Omega NC800HDS Cold Press Juicer Machine, Vegetable and Fruit Juice Extractor and Nutrition System, Dual-Stage Slow Masticating Juicer, 150 W, Manual, Silver

I spent a lot of time looking at the options before I bought this. I read hundreds of reviews of different juicers, and watched about 8 hours of videos comparing them in operation. Ultimately it came down to the NC800 or a vertical from another brand that also included a "homogenizing blank." I chose this one because it appeared easier to clean, and is better at roots like ginger and turmeric.I'm really really happy with this thing. It does an awesome job on ginger, turmeric, beets, celery, etc. People who say it isn't good at celery aren't following the typical instructions on cutting it up; you slice celery just the same as if you were going to stir-fry it, and this juices it right up with no problems at all. It also does way better at carrots than many reviews suggest; carrots are the most common thing I'm juicing, I'm doing that every day and it is working really well. I rarely have to push them at all, they just feed right down. I do slice them lengthwise first, not because the machine has trouble with them but because I'm trying to be gentle and kind to the machine. If you like to take good care of your appliances, and not try to shove the max amount through, you won't notice any problems with the foods that people say this isn't as good at.Except fresh fruit, it can't do fresh fruit other than very-crisp apples. However, it makes great sorbet from frozen fruit! Fruit I make into smoothies in a blender, so I didn't buy this wanting it to do fresh fruit. There really isn't a juicer that can "do it all," but this does everything-but-fruit really well. Broccoli works really well, including the stalks which I buy cheap at a store that sells their trimmings. Any juicer can juice a carrot, but carrots for juicing are really cheap. This thing does an amazing job at fresh veggies; kale is expensive, as are beets! The price of this machine will be made up over time by getting more juice out of the expensive ingredients; kale, ginger, turmeric, wheat grass, beets, etc. A glass of carrot juice costs me a few cents. I used to pay $3 or more to buy the juice. Same for wheat grass. And a ginger-turmeric tonic, I'd have to buy and drink 5 or 10 of them to get as much medicine, the ones they sell are just beverages, not tonic-strength. Now I can make it as strong as I want.And cleanup is as easy as it looked. I clean everything after each use, including using the brush on the metal screen, and it only takes me about 2 minutes normally, 3 after turmeric. :)

I've been juicing for over 30 years, and this is my favorite juicer. Note that the NC800 & NC900 are the SAME except for color. I also own the Kuvings Whole Slow Juicer, and I feel that the Omega NC800 is much better.I've noticed that most of the rave reviews on the Kuvings are from people who are coming from a centrifugal juicer - well, any slow juicer will be a vast improvement over a centrifugal juicer, so I understand their enthusiasm.Cleaning - hands down, the Omega NC800 is easiest to clean! By far. It takes less than 90 seconds. The Kuvings is not simple to clean (although, again, much easier than any centrifugal juicer!). Kuvings has lots of parts with nooks and crannys, plus a huge screen, all of which require careful cleaning.Pre- Juice Prep - this might surprise you, but although the Kuvings has a huge chute, the juicer itself is not too great at handling fibrous things, so anything tough and fibrous (like celery, kale, wheatgrass) needs to be cut into very small pieces, so the idea of the huge chute is kind of misleading. The Omega on the other hand, has a much smaller chute, but takes abuse much better. You can cram whole pieces of celery, ginger, kale, whatever into the chute and it just chugs along. No, the omega won't fit an uncut apple, but an apple is far easier to chop into pieces quickly than greens and celery, etc.juice quality - The omega handily wins for greens, and "mixed juices" (like a morning juice of 1/2 apple, 1/2 cucumber, handful of greens, few stalks of celery, piece of ginger, turmeric, half a lemon, couple of baby carrots, handful of herbs). Very little pulp in the omega, and a very hassle-free prep and cleanup. Kuvings has lots of pulp, so be prepared to strain. I don't do much fruit juice (other than a bit of apple or citrus in a vegetable based juice). The kuvings would probably be better for just fruit juices like just pineapple or oranges (but really, you should be mixing more vegetables into your juices).Nut Butters - Kuvings DOES NOT DO NUT BUTTERS! Very annoyed by this, as that was one of the reasons I bought it. But when I got home, I looked at instructions and it says nothing about nut butters. I called Kuvings, and they confirmed, the machine is not designed to do nut butters. Ugh! The Omega does awesome nut butters, they're better when the nuts are lightly roasted (raw almonds for instance take about the same amount of time as in the Cuisinart). Raw brazil nut butter comes out really well In the Omega.Nut Milks, Coconut Milk & Butter - This is where the Kuvings excels. You have not tasted homemade coconut or almond milk until you've made it in a Kuving. OMG something about crushing the nuts/coconut makes the milk taste infinitely better than if you use the vitamix. And, the Kuvings makes it easy, since no need for nut milk bag, it sends the pulp out the ejector (save the pulp and use it for yummy treats!). And coconut butter from the Kuvings was an accidental surprise - I no longer purchase this very expensive product from the store. Sadly, the Omega doesn't do milks.So, my take away is that the Omega NC800 is just an amazing all around juicer. The key to juicing is actually taking the time to do it everyday - this machine makes that much easier to do.PS - I highly recommend watching John Kohler of discount juicers on YouTube before buying a juicer. His videos are very informative and kind of amusing in a Sean Penn from Fast Times at Ridgemont High sort of way (although most are way too long, but you can fast forward).