| Features & SpecificationsThe Omega 8005 Nutrition Center Juicer is quick, efficient and affordable compared to most! The Omega Juicer Model 8005 provides an easy solution for multi-purpose functions not just limited to juicing. It is easy to clean, carries a lengthy 10-Year Warranty and comes in at a decent price for all the functions it can accomplish. The Omega name has been around for more than 30 years and continues to produce a high quality machine. The Omega 8005 Juicer replaces the older Omega 8001 and 8002 models. Low revolution auger speedThe Omega Juicer 8005 has a slow turning 80 RPM auger which preserves nutrients longer than high revolution juicers.While some people may be concerned that this means it juices very slowly the speed difference is not all that noticeable. The extra time is well spent in preserving all of the nutrients in the juice and creating a much better tasting juice too!QualityWhile the price tag may seem high - consider the fact that this juicer has a 10-Year Warranty. We have clients who have had their juicer (older models) for 10-20 years without having any problems. All of the parts on this machine are built to last with no loose ends (they fit together solidly!) Functions:Vegetable juicer! - Kale, beets, wheatgrass, spinach, yams, leafy greens, pine needles, arrowroots, carrots, peppers, radishes and moreFruit juicer! - Apples, pears, peaches, carrots, oranges, grapes, kiwi, melon, tomatoes, and more. Does an excellent job on both hard and soft fruits.Meat / Fish Mincer - Mince and chop just about anything! Seasonings Chopper / Mincer - Minces onion, scallion, garlic, red pepper, ginger radish and so much more!Soy milk - make fresh soymilk!Nut buttersPasta extruder - homemade spaghetti, linguini, and breadsticksFrozen dessertsMincing / ChoppingGrinding - grind coffee beans and flourBaby foodsWheatgrass juicer and leafy greensFeatures:Juices fruits, vegetables and wheatgrassGrind coffee beans, sesame seeds, hot peppersMake |
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 A Triumph of Engineering for Real Life Use |
| Review Date: August 12, 2005 |
| Reviewer: Citizen Writer, Knoxville, TN United States |
If you accept that a masticating juicer gives better quality juice than a centrifical, but you do not want a heavy, awkward machine that takes a long time to set up and longer to clean, then this is a great choice. Omega hit the sweet spot with this product. It is light, relatively small, quiet, and cleans rather quickly (the mesh screen is small and does not seem to hold on to the food), while producing fine juice from a variety of plants. (Impressive on celery and spinach; quite good enough on carrots) The result is a masticating juicer that actually gets used, rather than a (perhaps) theoretically superior juicer that is just too much of a hassle to take out. I have a 31 year-old Champion which I really like; I just never use it except when I am fasting, and sometimes not even then.
One thing should be mentioned. Many single gear juicer ads boast that a slow-turning auger damages the juice less than, say, a Champion because its fast rotation heats the juice and deactivates enzymes and other molecules. Truth is, when I run cold carrots through a Champion, I get cold carrot juice; when I run cold carrots through an Omega 8005, the juice is not warm, but it is definitely not cold. Clearly, if there is less rotation, then the heavy mechanical compression at a certain point produces heat to a greater extent than Champion's rapid rotation does. (I have read one review of another single auger juicer that said its juiced carrots actually came out hot.) Personally, I do not think either type machine actually hurts the juice's chemistry, but Champion should call its single auger competititors on their deceptive claim.
Summary: If you want knock-your-socks off cold carrot juice, get a Champion (although the Omega will still give you a carrot juice high, and, for all I know, its juice will taste just as good if you chill it). If you want bragging rights about the amount of nutrients in your juice, get a Green machine (at almost twice the price, twice the weight, and a long time to clean up). If you want a juicer that probably gives better quality and variety of juices than a centrifical juicer with less noise and no greater cleanup time, get this one. You will actually use it even if you don't have the counter space for it. |
Nice juice, easy to use, easy to clean, durable
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| Review Date: September 25, 2005 |
| Reviewer: Bill Staley, Santa Monica, CA USA |
This is my first juicer. I love it. It came without directions, but was easy to figure out. (Omega promptly responded to my email and sent the directions.) It makes great juice. Tastes great, nice consistency, gives a raw food "jolt." I do not notice any change in temperature at all. I get cold in, cold out; room temperature in, room temperature out. So easy to clean, which makes it easy to use. Seeing what happens to whole carrots makes me respect the power of that motor and auger! I got a hand press juicer for citrus, because it was a hassle to peel oranges before juicing them in the Omega, and oranges are way too bitter and acidic when juiced with the rinds. Leafy veggies juice very well in the Omega. What has not juiced well are pomegranites (because I sent a bunch of rind through and it's too much hassle to separate out the seeds; I also got juice all over cutting up the fruit), bananas and figs (both are all pulp). Melon, apple, pears, carrots, celery, lettuce, kale, spinach, parsley, bok choy, garlic all juice very well. I let it send the pulp into the sink and send it down the garbage disposal when I am done juicing. The included "toothbrush" is helpful for cleaning the tiny screens. It can make applesauce and peanut butter, but the peanuts have to be shelled, so I only tried that once. I am very, very happy with it and use it every day. It juices as fast as I can cut things up for it.
Note - After a year of almost daily use, I still love it.
July '08 update - I do not use it daily any more; a few times a week now. I still love it, no problems, easy to use, even for just a bit of ginger juice (for a half gallon of lemonade), still easy to clean. Consider a VitaMix, too. Maybe buy both and keep one. (I don't have a VitaMix yet, but it is on my wish list.) |
Makes juice just like the juice bar at the health food store and VERY EASY TO CLEAN!
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| Review Date: January 14, 2008 |
| Reviewer: T Wilson, |
I wanted to buy this juicer but after reading some of the negative reviews, I almost changed my mind and bought something different which would have cost me way more money. I am sooooo glad that I didn't because I LOVE THIS JUICER!
My father bought a less expensive juicer a few years back. After only using the thing a few times when he first bought it, he stopped using it because the clean up was so time consuming. The juicer ended up just taking up space on his shelf. Later, I started getting interested in healthy foods and so he gave the thing to me. I was so excited to start but found that cleaning the thing took sooo long that it wasn't worth it. It was depressing from day one and so I sold it at a garage sale.
A few years later, I thought I would give it another try so I bought a different model juicer. I guess I forgot how long cleaning took so the same thing happened. I found myself always standing over the kitchen sink with a little scrubber trying to get all of those tiny little fibers from food out of the straining screen which was very tiring. Also, shortly after purchasing that juicer, I learned about the value of juicing green leafy vegetables. I tried juicing them but they just sat on the bottom of the screen and clogged up the juicer.
Now again, a few years later I thought I would give it one more shot. They say that the 3rd time is a charm and they are right! This time I thought I would do it right and spend a little more money. You get what you pay for right? When I read on Mercola.com that Dr. Mercola recommended this juicer I knew I had found what I was looking for. Still, I thought I would read the reviews on Amazon.com to see what other people thought of the juicer.
I was a little hesitant and wondered if I should buy it because of some of the negative reviews about the small feeding tube and it being time consuming. My mom had already bought one and loved it so I took a chance and bought it anyway.
I can't say enough about this juicer! It is amazing! Yes, it has a smaller feeding tube but you can put celery and regular sized carrots in easily. Things bigger such as apples need to be cut into smaller pieces but big deal!
My 7 and 9 year old kids love helping make their green lemonade because it is fun to watch. They didn't like the juice from the other juicers because it was too pulpy for them but THEY LOVE DRINKING THIS JUICE! This comes out with VERY LITTLE PULP just like the juice bar at the health food stores. You can juice green leafy veggies such as cilantro, spinach, kale which are all sooo very good for you!
The clean up is simple and easy!!! From my experience if it isn't easy to clean you won't be doing much juicing. The straining screen is itty bitty. Maybe a kiwi cut in half would be about how big the screen is compared to a cantalope which was the size of my last one. EASY TO CLEAN MEANS HEALTHY, FRESH, GREEN VEGETABLE JUICES FOR EACH ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS EVERY DAY!
A good recipe my kids love is this:
1 head romaine lettuce or celery
5 to 6 stalks kale (any type)
1 to 2 apples (as needed for sweetness - organic Fuji recommended)
1 whole organic lemon (you don't have to peel it)
1 to 2 tbsp fresh ginger (optional)
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Best Juicer for the Money
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| Review Date: March 3, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Christine E. Harrelson, MidWest |
I don't know why people complain about cutting up the fruit. It barely takes any time to do so, and the juice from this juicer is the best I've had - and I've tried a couple of other juicers before this, one of them being the Juiceman.
First of all, although there are a few parts to clean, they rinse right off - no fuss. The screen is easy to brush, unlike most other juicers where you're stuck cleaning them for 5-10 minutes because they're so huge and the juicer didn't do its job right.
I am now addicted and juice every day - something I never did with my last juicer. You might find some juicers where you can drop in a whole fruit but those ones tend to have higher RPMs and therefore run hotter - starting to kill enzymes and nutrients in the juice. And of course, they will also take longer to clean.
If you'd rather take a little more time to chop instead of cleaning and want the most out of your juice then this is the best choice hands down. |
A Great Little Juicer!
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| Review Date: February 4, 2009 |
| Reviewer: J. Maner, Texas |
This is my second juicer. My first was the centrifical type. The one is just soooo superior to the previous one. The unit has a solid, but not TOO heavy weight, and it does not take up a tremendous amount of counter space either. The parts are not that complicated after reading the manual and spending about 5 min. figuring it out. The parts are heavy-duty plastic -- not flimsy at all. The clean up is very fast as well, I think, compared to my old juicer.
You do have to cut some of the fruits and vegetables into chunks or slices to fit into the feeder; however, they feed very well, it only takes a few extra moments to cut them up, and the consistency is quite good, the pulp is very dry, and I only had to strain the juice with the supplied hand strainer for my daughter as I liked it just the way it comes out, myself. I made carrot bread one day with the pulp as well.
I puried a soft tomato that I normally would have had to throw out for tomato sauce in a recipe' with the blank insert that also comes with instead of the juicer insert, and I made a frozen banana blueberry desert that was very good! I found out that it will also chop up veggies for soups or salsa, and also has inserts that will extrude pasta. I'm excited to try that soon as well!
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