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'What to look for in a juicer?'
'8 Cost-Saving Tips When Buying A Juicer'
When I bought my first juicer I didn't have a clue what kind of
juicers there were on the market, when to use a juicer or how I
should use a juicer. I just walked into the kitchen appliances
department, looked at the juicer's price tag and walked out 5
minutes later with a smile on my face. I just made an investment to
improve my health and wanted to feel fit again.
I started juicing for weeks and weeks enthusiastically and found
out that certain fruits and vegetables mixed tasted awful. Moreover
the juicer I purchased wasn't made to juice all of the fruits and
vegetables available. ''Ooops''. Furthermore my levels of
enthusiasm dropped considerably after finding out that cleaning the
juicer was an awful task and that the warranty only lasted 90 Days.
After this 'little incident' I promised myself to be well prepared
before I would buy another juicer. So I surfed the Internet and
bought myself some quality books full with juicer information. After
this I headed over to
www.kitchen-universe.com and bought myself a
juicer that fulfills all my needs, even after 2 years of use.
This article will give you '8 Cost-Saving Tips' to help you find the
juicer that meets and fulfills your needs.
Tip #1
Think about which fruits and vegetables you are going to juice in
the future and that the juicer is capable of juicing both easily.
The juicer needs to have 2 speeds for full extraction of the
fruit's and vegetables' nutrients. Speed 1 is for softer fruits such
as grapes, berries and peeled melons and oranges. Speed 2 is for
harder fruits and vegetables such as apples, pineapple, carrots and
broccoli.
Tip #2
The easier it is to clean the more fun you'll have. The parts that
need cleaning are the plunger (I push the fruits down the chute
with), the bowl with revolving blade and the juicing screen. Make
sure to clean the bowl with revolving blade with a small brush but
please be careful not to cut yourself. To make sure it's quality
material check if it's dishwasher proof. The various juicer
parts shouldn't be looking like the home improvement tool box but
more like understandable parts that are easy to set up and take off
for cleaning.
Tip #3
The juicer needs to have at least a couple of years of warranty
otherwise it stinks. The longer its warranty the more trust the
manufacturer has in itself. Would you trust a product 100% with just 3 months or 6 months warranty?
When you have any questions about your product or you need some
spare parts for your juicer the customer service should be easy
contactable through toll-free telephone, email or fax. When I
mean easy I mean easy and not to be put on hold with unbearable
background music for 10 minutes. And when you buy your juicer
through the Internet you should have the possibility to check your
order status through the merchant's website.
Tip #4
If you are the Speedy Gonzales type and want your juice as soon as
possible go for a so called 'Centrifugal Ejection Juicer' with a
powerful engine and preferable 10.000 revolutions per minute (RPM).
Moreover when you are in a hurry you will need a juicer with a wide
and large feed chute in order to push whole fruits and vegetables
easily through.
Tip #5
The juicer should meet and fulfill your needs and should therefore
be affordable to you. It's an investment and you definitely want to
see some Return On Investment, which could be more energy, weight
loss, healthy looking skin and hair, positive mood e.g. Please be
aware that juicers in the cheaper price range often have limited
warranty and this could cost you dearly in the future.
Tip #6
The juicer should look good at your kitchen table or wherever you
want to place it in your kitchen and shouldn't look like a spice
invader that screams from the kitchen. The juicer should be easy to
store for you, so take a look at its dimensions and see if you
already know a nice spot for it.
Tip #7
The juicer should be quiet in sound and should not sound like a saw
mill waking everybody up in the house and making the neighbors
ignore you from the rest of your life. The more revolutions (RPM)
per minute it makes the more noise it produces.
Tip #8
The juicer should provide you with quality juice every time you use
it but there is a difference in juice quality between the various
juicers on the market. Some juicers work slowly with 100 RPM which
means the juice contains more nutrients and enzymes; more value for
money. If you're not that picky and in a hurry there are juicers
that work with 10.000 RPM which is also good but it will also leave
some valuable nutrients and enzymes in the pulp.
Now you have these valuable tips and I hope you use them to your
advantage. I wish I had these tips at my side when I started to buy
my first juicer. Use them and before you know it walk out with a
even bigger smile on your face knowing you've made an
investment to improve your health, regain your energy levels and
feel fit again.
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