I have a jack lalane powerjuicer deluxe, a mr. juiceman jr juicer and my parents have the hamilton beach juicer, I recently bought the breville bje510xl juicer and I will never look back at the other.
About the breville, it is large so make sure you have counter space to keep it on but if you are serious about juicing, this is the machine to get. It is well thought out, with all the tools you need to juice right out of the box, including the pitcher that helps strain the foam from juicing. (every machine cause foaming from the nature of the way it works). It is nice and tall allowing the user to use the included pitcher or you can use our own drinking glass. The machine has variable speed from 1-5 for soft (speed 1) to hard (speed 5) vegetables/fruits. Juicing is fast and efficient, I can't say enough of this unit. In comparison to the jack lalane model, the breville would be a rolls royce vs. Lalane being a cadillac. The looks are both there but when juicing the Lalane model is no comparison. It is weak in power, really designed for softer fruits and veggies, even thought both machine has a built in neck to support throwing in small whole apples, the Lalane model bogs down and even shut down on me a couple of times. The Lalane model also requires a special tool to remove the blade to clean which can be painful if you loose the tool. I think the secret to the breville's success is that they have a built in hard blade in the center of the basket to start the cutting/chopping process as the fruit is spread to the shredder blades for juice extraction when the rest of the machine only relies on the shredding and centrifugal force of the unit to extract the juice.
These machines are a classic case of you get what you pay for and yes it is a little pricier than the other units, you will never look back at the others or even have to wonder is there a better machine for the money out there.
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