Omega VRT 350

I FINALLY decided on a new juicer.

My finalists were the Omega J8005 Nutrition Center Single-Gear Masticating Juicer

and the Omega VRT 350 Heavy Duty Dual-Stage Vertical Single Auger Low Speed Juicer.

It was close...very close.

Someday I hope to buy the J8005 as it has soooo many other things it can do to aid in a raw food lifestyle, but for now I felt the Omega VRT 350 was the best choice for our family.

It actually came down to the fact that it was better at juicing other things besides greens.

I knew I would be juicing a variety of things for my family, not just greens.

It is also sold at Bed, Bath & Beyond and the 20% off coupon made it more affordable, although still more than the Omega J8005.

I still have my pros and cons list sitting on my desk and I watched hours of footage on youtube of comparisons.  The discount juicer guy has many many many videos that will help in deciding what juicer fits your needs.  

You can link up to a very helpful video by him HERE.

He also informed me that the Omega VRT 350 is manufactured at the same place the Hurom is and that the parts are the same.  The biggest difference is price, Hurom is more expensive, and warranty....Omega has a better one.  Other than that, and the Hurom having a handle, they are basically the same product.

And here she is....our new juicer!

I love how quiet she is!

I brought her home and opened her up immediately.  That is unusual for me, I usually leave purchases in the box for days. I don't know why.

My other juicer was starting to fail, so that pushed me to make my decision.

I also hadn't had juice that day and wanted to keep on my goal of drinking fresh juice everyday.

They say 21 days to make a habit....and I didn't want to interrupt that!

We have a grapefruit tree so we threw the grapefruit in first...and just kept adding.

Oranges, carrots, cucumbers, grapefruits, and apples.

It was quite sour, but drinkable.

The best part was that the juicer handled everything perfectly.

I finally made it to the store yesterday and we tried our first GREEN juice.

Again, it handled everything perfectly.

I have read that stuff gets stuck but so far so good here.

I did pick up tips watching soooo many videos so I think that has helped.

I switch back and forth between hard and soft items and I break up things like

chard stalks into small pieces.  I also go slow and let the machine do its thing. I don't rush it and it is self feeding so I only had to help it once with kale.

It does create more foam than I would like with greens, but I just skim off the top.

It also produces more pulp than the centrifugal juicer I have, but we don't mind.

One of my kids minded, so i just ran the juice through a sieve and problem was solved.

What we drank the last two days

Today's observation: I am ALWAYS freezing.  I did give up meat again, but its not ALL that hot here where we live.  I am naturally colder than most people, but this is ridiculous. I have no idea if it has anything to do with juicing, but it seems to have gotten worse the last 2 weeks!

BUT.....I have noticed a HUGE increase in my energy.

My family noticed a huge increase in GAS output after drinking the green juice.