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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
good juicer for a great price, June 7, 2009
The Omega 9000 juicer is a good juicer.
I've had an Acme 6001 for years and it has served me well. When it was time for a new juicer, I bought the Breville since it was such a "hot item".
Big mistake! Unless you want it to "keep up with the Joneses" and think having a big shiny juicer in your kitchen is more about prestige and less about health, then the Breville is for you.
Back to the Omega. The Omega 9000 makes pulp feel like a shirt. It's pretty dry.
Big up to Amazon & HealthNut for it's speedy pick up of the Breville and quick delivery of the Omega (2 days), which is actually well-designed and has good yield.
Now for the cons: carrot residue sticks to the bottom and along the periphery of the basket which goes inside the bowl. It took me a long time to scrub off. Maybe a filter will help, but I never had that problem with the Acme and it was built many moons ago in the 90's. If it wasn't for that design flaw, I'd give it another star.
One last thing. Make sure you process the fruit & vegetables in the right order. For some reason, if you put, say, cucumber and parsley first, before the carrot, the juicer will flip out and do a dance on the counter. I experienced this w/ the Acme as well. So go slow at first & read the tips about what to process first & how.
Cheers.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
THIS IS THE ONE, May 25, 2009
I'm amazed that there aren't hundreds of five-star reviews for this item. I shopped for a juicer for MONTHS, literally. After painstaking research - including reading dozens of reviews like this one, and looking at Consumer Reports - I finally decided on the Omega 9000. I wanted the model in black, but shopped at several different websites and couldn't find a black one. So I settled for the white model. That's the only negative comment I can make about the entire transaction. Not only is the juicer easy to use and compact (despite what another Amazon reviewer says, it's much smaller than comparable machines), it's also backed with a 15-year warranty and excellent service. I had a question in my first week of using the Omega and called the number on the instruction booklet: no recorded message, just a friendly, helpful person. As far as the actual operation/performance of the machine, I couldn't be happier. All stainless steel, it's beautiful and sturdy, and built to last that way. A centrifugal machine, it definitely gets all the juice out of the fruits and vegetables. And with the filters (a great value) clean-up takes less than five minutes. Stop looking. This is the one you want. You'll enjoy fresh juice for (at least) the next fifteen years...
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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Dissappointed and Frustrated, August 14, 2009
I purchased my Omega 9000 after doing some research. Well I turned on my juicer and it did a dance and it's very loud. Even after I turn off the juicer it still was running so I unplugged it still going. I was told it will stay on for a minute after use. I paid $230, I thought it was alittle too high, and you know the old saying, "you get what you pay for" Well Not In this purchase! I start to break it down for cleaning. Wow what a challenge! It took 15 minutes to break it down didn't come with instruction as it said it did, and just to remove the pulp and 20 plus minutes to wash the 7 pieces and if you're in a rush and don't have the convenience of a dish washer OH WELL, your sol*********. I wanted to return it and I was told no refund. Now had I knew that I wouldn't have waisted my time with omega -9000. I don't know what I will do with this piece of waiste, I'm afraid to give it to anyone because if I don't want it, how can I give it to some one else. I really want my money back! I'll go back to Mr. Juicer it was cheap and maintenance free. I gave my daughter mine Mr. Juicer due to the fact she was fighting Cancer she's better now but I'm not.
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