Has anyone used the Omega NC 800? How does this compare in terms of juicing speed and time it takes to clean?
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I have an Omega and a Kuving. The thing with the Kuving is that you are paying for the wide mouth and end up having to chop everything up anyway - or the veggies get stuck and the whole thing stops. So why bother paying for an expensive juicer when the Omega works great and both require chopping things up first?
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If you want to juice primarily wheat grass (or greens in general) this juicer isn't the best choice. Look at the omega 800x series (8003-8006).
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Absolutely, with no difficulty. The only downside is the somewhat small feed tube. A few seconds of preparation (slicing) to fit the tube is all it takes. With my Norwalk, I can feed much larger produce, but the Norwalk is about 10x the cost. The Omega 8006 is much easier and quicker to clean. By the way, with almost all auger-types of cold press juicer, you may find that you will get best results by alternating harder produce (e.g., carrots, beets, etc.), after you have juiced some softer produce, to keep the auger from getting clogged. By alternating soft and hard produce, you can keep on juicing vast quantities of juice without having to stop and manually clean out any clogs in the auger tube. Absolutely, with no difficulty. The only downside is the somewhat small feed tube. A few seconds of preparation (slicing) to fit the tube is all it takes. With my Norwalk, I can feed much larger produce, but the Norwalk is about 10x the cost. The Omega 8006 is much easier and quicker to clean. By the way, with almost all auger-types of cold press juicer, you may find that you will get best results by alternating harder produce (e.g., carrots, beets, etc.), after you have juiced some softer produce, to keep the auger from getting clogged. By alternating soft and hard produce, you can keep on... » Read More Absolutely, with no difficulty. The only downside is the somewhat small feed tube. A few seconds of preparation (slicing) to fit the tube is all it takes. With my Norwalk, I can feed much larger produce, but the Norwalk is about 10x the cost. The Omega 8006 is much easier and quicker to clean. By the way, with almost all auger-types of cold press juicer, you may find that you will get best results by alternating harder produce (e.g., carrots, beets, etc.), after you have juiced some softer produce, to keep the auger from getting clogged. By alternating soft and hard produce, you can keep on juicing vast quantities of juice without having to stop and manually clean out any clogs in the auger tube. « Show Less
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To be honest, there is no comparisons between the two. You're looking at two completely different juicers making this is more of an apples and potatoes comparison. If you're looking to juice more leafy greens like lemon grass, wheat grass, etc... then go with the Omega as it is better for that. Otherwise go with the Tribest slow star. Now you can compare the Slowstar to the Omega Vert 350, but even then they both offer different features. I recommend searching through discount juicer's videos on you tube. He offers a lot of comparisons and reviews. I hope this helps.
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The Omega J8006 produces some foam. When I started using it I used a strainer to take off the foam but no longer do that. It juices the entire fruit/veggie. Lemon, apples ( I core my apples but my son does not)... Keep in mind you will need to cut the produce down to fit into the chute. I love my juicer!
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My Blendtec leaves no chunks. If your going to be juicing a lot of greens? You should look at the Omega 8004, it's a Juicer, not a blender. As Blenders go, I feel the Blendtec is the best thing going.
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For the past 20 years, I just used a couple Jack LaLane juicers . . . they were around $100. at Costco, and worked fine. I would go thru spurts of "juicing" and then stop. I discovered Dan McDonald on YouTube. I have completely changed my eating and juice everyday. He recommended the Breville Fountain Elite . . it costs more, but has been worth for me. It is faster, more powerful and easier to clean. (I put a plastic back in catcher) . . I am 65, and I feel 10 years younger. If I were you, I would watch Dan McDonald on YouTube, purchase this Breville, and juice as much as you can. Joan Brock For the past 20 years, I just used a couple Jack LaLane juicers . . . they were around $100. at Costco, and worked fine. I would go thru spurts of "juicing" and then stop. I discovered Dan McDonald on YouTube. I have completely changed my eating and juice everyday. He recommended the Breville Fountain Elite . . it costs more, but has been worth for me. It is faster, more powerful and easier to clean. (I put a plastic back in catcher) . . I am 65, and I feel 10 years younger. If I were you, I would watch Dan McDonald on YouTube, purchase this Breville, and juice as much as you can.... » Read More For the past 20 years, I just used a couple Jack LaLane juicers . . . they were around $100. at Costco, and worked fine. I would go thru spurts of "juicing" and then stop. I discovered Dan McDonald on YouTube. I have completely changed my eating and juice everyday. He recommended the Breville Fountain Elite . . it costs more, but has been worth for me. It is faster, more powerful and easier to clean. (I put a plastic back in catcher) . . I am 65, and I feel 10 years younger. If I were you, I would watch Dan McDonald on YouTube, purchase this Breville, and juice as much as you can. Joan Brock « Show Less
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I had a 8006 before I upgraded and I would say it's not worth it. The big difference I noticed was that I didn't have to cut cukes into four pieces lengthwise anymore, half would suffice. Since I juiced spinach everyday for the past 3 weeks on this machine and for 1 year on my old 8006 I noticed that juicing was quicker but if I still had my 8006 at the time of purchase I wouldn't have bothered with the NC800. If you have money to burn I then buy it, it's a nice enough upgrade but if you are counting pennies, don't get it.
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I have no idea. I hated this unit as the pulp that was left over after juicing was soaking wet with nutrients and juice. I have got rid of this juicer and purchased a Norwalk. Sorry I didn't do that from the beginning. I had the Omega horizontal and after that got the Vert and hated both!
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Yes I have an omega 1000 juicer and my clutch nut vanished.... Ordered this and I actually prefer it over the old one.
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Omega Juicer 8224 (220Volt version of 8004) Nutrition Center Single Gear Masticating Juicer
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No, I do not consider it hard to clean. It is just that this is a large juicer, it juices extremely fast and very efficiently and because it is large, the parts to clean are large, making it bulky to clean, but not difficult and not time-consuming. You could probably easily juice 10 eight-ounce glasses of juice in this juicer in a matter of a few minutes. I do recommend that you keep the little black plastic chute on the stainless steel spout. If not, it's powerful enough that when the juice comes out - it will splatter all over you. That little chute directs the juice downward into your glass and away from YOU. No, I do not consider it hard to clean. It is just that this is a large juicer, it juices extremely fast and very efficiently and because it is large, the parts to clean are large, making it bulky to clean, but not difficult and not time-consuming. You could probably easily juice 10 eight-ounce glasses of juice in this juicer in a matter of a few minutes. I do recommend that you keep the little black plastic chute on the stainless steel spout. If not, it's powerful enough that when the juice comes out - it will splatter all over you. That little chute directs the juice downward into your... » Read More No, I do not consider it hard to clean. It is just that this is a large juicer, it juices extremely fast and very efficiently and because it is large, the parts to clean are large, making it bulky to clean, but not difficult and not time-consuming. You could probably easily juice 10 eight-ounce glasses of juice in this juicer in a matter of a few minutes. I do recommend that you keep the little black plastic chute on the stainless steel spout. If not, it's powerful enough that when the juice comes out - it will splatter all over you. That little chute directs the juice downward into your glass and away from YOU. « Show Less
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Well, my whole motivation for juicing it's because of the Fat, Sick and Nearly dead documentary. After I took the Joe Cross's challenge of the 10 days fast, I started looking for a good juicer that was going to help me through those 10 days of fast. I obviously was eager to buy the Breville juicer, because one Joe used in his documentary and two looked good. I was willing to pay whatever the price was for a good juicer. But then I noticed that, hey I was probably going to spend $500 or more in a machine, so I decided to do some research to se if probably for $500 bucks there was a better juicer. What I found is amazing. Although the Breville looks good and seems strong, many juice experts affirm that due to the high speed blade, tend to oxidize the mineral and vitamins of the fruits and veggies, for me that was a minus. Besides that the Breville is not good with leafy greens and due the high speed of the blade the juice yield it not as high as other juicer, without mentioning the loud nice they make. All of the cons are found on any high speed blade juicer on the marker. The only good thing is that they are fast, but with a lot of flaws on the other side. So my choice now is on slow juicers. After a deep research on youtube and on different websites I got my favorites The Kuvings Whole Slow Juicer B6000S and the Omega Vertical Slow Juicer. Both around the same price but actually the omega with better stats in juice yield and pulp filtration, but at the end I decided to buy the kuvings just for one reason the wide feed chute. With a wide feed chute, no need to be cutting apples, carrots or other fruits or veggies into small pieces, that will help me save A lot of time. Besides that the kuvings offers you more things to do than just jucing, you can also do smoothies or grin food!....So that the reason why I choose the kuvings. Kuvings has demostrated to be as good as all reviews says and can handle hours of juicing.
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The Nutribullet is the best of both worlds because depending what u put in it, it can be particulate or smooth. Also how long you let it run alters that as well. I just love it and use it every day. You will be amazed all the things that can be "juiced"! AND it cleans SO easily (an issue that deterred be often from using my Pro-Juicer).
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Google omega juicers, go to their website call their 800 number. They stand behind their products as far as I know.
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I personally found this juicer more easier and for juice for the product you're juicing then the regular juicers. Clean up for me is within 5 min, but then again some others might take a longer time. I love the item and bought three for my house hold.
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The whole fruit is used for most fruits. If I were to choose one, I would pick the PowerGrind Pro. I have juiced with both and frankly the juice quality is better (you can taste it) from the PowerGrind Pro, and it is faster and easier to clean. Perhaps the Omega is better if you are juicing tons of very difficult material like wheatgrass. The trick to all machines is juicing mixtures in the right sequence so there is enough liquid to help get dryer materials through.