Outstanding. This is my 3rd Omega juicer. The first one I had for nearly 15 years. Eventually, I upgraded, although the juicer still worked, it was ready for retirement, and I wanted a newer model. I bought an Omega similar to this one (sorry, I can't remember the model number), but the chute was smaller. Amazing machine. Loved it. But I completely trashed it through no fault of the machines -- a long complicated story, involving a move, not paying attention, and some strange once in a lifetime variables. After two years, I trashed my beloved second Omega, that I used for everything, including wheatgrass. As I had a lot of life changes going on, I picked up a much less expensive Breville to get me through for a while. Was not happy. Although it did give me "juice," the amount of waste in the pulp was painful to see, and I'm not one to spend the time to re-juice pulp. It's a messy, time consuming process. I gifted much of the pulp to friends for compost (I don't have a composter set up, yet), and could use some pulp for soup bases, raw crackers, etc., but I wanted more JUICE, less waste. The cheap Breville lasted me less than two years, and then it busted. I stepped up to the plate and bought this Omega. The best Omega I've owned yet. Love, love, love the larger chute. Yes, it's slow, but the pulp is nice and dry, and I know that it's extracted as much juice as possible. For those who don't like using the masticating juicer for softer items (e.g., apples, cucumbers), there's an old juicing trick that holds true for anything softer: just put in a few softer items, and then the really hard fibrous greens or roots (beets, carrots, sweet potato) or celery. Mix up hard and soft items, alternate, and everything will go through fine. Machine clean-up takes a minute. While a masticating juicer does take longer to juice than a faster machine, the clean-up is much quicker and easier. And the larger chute is wonderful -- still some chopping of some things required, but the trade-off is a fully extracted juice with as little waste as possible. I adore this machine. In a strange way, I feel no regrets about the second machine being accidentally trashed, because I would have used it for fifteen years, and this machine was worth the wait, with its larger chute, increased efficiency, and better juice and pulp holders. Well worth the wait. Highest recommendations. p.s. Over the years, I've dealt with Omega customer service many times, and they have always been fantastic. Another reason I'm a loyal Omega customer. Read more
If you've been juicing for a long time, this review may not help you all that much. This is my first foray into this arena, so if you're new or would like to hear from someone with a fresh set of eyes--here goes. I spent quite a few hours reviewing all of the juicer choices on the market. I read Wirecutter, tons of Amazon reviews, as well as reviews on Williams-Sonoma and BB&Beyond. I had 3 primary criteria: 1) ease in cleaning; 2) noise level; and 3) how "clear" the resulting juice would be (I was going for a relatively pulp free juice product). I was still unsure, so I ended up buying two juicers. The first was the Novis. I was attracted to its overall look, its Swiss engineering (with resulting quiet operation) and fairly condensed foot print. However, when trying to operate it, I'm not sure I got exactly how it was supposed to work--and didn't like what came out and to me at least, I made a mess. Please note: I completely own the possibility of possible user error. (Like I said, as a newbie to this arena--heck if I know how to do any of this stuff.) The other juicer I bought was this one--the NC900HDC. And--I have now used it I guess 7 times. Here's what I've found: 1) The juicer is very quiet. You could literally be having a conversation with someone and turn it on, and not have to raise your voice. So it passed that test with flying colors. Plus--it didn't result in my timid dog running out of the room crying like she did when I tried out the Vitamix blender. 2) Ease in cleaning--not bad. Of course, I'm at a loss for comparables but it takes me maybe a minute to disassemble and put the pertinent parts on the top shelf of the dishwasher that I then set to rinse or the light load setting and turn on. That's it. I who detest mess and lack sufficient time or patience to mess with having to clean something up (especially in the mornings) cannot believe that this is what a lot of juicers are complaining about with their machines. So I have to conclude that this is one of its selling points in the market. 3) Clarity of juice/lack of pulp--well, there's some in it, but not enough to bother me in the least bit--so it passes on that front as well. A couple of extra points for anyone who may still be reading: 1) A lot of reviewers complain that many of the parts are easily broken. To me--everything looks quite solid but then again it's a brand new machine so that's what I'd expect. But I honestly can't figure out what would break on the thing. I promise to update this review if and when something breaks. 2) In terms of processing time, yes--you will have to (depending on what you're putting through the machine) on occasion use the pusher thing to force things to go down, but that's a no big deal deal for me. Maybe it would irritate me if I'd previously owned a machine that grabbed whatever I put in it and spit out a bunch of juice but I mean--you're standing there loading the machine anyway--so the way I look at it, it occasionally gives me something to do. If this isn't the ultimate example of a true first world problem, I can't imagine what is. I'll close with the recipe I've put together so you can see the wide variety of textures and density of food items it works great with: Green Beet Juice 2 apples, sliced and cored 1 fairly long cucumber 2 C celery (in 3-4 inch pieces) 16 or so baby carrots 2 limes cut in quarters (with peel and seeds) 3-4 C combo baby chard, kale and spinach 3-4 beets (I peel the fresh beets but have found organic beets at Costco that are cooked and peeled and have used those as well; I wish they were raw really--but the peeling process is a bit of a bxxxch--it leaves red everywhere.) This yields 4 cups/serivings. I put this in as a recipe on my Fitness Pal and it comes to 110 calories per serving. (One final note: Depending on the kind of apples you use, and your basic sense of taste, a couple of times I stirred in a packet of stevia, which while making it sweeter, also seems to make the flavors overall come out a little more distinctly. Of course, this could all be in my mind, and to any all-natural, raw food juice police out there--please forgive me. I've also mixed it in with some stevia-sweetened ginger beer for what I've got to say was a terrifically refreshing and delicious drink.) Read more
Last year I bought a nicely priced centrifugal juicer, and discovered the wonders of fresh juice. I loved my juicer. it was quick, easy to use, easy to clean. except.....i kept getting great huge chunks of veggies that didn't get juiced, no matter how many times i tried to run them thru. and the tomatoes? finally i had to use cheesecloth to squeeze the last few cups of juice that were previously ending up in the garbage. Just got this juicer. wow. I make big batches of juice and freeze immediately, so i can have juice for many days without the prep and cleanup. and you know what? i don't care one bit that i have to stop every 20 to 30 minutes to let it cool off. that's when i clean the parts. i have plenty of time (retired). what really amazes me is that i am getting 1/3 to 1/2 as much MORE juice with this juicer! and it's practically foam free! Soooo much more economical and more juice to slurp every day! and more delicious juice it is! so yeah, i'm a fan. a BIG fan. this was a good start for masticating juice and i expect this well made product to last quite a while, according to most of the reviews. we'll see. sorry about the lack of capitals. having a keyboard issue. happy juicing! Read more
