Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I think this is a great juicer, especially for the price (I paid 319 total). If you do a little youtube searching, you will find where to order it from. Look for John K. I don't know him, but he's been instrumental in helping me get better at juicing and in picking the right juicer for me. I'm a total convert, and though I don't often write reviews, juicing is something I'm passionate enough about to share my experiences: Juicers I've owned: Omega VRT 350 HD, Breville Juice Fountain, Green Star Elite (currently have along with the NC 800) The Omega VRT was the first juicer I bought, and I really enjoyed it. From the research I did, I decided to spend a little more and get a quality juicer. The yield seemed good, the pulp dry, and it easily juiced the carrots, apples, and spinach that were my primary staples of juicing at the time. I didn't think the clean up was too bad, but of course, I didn't know better. My big complaint at the time was how much pulp was in the juice. This machine produces a lot of pulp and straining it adds to the time and mess that juicing can bring. I had to put the VRT in storage due to a move (and subsequent deployment), so since I would be without the VRT for 7 months but able to use a juicer, I bought a Breville Juice Fountain refurbished from eBay for a little over 100 bucks. It wasn't the stainless steel version and had two speeds, although I found the slower speed for greens useless as it would simply fling the produce into the pulp bin. For a while, I really liked this juicer. It is super fast and it is....super fast. That's pretty much what these things are good for. No cutting, slicing, twisting, pulling, breaking, or bending necessary. Just put the entire bag of produce in there and Boom. It's juiced. Cleanup on the Breville was a little more laborious than the VRT and the top piece with the feeder is awkward if you have a small sink, but on the whole, it wasn't too bad. I also liked the pitcher that separated the foam from the juice. A very necessary accouterment since this juicer is a foam machine in its spare time. With the Breville, I started juicing more cucumbers, celery, and kale as I began to transition away from the carrot/apple beginner staples. Once I finally got the VRT out of storage and was settled in, I went back and forth about which one to keep. The Breville is such a time saver, but I could really taste a difference in the juice. The VRT made better juice, plain and simple. I can't quite explain it, but the the Breville's juice tasted more watery, regardless of what I juiced. If you do your research, you'll learn that 'oxidation' is probably the culprit as the centrifugal juicers blow lots of air into the juice. Whatever you want to call it, there is a difference in taste. So I kept the VRT, but by now, I was juicing more leafy greens than when I had it before. And the fatal flaw of the VRT is the clogging situation on the ejection spout. You can read about it or watch videos, but the bottom line is that it clogs when you use celery or other leafy vegetables. It's incredibly annoying. Incredibly. So annoying that I decided to get rid of it and go with the single gear masticating juicer, which finally leads me to the NC800: This juicer is amazingly easy to clean. By far the easiest I've dealt with. And having juiced for a little while, I can tell you that cleaning makes a difference. Juicing is a somewhat messy proposition in the first place, so the more you can reduce the prep and clean up time, the more time you'll be juicing and drinking the juice vs. the hassles of it. Granted, no amount of hassle should keep you from juicing, but it happens. The easier to clean, the better. This juicer is the easiest out there. The quality of juice is awesome. The pulp comes out really dry, and there's never any clogging or jamming of produce as there was in the VRT. There is still some pulp in the juice, but as I've gotten more into juicing, I don't worry about pulp so much anymore. I have come to like it actually. Still, it's not as much pulp as the VRT. The NC800 has a wider feed chute than the 8000 series, and I can say it makes life a lot easier. I also have a Green Star Elite (see below) and its feed chute is similar to the 8000 series. And it is much more of a time killer as you are doing more cutting of bigger veggies. Nothing horrible, but it does take more time. The pulp adjustment knob seems to work fine, and it's super easy to pop off yourself and push pulp through if it gets a little jammed. I find the pulp gets a little backed up if i'm juicing lots of soft stuff like cucumbers. I will caution that it does run hot after about 20 or so min of use, so be aware that the 30 min on, 10 min off is a good idea. Nothing to be alarmed about, but this is not an industrial juicer of course. Just FYI. In all, I love this juicer and would pick it over any of the others I've used or seen video reviews of. It juices the highest quality juice, gets good yield with minimal foam, and it incredibly easy to assemble, take apart, and clean. Would take this over the VRT any day. Finally, I also have a Green Star Elite. Just days after I bought the Omega, I found a once used GSE on Craigslist for $200 bucks. I couldn't pass it up as the are $529 new. I'm still trying to decide which one to keep, but I'm leaning towards the Omega just for ease of cleaning. The GSE probably gets a little better yield, but not by much (haven't done an official test yet), and the GSE is the most time consuming to deal with. It's a fun juicer, but takes a while to clean. Anyway, that's just so you know what I have/have had and what I'm comparing the NC800 to. The NC800 is a great juicer for those of you who are ready to take juicing up a notch from the starter Breville or are annoyed with the VRT's tendency to clog with leafy greens.