I recieved this juicer two days ago and I love it. My BFF has a champion juicer and at first I wasn't sold on getting one. It seemed so complicated, it sort of intimidated me just from the way it looked, so I got the Jack Lalane instead. I used the JL for a few months and then it just became tiring. I felt like I was getting a work out by juicing. It didn't help that everytime I would see my BFF juicing she seemed to be doing it effortlessly. So last week I gave my JL away, and ordered a Champion. Boy am I glad I did. It is sooooo much easier juicing with this machine. I put the veggies in, and they come out as juice, no stopping the machine to get stuck peices of carrots out. The only bad thing I can say about this machine is that you have to chop the fruits and veggies into small enough peices to fit through the shoot. With the Jack Lalane that was not so much a problem, as the shoot was big enough to fit a medium sized apple through it. Don't get me wrong the JL is a good juicer if you only want to juice carrots, apples, cucumbers, celery, and beets. It works quite well doing those items, and if you don't juice that often then it may be a fit for you. But if you juice every day or even at least twice a week, then you need a juicer with more power and a better grinding plate than the JL. The champion just makes juicing so effortless. I don't have to keep pounding the veggie tamper, I can literally put the fruit or veggie in, and barely push on the tamper and out comes my juice. I made a green juice this morning with some baby kale, an apple, some cucumber, half a lemon and some watercrest, talk about yummy! It took me less than 10 minutes to make it, and clean the machine. BTW cleaning it is a whole lot easier than the JL with all of it's parts. Cold water and a cleaning brush does the trick. I got the Commercial one in Silver, it's all one color, I was worried looking at the pictures, it looks like the base is Silver and the cutter/filter area is white, it's not, so it looks fantastic on my kitchen counter.