Omega Juicer Model 8005 Reviews

• You Are What You Drink...er...Something Like That

  
  By A362G9K7Q3CRL6 on 2006-10-07
  What I Think
  
  I started thinking about juicing a couple of years ago. Over time I did a little reading on the internet but never thought passed the idea of juicing more than fruit (I'll get to why this important a little later). The cost was also a little more than scary - I always thought I could find a better way to spend $300 or $400 (the price of the "better" fruit juicers).
  
  I'm not a health nut, but after a short hospital stay I decided I should take better care of myself. About a month ago I finally bought the Omega 8005 Juicer. Why did I choose this model? Review after review extolled its virtues and the closest competitor, the Green Star Juice Extractor, was more expensive.
  
  This is one kitchen appliance that is well worth the expense.
  
  
  Why Would You Buy This
  
  If you are only concerned with juicing fruit this isn't the best model for you. It isn't so much cost, a good centrifugal juicer will cost about the same, or more. The issue lies in the straining screen. Pulpy fruits like nectarines clog the screen and you have to take the unit apart to clean it before you can continue juicing (I know this from experience). It can be done and in small quantities isn't that big a deal. But if you never plan to juice leafy vegetables or grasses I'd look elsewhere.
  
  If you want to juice leafy vegetables or grasses, then you need something like a gear juicer. The Omega fits the bill and is actually less expensive than some fruit juicers. There is also the issue of heat. Some juicers can heat the vegetables because they juice at high-speeds - thus reducing the nutritional value. Here again the Omega fits the bill because it's gear mechanism turns a low rate and is actually less expensive than many other similar units. The Omega can also make nut butters, pasta, and whole host of other things; have I mentioned that the Omega is less expensive than many of its competitors ;).
  
  More importantly, though, a glass of juice from the Omega contains more delicious vegetable nutrition than I have ever had in a single serving before.
  
  
  Use/Convenience
  
  I was a little concerned about having to chop up the vegetables and the reports of "lengthy" cleaning. Well, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Depending on how much you juice at one time it takes 30-40 minutes, from washing and cutting up the vegetables to finishing up cleaning the last piece of the juicing mechanism (not much more effort than cooking the darn things in my opinion - and I still do a lot of that for dinner).
  
  If you can clean a blender, the Omega is just as easy. I always take apart my blender to clean it, so cleaning the Omega wasn't that big a deal - maybe 2 or 3 minutes longer.
  
  
  Tips/Tricks
  
  First and foremost, do some research. The internet is chock-full of recipes and tips. Here are a few I picked up either through research or experimentation:
  
  1. Use bitter or pungent vegetables and fruits in moderation - unless you just love chewing on a hunk of ginger, then go for it. Roots like ginger add a nice zing, but can overpower anything else if not used sparingly. Limes add a surprising amount of flavor; I add one-quarter of a small lime - anymore is just too much for me.
  
  2. Peel oranges and grapefruits, but leave the white "skin" just under the surface. The rinds can be very bitter to taste and apparently contain minute traces of toxins. Grapefruits fall into the "pungent" category for me. When mixing in other fruits I only use 1 grapefruit.
  
  3. If you want to sweeten a drink, use an apple instead of sugar, even in vegetable juice. It works. Trust me.
  
  4. Use pulpy fruit in moderation. This is mostly a cleaning issue with me. I find that I have to take apart the juicing mechanism and rinse it off for *each* piece of pulpy fruit and this gets a little cumbersome when trying to make juice in the morning.
  
  5. It can take a surprising amount of vegetables to make 24 oz of juice. But on the flipside one glass sets you up for the recommended daily allowance for the next day or so.
  
  6. Start your juicing regime slowly. I found out the hard way that it can have an...uh...interesting affect on your digestive tract if you go whole hog too quickly.
  
  7. Experiment. Some mixes are better than others, but in all honestly I haven't found one I didn't at least like.
  
  

• I love this juicer

  
  By A1KWZJENCPDRG2 on 2005-08-11
  I never expected that a juicer could become my favorite kitchen appliance, but here it is! Omega performs beautifully. Here's what I've tested it with:
  
  1) leafy greens (dill, cilantro, parsley, dandelion, kale, parsnip etc.): extracts lots of dark green juice; leaves very dry pulp. I haven't tested Omega with wheatgrass yet, but given its performance with other similar-texture greens it should do fine.
  
  2) carrots, beets: approximately half of the volume comes out as juice; pulp is pretty dry.
  
  3) berries (strawberries, raspberries etc.): most of the volume is juice, but pulp is rather wet. I had to finish off with carrots to push the soft pulp of the berries through the juicer. It may be a better idea to blend berries rather than juice them.
  
  4) hard green apples, oranges: lots of juice, dry pulp.
  
  5) yellow (softer) apples, grapes: lots of juice, dry pulp, but have to use something hard/fibery at the end (carrots or beets) to push the remaining pulp out.
  
  6) almond butter, walnut butter: these came out somewhat dry/crumbly, not as smooth as peanut butter; had to add oil.
  
  Additional features that I like:
  
  1) very quiet, can't even compare to centrifugal models.
  2) masticator rotates slowly, so the juice doesn't get heated, hence less nutrients are supposed to get destroyed.
  3) Omega squeezes produce cells instead of crushing them at high speed; this preserves more of the larger molecules (amino acids, vitamins etc.) thus making the juice more nutricious.
  4) Omega doesn't produce fine-crushed pulp requiring a fine mesh filter (as is the case with centrifugal models), so it's much easier to wash. There's no fine mesh to clean, which makes the difference between a juicer that ends up used once a year (as was the case with my old centrifugal juicer) and several times each day (as is the case with my Omega). It's also very satisfying to see that the bulk of the produce is turned into juice and is not lost in soggy pulp.
  
  
  

• The best juicer I've ever had

  
  By A2RNQ6BAG923LK on 2004-12-23
  I used to have an ACME centrifugal juicer. I thought I would never like any juicer better than the ACME because it made good juice and was very easy to clean. The only drawback to a centrifugal juicer is it won't extract much juice from leafy green vegetables and won't juice wheatgrass.
  I got this Omega 8005 juicer because I wanted to be able to juice greens and wheat grass as well as root vegetables. I read on a forum that this new Omega juicer is the best there is for under $400. This Omega juicer is even easier to clean than the ACME, which is a big issue because in the long run you won't use a juicer if its a hassle to clean. And it squeezes all the juice of of anything I put in it. The pulp comes out very dry. It is super quiet too and the ACME was loud.
  The Omega runs at a low rpm so it doesn't kill enzymes and stuff like that, so its supposed to make healthier juice than a Champion or centrifugal juicer.
  Its a pleasure to use. I make juice every day now. I love getting all the nutrients that I need regularly. It helps my body recover from surfing everyday.
  The juicer is very well built and very simple. It seems like it will last a long time and it has a very long warranty.
  You can tell that I love this juicer, eh?
  
  

• Bad design, too many parts to clean, long juicing time, small capacity

  
  By A2JHPH3AQMK7M3 on 2006-07-09
  I read all the positive reviews, and after using this unit I can only say that those giving the Omega 8005 a positive rating must have either very low standards or nothing better with which to compare.
  
  I have a Breville 800JEXL Juice Fountain Elite, arguably the pinnacle of consumer-level juicers. This thing is fast, easy to clean, and exceptionally well designed from a usability standpoint. The industrial design is tremendous, and everything is sized perfectly and makes sense.
  
  The Omega 8005, unfortunately, doesn't compare. It's feed tube is so incredibly small that you can only feed a single stem of kale at a time, or risk jamming the tube. The Omega 8005 is absolutely useless to juice anything other than grass or simple greens because of its inability to handle a decent quantity at one time. Even the tray that sits atop the feed chute is shallow, narrow, and utterly useless because whatever you put into it quickly falls out.
  
  It takes me a good 10-15 min. to juice two bunches of parsley and one bunch of kale, excluding clean-up, simply because you have to cautiously feed each item or risk a jam. The amount of juice produced is under 4 oz., enough green juice for one person. If I had to spend 10-15 min. juicing for each person (not including cleanup) in my household, that's a good 45 min. of juicing time plus cleanup.
  
  Although the Breville isn't particularly adept at juicing leafy greens, it can produce 8 oz. of juice in under 10 seconds from items such as carrots, apples, oranges, pineapples, tomatoes, grapefruits, etc. Such items make absolutely no sense to juice in the Omega 8005 because it would take an inordinate amount of time to chop everything up into the small 1 inch squares that are required to fit through the feed chute.
  
  When the feed chute jamps (quite often), the supplied plunger is inadequate to exert enough leverage to force the produce down the chute. When you do exert force, the entire juicer tips unless you use both hands -- one to force the produce down, the other to physically hold the juicer down.
  
  Cleanup is a big chore. The Breville has large, easy parts to rinse, but the Omega 8005 has easily double the number of parts that require cleaning. The parts are smaller, with a lot more nooks and crannies requiring attention.
  
  Photos of the Omega 8005 show a single container underneath the juicer to catch both juice and pulp, which is ridiculous. The container provided is not large enough to properly catch pulp, unless you enjoy having pulp all over your counter. Contrary to the representations made on the packaging and in the instructions, you need to use two containers: one for the juice and the other for the pulp. This machine contains a multitude of design flaws that are further exacerbated by undersized parts which inhibit usability and functionality.
  
  It seems to produce slightly more juice from greens than the Breville, although not by a quantity significant enough to mitigate the amount of time and frustration spent in using this underpowered, undersized, and badly designed machine. Juice is very thick and pulpy, with small pepper-sized pieces of the original vegetable present in the juice. Very annoying, especially since none of this is an issue with the Breville.
  
  You will read people claiming that juice from the Omega 8005 is healthier because it has less froth and is not subject to the "warming" of a centrifugal design, thereby retaining more of its nutrients. This could not be farther from the truth. The Omega 8005's single impellar produced plenty of heat from friction, and juice comes out substantially warmed from its cold refrigerator state. I have noticed no such warming in the Breville 800JEXL, and can't help but believe that users of the Omega 8005 once again are deluding themselves into believing marketing hype that simply isn't true (i.e., it's a big lie). As far as froth is concerned, yes, the Omega 8005 produces far less froth -- but at the expense of a pulpier juice with pepper-sized gritty fragments of vegetable in it. Given the choice, I'll take the cleaner juice with the froth and just skim off the froth.
  
  I did not purchase from Amazon, but from another store that had a better price. I wish I had bought from Amazon, as I could probably return the thing now that I've discovered its many flaws. I can't imagine anybody using this to juice anything of any substance -- it would take just too darn long.
  
  In short: don't buy this machine. Unless you specifically need to juice greens for the maximum amount of extraction and are willing to put up with a badly designed unit, pass this one up and go for the gold: the Breville 800JEXL. You won't regret it.
  
  

• One of the best kitchen applicance I own

  
  By ASVKI5DB5OPZP on 2006-12-06
  Don't "drink the koolaid" of the negative reviewers of this juicer such as S. Shrivastava. Do you want a design with blades (such as the Breville 800JEXL) that will dull with time or one that uses a tough dual stage single gear (that's easy to clean)?
  
  I bought my Omega Juicer 8005 2 months ago off of Ebay for $140.00 (used only a few times).
  
  I juice carrots mainly (mixed in with apples, oranges, and grapes). I play basketball every week and the energy boost I get from the carrot juice is tremendous.
  
  The juicer is EXTREMELY EASY to clean. I can clean all the parts in less than 3 minutes. Anyone claiming it's hard to clean is lazy or works for a competing brand (or both).
  
  Yes, you do have to cut the vegetables but so what? I knew that when I bought it. I buy the largest carrots and after cutting them up the Omega Juicer handles the pieces very easily. I have NEVER clogged up my juicer.
  
  It is recommended that when juicing more than one kind of fruits and vegetables that you should feed half of the carrots first and then feed in whatever other vegetables or fruits and then finish with the last half of carrots to help get everything out.
  
  The juicer comes with two plastic catch basins, one for the juice and one for the pulp. And yes the basins will stain over time but so what? I don't leave them out on the counter anyway. And yes if you are making more than about 24 oz of juice you will have to empty the catch basin of pulp before your finished. I think I can handle a few steps to the trash can to empty this out.
  
  I also juice for my wife and 3 of my kids. And I don't find it difficult at all. The negative reviews are completely baseless and quite absurd.
  
  I also have never tipped the juicer when utilizing the plunger to feed the vegetable parts. The one reviewer who says they do obviously hasn't read the instructions or is exaggerating beyond belief.
  
  And contrary to the distortions of one reviewer the juice does not come out warm, especially if your vegetables are kept in the refrigerator before use. Think about it! How can a juicer that rotates at about 3,600 rpm (Omega) warm something compared to a juicer that rotates at 13,000 (Breville) rpms?
  
  Again, don't "drink the koolaid" of the negative reviewers. They have no clue what they are talking about!
  
  Buy this juicer with confidence!
  
  
• Overall the highest value and best juicer for a variety of juices
  By A3D6LUQDBO16VE on 2007-01-22
  After many years of using centrifugal juicers, I purchased an Omega 8003 (exactly the same as the 8005 but in it's color-white). I am concerned not so much whether the centrifugal juicers heat up the juice with their high spin rates, but with the oxidation of the juice. The 8003 only turms at 90-110 rpm and the material gets masticated slowly in a tapering auger inside a fairly tight-fitting outside cone; it appears to me intuitively to cause much less oxidaton and give a higher quality juice. I have so far juiced kale, spinach, carrots, apples, lemon and oranges, ground up peanuts, and have, for the most part, been pleased with the results. Wheatgrass will be ready in about 8 days, and other reviewers have uniformly praised this unit for juicing wheatgrass. You do have to cut hard fruits and vegetables but this is not too time consuming with a good chef's knife. The machines that take larger pieces of fruit are also themselves larger, for the most part. The Omega 8003 takes up very little counterspace. I prefer to cut carrots lengthwise and then crosswise, remove apple seeds. Apples and carrots give a good juice yield and the greens have done well too. The surpise (pleasant) was oranges. I juiced two med-large navel oranges, removing the rind only, and was delighted to have almost 11 oz of juice, fresh, raw tasting and substantial without being overly pulpy.
  Cleaning is very easy especially with the supplied brush. You turn the locking wheel on the motor housing (which remains untouched with juice), transport the 5-piece assembly to your kitchen sink, a few simple movements to take apart the 5 pieces and rinse, apply sudsy sponge, and use the supplied brush for the small screens which cleans easily. The whole process takes 2-3 minutes.
  While some of the machines like the Breville may make a large quantity of juice faster, the time to chop the fruits, offset by the shorter cleaning time, makes this the better machine, especially since you can juice just about everything with it. If you are going to juice something pulpy, like blueberries or ripe peaches (I eat these whole), then finishing the juicing with an appple or carrot will move the pulpy remnant in the drum right through and extract that last bit of juice. With a few little tricks like that, juicing proves very satisfactory. This well built quiet machine which takes up little counter space, is easy to clean (a very big deal), juices just about everything, reasonable in cost (under $200 including shipping, if you know how to search the web), while perhaps a little slower than some machines costing much more, is best for the typical family. It comes with a 10 year warranty (the longest) and the manual states it is suitable for home and commercial use too.
  
  
• I love my juicer!
  By A98BU9YTDFRLZ on 2005-01-02
  I'm new to juicing. My husband bought me the Omega 8005 for Christmas, and I've found it very easy to operate and clean. So far I've juiced an unpeeled lemon, carrots, tomatoes, spinach, watercress, beets, ginger root, apple, orange, and cranberries. It works very well. The pulp comes out dry. It works best when I'm patient and don't cram too much in at a time. I highly recommend this product.
  
  
• Great for wheatgrass
  By A8P5ZBH50PPOR on 2006-05-21
  I just bought the omega 8005. I am very impressed with this unit. I have been juicing the last 13 years and this is the fourth juicer I have used. The auger, end cap and hopper are all quality. The fittings are secure and quality. The unit looks good. It is quiet. It leaves very little mess. I don't have to worry about one drip hitting the base motor. Cleanup is quick. I bought it to juice wheatgrass which it does a fine with grass. The supplied plunger does work, but using a carrot to push the wheatgrass down the opening is much easier and twice as fast. The 10 year warranty is phenomenal on all parts and labor.
  
  I actually use my old centrifugal juicer to juice a glass of carrot juice, and the omega to juice wheatgrass and leafy greens. I believe in using two different tools for two different purposes. If I were only going to juice hard apples and carrots, I would not get this juicer because it would take too long to extract the juice from these. I would get a centrifugal juicer. But a centrifugal juicer cannot do what this omega can do, namely spinach, parsley and wheatgrass.
  
  
• Dissapointed
  By A195MX2CIVE68Q on 2005-01-27
  I was very dissapointed with this model. I had been using the Juice Lady juicer and it produced great juice. The only thing negative about the Juice Lady is that it is a little loud and for optimum juice production you have to clean out the spinning screen part every couple of items. I bought the Omega 2005 because other review I read said that it was extremely quiet - which it is. But, I have found that it produces slush instead of juice. I tried mostly carrots and apples and I got very little juicer.. about a fourth of what I would have gotton from my Juice Lady.
  
  
• It is OK juicer for hard fruts and vegetables
  By A33LOSD1DV9VRB on 2006-06-15
  I use this juicer for about a week now. It is best performed for hard produce, such as, fresh apples or carrots&beats. If apples are soft then instead of juice it makes fine pulp solution.
  This juicer works slowly (RPMs in product features - (3600 is incorrect number) and need all produce to be cut in small pieces.
  Part where juice is produced and cans made from not high quality plastic and became yelloish after first carrot juice and jellow-red after beet juice.
  
  Works very slow and good only for small family
  
  Proc:
  --Works slowly and makes cold juice from cold produce
  --Does not make much noise
  --Clean operation
  
  Cons:
  --Plastic parts get colored with every next vegetable
  --Plastic part does not look strong to go through 10 year promised warranty
  --Does not make juices from soft produce instead making juicy pulp
  --After any juice is made it has to be filtered in order to get rid of pulp
  --Per manual can work non stop for 30 minutes. It is only enough to make 3 cups of juice
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Good vegetable juices
  By A2O0EGMU9L8WRB on 2005-04-18
  The only other juicer I have is an awesome Vita-Mix "blender" that leaves in the pulp, so I can't compare the Omega 8005 with any other pulp-free juicer. It's a single-auger masticating juicer with a relatively long warranty.
  
  However, the Omega 8005 is pretty darn quiet, easy to clean, and makes some nice vegetable juices (even parsely, kale, ginger root). I like the slow rpm and lack of oxygen exposure - the juice doesn't get mixed up with a lot of air, and it actually comes out almost cool. It also doesn't do any magnetic alterations to the juice, which is what I prefer.
  
  There are a few drawbacks I've seen. For example, it doesn't seem to do citrus amazingly well. Also, I usually wind up running pulp back through one more time. The input chute isn't very big. Also, when I first put the apparatus together, the way the auger scraped against the screen seemed worrisome - but seems like that's just the way it works.
  
  That said, though, so far I'm enjoying it, and it's great at what I got it for - cool, not oxidized, non-ionized, liquid vegetable juices.
  
  
• Best wheat grass user on the market!
  By A222HJF1ZU494P on 2006-08-12
  I felt compelled to write this review after reading a poor review by another site visitor. I have been juicing for many years and most certainly swear by the Waring's centrifugal juicers for most vegetables. The Waring PJE 101 is superb - very dry pulp and lots of juice!!
  
  I had been looking for wheatgrass juicers for some time, and, had tried out a number of friends' juicers while visiting them. They are universally average. Blockages, and difficulties cleaning them just put me off purchasing one for quite some time. One lucky day, I visited a smoothie shop and saw their Omega 8003, they used it only for wheat grass. I was quite impressed wth the 8003, it was fast and in the view of those in the shop who cleaned it, very easy to manage (you just unscrew the chimney part and rinse). The staff raved about it, and not just one staff member (there are several in the shop who rotate and because I made a point of asking them about it, they shared their experiences).
  
  I bought the 8005 as a result and am extremely EXTREMELY happy with its simplicity of use, ease of cleaning and perhaps most importantly, the amount of juice it provides. Don't get me wrong, I don't use this for carrots and other larger vegetables, I use my Waring for those, but for wheatgrass (and this is why I bought it), it is the Rolls Royce of juicers!
  
  
• Great all-around juicer. Its all you'll need.
  By A2Q2NLE0GTKPTO on 2008-02-16
  If I were to do it all again, I would only buy the Omega 8005 juicer. I recently purchased both the Omega 8005 and the Breville 800JEXL. Initially, I read raving reviews on the Breville 800JEXL, and thought it was best. I also did not feel I would want to make my own wheatgrass juice. I was buying it at Lassen's healthfood store or at Wholefoods. They'll make it for you right there. After making daily trips to one of the stores - well, it got old. I realized that it would be a lot easier to make my own wheatgrass at home. So, I bought the Omega 8005, as well, and buy a flat of wheatgrass, as needed, from the market. (by the way, I'm keeping the wheatgrass flat in the refrigerator. That's how they store it at the market to prevent it from molding.)
  
  After juicing with the Omega 8005 (carrots, celery, beets, parsley, cucumber), including wheatgrass juice, I realized that I should have bought this juicer from the start. I was more than pleased and prefer it over the Breville Juicer. The Breville juicer is faster, but you need to turn on/off the juicer each time you add more vegetables or it will spray up all over the place. It's also very loud. The sound is similiar to an airplane taking off. The quickness of the juicer is lost by having to turn on/off all the time. Plus, I feel the Omega juicer has a higher juice yield and leaves a little bit of texture/pulp in the juice, as you find at juices made fresh at Healthfood stores. (you can filter it, if you want, they provide a filter, but I like it) The juice from the Breville juicer is completely smooth. No texture/pulp. Perhaps, the Omega yields more juice by leaving just a wee-bit of pulp. It's leaving just a little behind. Whereas, the Breville leaves absolutely no pulp. The Omega juicer produces little to no foam. The Breville juicer has a little more, even on its lowest speed, and a lot more foam on the highest speed. The Omega juicer has 10 year warranty and was $40 less (if not more, depending on whether you purchase Omega 8003 or 8005. They're both the same. The 8005 model is Chrome. The 8003 model is white.) The Breville warranty is somewhere around 1 year. -- you got the picture... The Omega juicer is extremely quiet. It wouldn't wake anyone sleeping, even in the same room. For me, I prefer having a quieter juicer that yields more juice, is super easy to clean up, makes wheatgrass juice, and takes up less counter space. We'll hold onto the Breville for a little while, just to be sure, but otherwise will sell. The Breville does have easy clean-up, but you need to be extra careful when washing the Mesh Filter/Teeth Plate as you could easily snag your finger on one of the blades. The Omega 8005 has no sharp parts for me to worry about and is even easier to clean. The Omega juicer is so much quieter and easier to use. And, sooo much more juice, too! Hands down - I prefer the Omega 8005 juicer.
  
  
• I LOVE this juicer!!
  By A2HSIO7BL9DKL on 2006-07-06
  I bought this juicer back in December and I absolutely love it. It takes seconds to assemble and take apart. All the parts can go into the dishwasher. Clean up is super easy...it just takes a few seconds to rinse each piece under running water. There's one attachment that has two screens that have to be cleaned out and at first I thought it'd take forever to get the pulp out of them, but it doesn't. You just run the brush (included) over the screens a couple of times and they're clean. The whole thing is really very simple.
  
  My other concern with this juicer was juicing leafy vegetables. I wasn't sure that they'd juice well, but they do! I've juiced romaine, spinach, parsley, beet greens, cabbage, collard greens, chard, kale. They all come out great! In fact, everything I've juiced has come out great. I've juiced everything from canteloupe, to beets, to pineapple, to carrots, apples, all citrus fruits, celery, garlic, onions, berries, kiwi, pears, broccoli stems, sprouts, etc. I've also made nut butters with this machine.
  
  The juicer has never made a mess, is pretty quiet, and doesn't take up a ton of counter space. Not any more than my toaster.
  
  I saw a comment from someone else who said that the plastic stains easily when juicing beets and carrots. I see how that could happen, but what I do to stop that from happening is, whenever I juice beets or carrots, I simply soak the plastic parts (mainly the pulp and juice containers) in hot water for about five minutes as soon as I'm finished making my juice. As I said, I've had mine since December and there's not a stain anywhere on it. If you rinse the parts when you're finished using them to make a dark colored juice, they'll never get stains on them.
  
  I have no complaints at all about this juicer. It's true that the feeding chute is small and produce needs to be cut into smaller pieces before juicing. I guess everything is a trade off. I'd rather spend the extra 5 minutes chopping than to have a machine that will break down on me, is loud, doesn't juice as well, produces warm juice due to high rotation, or makes a mess. On top of everything else, this machine has a ten year warranty on all parts and labor. You can't beat that.
  
  I'd recommend the Omega 8005 to anyone who wants a high quality, long lasting juicer.
  
  
• Produces really healthy juice.
  By A3FAYY0ZXVVA3I on 2007-10-15
  I bought this item from somewhere else, not from Amazon. If you search the net, you will be able to buy it for less than what is advertised on Amazon.
  
  This machine is really slow; it really takes its time to crush and juice the vegetables. You have to be patient with it and really work--work hard--with the machine, constantly having to push the vegetables down the tube into the crusher, otherwise the vegetables will not go by themselves. There is no part made available to help you push the vegetables down the tube; you'll have to use the back of a spoon or something sturdy and skinny to push the vegetables along. However, with all your efforts, you do get a really healthy-tasting juice, which will reduce your appetite after several days. It takes about half an hour to quickly prepare and juice 8 carrots and 4 celery stalks and to clean the machine. 8 carrots and 4 celery stalks will make about 2 tall glasses of juice. The machine gets warm after juicing for 10-15 minutes or so, a surprising thing, considering the fact that the machine works so slow.
  
  As the other reviews have said, the directions that come with this machine are really bad. But the machine is very easy to figure out. No problems at all. The machine comes almost nearly assembled, so you just observe this before you take it apart to clean so you don't lose yourself. There are no pictures to help you put it back together, so observe the way it looks when you first receive it before you take the assembled parts apart.
  
  Overall, this machine is a really good buy for the person who cares for a superior healthy drink, but if you are pressed for time and rushed in the mornings, you'll want to get something that works faster.
  
  
• Rejuvenating Taste, Serious Machine, Quiet & Efficient
  By A2PATWWZAXHQYA on 2007-11-11
  I am the very proud owner of the Omega 8005 - my very first juicer. After much research online, I chose this model, my factors were the 10 year warranty, the look and feel, the quietness, the criteria of being best at juicing vegetables first and fruits second, and the taste factor. I could not be happier about my decision. Earth Turns made the faster delivery (free shipping no less) to my house in 48 hours. The instructions manual from Omega leaves a lot to be desired. My battery chargers came with a thicker multi-lingual manual than this - this flimsy 3-page no-pictures lousy instructions manual. I admit I did not contact Omega to request more. I did not think I should have to do that after purchasing an expensive product. My genius hubby and I put it together just fine, but you do have to get the hang of how the main piece fits in. Sometimes it can be slightly out of adjustment, before it fits into place firmly. I have had my machine for about 3 weeks now and have used it about 10 times. I have easily juiced, alone or in various combinations, oranges, apples, celery, carrots, leeks, cilantro, lettuce, lime, and carrot tops. I have had absolutely no problems. The machine is very quiet. My Black & Decker blender is like a train wreck compared to this quiet system. The pulp is very dry. I tried to run it through a second time and it did not have any more juice to be extracted. Cutting vegetables into small enough pieces to run thru the chute does not bother me one bit. Using the plastic spoon thingie, you just push them down. I have had to push really hard at times when it seemed to be stuck but nothing out of ordinary or cause of concern. Washing up after the fact is really not bad - I am fast and efficient in the kitchen, I do it immediately, and I lay out a towel and wash every piece with warm water and soap, and let it dry. I do not intend to run the pieces through the dishwasher; I am not sure if you could or not (don't look for answers in that manual)! I cannot even begin to describe the taste - granted I am new to juicer, yet I have good palates and appreciation for freshness. I buy about 70% organic or more whenever I can. I have enjoyed every drop of juice my Omega has produced thus far and intend to use it for years to come. I did send the warranty paper in too, just so it is officially covered. I highly recommend this. It is a must for the healthy eater's kitchen!
  
  
  
  
• Good Juicer, Bad Instructions
  By ATXM59X6NE114 on 2007-07-25
  I got my juicer last week and have used it every day since. I mainly bought it because I read that it was easy to clean, and I'm very satisfied with that aspect. My only complaint is that the instructions that came with it were vague to the point of hilarious, meaning there was no diagram what's so ever to explain what parts the instructions are referring to, and they use pretty industrial names for their parts so it's not exactly intuitive for someone who's never used a juicer before. I eventually played around with it enough to figure it out, but my husband and I had a good laugh about it.
  
  
• Omega 8003/8005 is one Fabulous Juicer, in white(8003) or chrome and black(8005)
  By ALGVDZMAUVGBV on 2007-11-11
  I have had the Omega 8003 (white) for several years, and have given two away as gifts. The 8005 is the same model in chrome with black. They do the same things, including juicing leafy vegetables (such as kale, wheatgrass), and being easy to clean. Ease of cleaning was key factor for me, as without it I will not use items. This one I leave on the counter, and use daily. Great juices, relatively fast (but not as fast as noisy high speed, heat generating other brands you may find), and fairly quietly. [Prior to this I had a Waring...terribly noisy,difficult to clean, and required running the fruits/vegetables through 2-3 times to get maximal juice extraction; the pulp was very wet. I could not even successfully give it away, and wound up getting a refund.] This has been money well-spent (and it was $300 when I bought it), versus the high cost and lower freshness of juices on sale at the grocery, or even made at a trendy juice bar; I continue to use and enjoy it, appreciating its ease and speed of cleaning, utilizing the top rack of the dishwasher. (I used to just soak the pieces in a large metal cooking bowl with hot water and soap, and easily rinse and dry, but now use dishwasher.) I found it extremely handy that it came with two containers and a mesh strainer, to conveniently place under the spout and pulp extruder. After just spending too much at the store for almond butter, I am going to try and make some cashew and almond butters, using the nozzle provided. This is just an added bonus, as I merely desired a juice extractor. I have never tried to make pasta with it. I highly recommend this appliance (with a 10-year warranty), which I use daily to increase my family's nutrition. Manual may be found on manufacturers website online, http://www.omegajuicers.com/manuals_pdfs/8003and8005_manual.pdf. Amazon product link to follow Omega 8003 Wheat Grass Multipurpose Electric Juicer / Food Processor / Pasta Extruder - Perfect for Juicing Wheatgrass, Barley Grass, Fruits, Vegetables, & More.
  
  
  
• Very pleased.
  By A3MUELO09M7F1M on 2005-09-24
  I am very pleased with this product. It is my first juicer and I have run many fruits and veggies through it.It has no problem with any leafy greens. The pulp comes out very dry. I use it sometimes twice a day. Cleans up very easy.
  
  
• satisfied
  By A2AAZ5ALOXRIRY on 2007-07-19
  I received this in two days, thanks to Wheatgrasskits.
  I have used three times so far and figured out right away how to use without instruction.
  Super easy to use and clean. I did research a lot which product I should get for the best juice.
  I returned the cheap centrifugal juicer after I found out that machine destroys enzymes caused by heating and oxidizing process of its.
  This is good product to invest for your healthy life style. I feel healthy already after a glass of carrot juice this morning and I can't wait to try this with green vegetables!
  
  
  
  
• So easy to clean!!!
  By A2GLG7JU9ETFHD on 2006-02-05
  This is a great juicer for people on the go! It's so easy to clean. Just detach and rinse. Also, with the continual feed, the pulp is ejected as you juice so no need to stop and clear it out. The only thing that takes time is cutting the vegetables thin enough to feed into the auger. I am very please with this juicer. Effectively juices leafy greens and grasses. As for the comments about pulpy juice, I don't have this problem and I even stopped using the screen that fits over the juice catching jug. Expensive but worth it if you are a regular juicer.
  
  
• I love it!
  By AM367B4OP56PJ on 2006-07-01
  This is a great juicer. I have to admit it's my first, but I did a lot of research to find just the right one. I was most concerned with clean up time and low RPM to keep the enzymes from over heating. This one is slow rpm, and very easy to clean up. The juice is not warmed too much. Vegetables juice beautifully. The pulp comes out nice and dry. Fruit does well too. I did blueberrys, they came out rather pulpy and mushy, but still got juice out of them. I really like this juicer a lot! I'd recommend it. It has a nice chrome look as well.
  
  
• A Good Buy**
  By A3RX645BRFUP1U on 2008-01-15
  I do recommend this juicer, But - do your research before you buy. This is just what I need, but it may not be what you need. I'm happy with it's quality. The discarded pulp from apples and carrots (hard to juice) is very dry. Those fruits didn't produce much juice, but my 8005 sqeezed 'em out for sure. I wish it was a bit easier (faster) to clean. But good things come to those who wait, i guess. I'm happy with this model and would buy it again if I wear it out in 10 years.
  
  
• I LIKE IT
  By A34YOOXKKGLHXQ on 2006-03-06
  I have been using this juicer for several weeks and have to say that it does a great job of juicing a wide variety of fruits, veggies, and grasses. I've done hard and soft items and once you understand juicing order to extract the maximum juice, it becomes very easy. I use it 2-3 times daily and have other family members using it as well (no small feat). My only criticism is the smaller feed chute which means more prep time, but for me it's not a deal breaker. thanks to all who wrote reviews upon which I based my choice of this juicer.
  
  
• Great juicer
  By A2NZDGTJUXPQ3F on 2006-09-15
  After plenty of research on the internet, I decided to go with the Omega 8005. I've used it almost every single day, especially throughout mt pregnancy, to make sure I consumed green leafy vegetables everyday. This is a great juicer and I like it better than my vitamix for making hummus. I didn't give it 5 stars because I don't like it's grinding ability with small quantities and I think it could leave drier pulp.
  
  
• Omega Oscar
  By A15L0L19RTKNPJ on 2007-01-09
  The machine is excellent, easy to clean after use and does provide living juice that make you feel better to start the day.
  The one I received however was damaged in transit and had to be returned. I was given a refund for the product but not the shipping. I live in the UK and lost $103.00.
  I discovered the same product was sold in the UK under the name Oscar and purchased one, hence I am able to write a review.
  
  
• Don't "Google" around for more choices, this is your juicer
  By A2M6QNPCNFXG1G on 2008-05-06
  Since I never had a juicer before I was spending quite a lot of time on the internet to understand what I wanted vs what machine could offer. Because of my weight problems I decided to go for liquid diet so I knew I would not use much fruits for my diet (higher content of sugar) but rather vegetables. So it has come to decision between centrifugal juice extractor (Jack LaLanne juicer and Breville 800-JEXL) or masticating juicer extractor (Omega 8005 or Green Power). I wanted machine for the "greens" and masticating type supposed to do better job with all kinds vegies and grass (it doesn't produce heat like centrifugal action). In the case of Green Power juicer - I am not sure if it offers good ratio of price to juicing action so I have bought less expensive Omega 8005. The juicer arrived just in time (and as scheduled)and in perfect condition. I was already fasting for 7 days and I wanted to drop finally some nutrients in a big hole I have created there, so I did my first glass of juice (I've purchased books "The juice fasting bible" by Sandra Cabott, MD and "Juice Bible" by Pat Crocker). I couldn't believe my eyes, me a glutton, I couldn't finish this glass of delicious juice (called hot spiced carrots). My stomach has shrunk! The next step was to disassemble machine and clean it. It was quite easy and I was expecting 30 min chore but it took me less than 5 min. The only thing which probably will take longer, it is preparation of the food for juicing action. You have to cut them in smaller pieces because the opening is intentionally made smaller to prevent jams from bigger chunks. Does it bother me? No, I like solutions which works and so far no jams. With the help of juicer, finally, I was able to settle down for my loosing weight diet. For 2 days of liquid diet, I drink daily 2 glasses of juices and maybe some water, tea and coffee. On the third day I eat smaller amount of solid food, mainly meat with the steam vegetables (plus liquids) because I lift weights and I bike. On the 4th day total fasting (only water) and the next day a new cycle starts over again. Now, in the 6 weeks of this diet I was able to go from 255 lbs to 221 lbs. I think, drinking a lot of juice now, helped me to stop cravings for sugar and other "evil" carbohydrates (cookies, pastas, bread, white rice etc.) I have no more cravings for this crap food which created overweight problem for me. So, Omega 8005 is at core of my healthy diet, now. It was excellent purchase for me and well spend money. The machine look simple and solid. I can't imagine which part of Omega 8005 can break down even after many years of using.
  
  
• Well worth the money. Save up if you have to.
  By AIQ3PAG4SWCMS on 2008-05-20
  I got this juicer a few months ago after researching various different brands and models. I knew it was going to be an investment, so I didn't want to get something cheaper that was easier to afford "right now" but have to replace later on. I chose Omega because of the great customer service I've read about. I actually have the 8003, which is the same model in white.
  
  When the juicer arrived, I'll admit that we didn't use it for the first month or so. We'd never juiced before, so it was part intimidation, I guess, and part being afraid we'd break the machine or just not be able to get it. Plus it seemed like it would be a huge chore to assemble it, cut the food up, and then take it apart to wash every nook and cranny each time. I figured the lazy person in me would win out for sure.
  
  But then I got a nice book on juicing, and took their challenge for a beginner's week- it covered fruits, vegetables, and leafy greens. I haven't stopped since. This juicer is set up so conveniently. It's easy to put together, the two cups collect the juice and pulp (which is squeezed so dry that running it through a second time just to see provided no extra juice) well, so you don't have to empty it or stop in the middle. If a piece of food is not getting "eaten" by the machine, the masher thing works great, and has a rubber stopper for splashback.
  
  It does squeak a little when you put very wet foods like pineapple in it, but all in all it's really quiet, and almost relaxing to hear. You could easily juice without someone in the next room knowing you were doing it. It takes oranges (which I've heard you just can't get everything out of unless you use a citrus press)and bleeds them dry. Leafy greens are great too, and it really gets everything it can from everything we've put in it.
  
  The first time we used carrots, it did sort of stain the auger (the white part inside that turns and squishes the food) but it's not stained now, and if it were, that wouldn't bother me really. As long as it stays clean, you're fine. And cleaning- is so easy. What you can't get with a rag or sponge and soap, you can get with the attached toothbrush accessory. It's really easy, there's no hard to reach spots, and then just let it all air-dry and you can put it back together to use again.
  
  I highly recommend this juicer, it's very full-functioning, very well made, and despite the lack of information in the book, really quite easy to put together. In fact, mine came already assembled (not attached to the base, though) so just taking it apart showed me how to put it together.
  
  
• Instruction manual needs improvement
  By A2SDCJ1XLRELKC on 2008-02-14
  I just got my juicer (Omega Juicer Model 8005) and I hope to make good use of it. The first obstacle I ran into was the manual. 1st: NONE of the parts that are mentioned in the text are identified in any pictorial. You are left guessing as to what the author is talking about. Example: what is the DRUM? I had to read over and over until I realized what they were talking about.
  The Juicing Screen and the Blank Cone are almost identical in appearance but you would never know that by looking at the names. Boy, a pictorial would have been nice here.
  2nd: The machine comes with six nozzles but in the manual it refers to an Oval nozzle (one) and then FOUR remaining nozzles. What happened to the SIXTH nozzle? Anyway, I could keep going but I think you get the picture. No pun intended.
  
  
  
• Just Right
  By ACDQTFEGTNO3Y on 2008-02-29
  I researched nearly all the juicers and decided to buy this one. It was more than I had originally intended to spend, but I have now been using it for over a month and it is wonderful. Built well; easy on the eyes; quiet in operation; very easy to clean; and produces super juices. I am extremely pleased with this juicer and have recommended it to several friends.
  
  

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