Juicing Forum

Greetings! I have a question/concern I hope someone here may be able to address. I just "upgraded" from a very old Juiceman Jr. (centrifugal) to a new Omega VRT400 (masticating), because my understanding was that masticating juicers yield higher quantities of better quality juice. However, I'm tending to get significantly less juice with the Omega than with the Juiceman, it's a warmer temperature, and it separates more quickly in the refrigerator. I've experimented mostly with carrots so far, but I get over 4 cups of almost refrigerator-cold juice from 5 pounds of carrots with my Juiceman, and only about 3 cups of warmer juice from 5 pounds of carrots with the Omega. Can anyone speak to the issues of quality of juice if it's warmer and separates more quickly in the fridge, and why I'm seeing such a reduction in yield? Many thanks in advance for any words of wisdom and advice you might offer!

ive got this one the oscar vitalmax 900 which yields loads of juice for my liking

http://www.livingpure.co.uk/oscar-juicer-vitalmax-900-p-287.html

Kwels, just a thought but your older juicer is probably leaving some pulp in the juice which would look like a higher yield. I have the Oscar masticating juicer and I have never had any noticeable warmth in the juice. Maybe because masticaters are much slower the veg has time to warm up a little, again, just a thought.
As for separation, I have never left a juice long enough to separate until a couple of days ago when I got chatting to some-one! Not sure why this would happen or whether it means the juice is somehow worse or maybe better.
I agree with Andy that the masticaters are expensive but they do come with very large warranties, 15 years on mine! I also think that most things in life are best done slowly but that's just me:-)
Good luck.
Gary.

Nice looking juicer Andy but at 4 times the cost of my Oscar it can stay on the shelf at ebay.com!!
Looks like a twin gear and with stainless parts will be a slightly better juicer. Probably great for commercial use.
Gary

where did you get yours for 350 and what model is it ham? thanks.

thank you!

Andy, the Oscar Vitalmax is one of the cheapest masticating juicers. It's also one of the best and often overlooked. Comes with a large warranty usually.
It will juice almost as well as a twin gear and is happy doing wheatgrass and herbs.
The slight downfall with the masticating and twin gears is that they are not as good with soft fruits as a centrifugal juicer. When I juice cucumber or soft apples I need to follow it through with something harder like carrot, beets or celery. Otherwise they are brilliant and very easy for clean-up.
Would be around $us300.
Cannot paste a link here so will post on next page.
Gary.