of nutrients so it's worth it. You can always add the fiber to the juice to get a more pulpy drink if you wish (that's actually ideal). However, you should be having a high fiber diet anyways. The advantage of having the juice without the fiber is that your body absorbs the nutrients more quickly since it's just juice.

 

[FreshPrince]

I bought the Magic Bullet instead