my juiceman two juicer is awesome

by Carl W
(Colorado Springs, CO, USA)

While not being completely "pulp free", as well as having a body crafted out of light colored plastic which stains almost instantly, making it an eyesore to the kitchen decor, I still tend to think the JuiceMan II is the best of the juicers I have tried in the last several years.

I had always been looking for a healthy alternative to the daily junk I was eating. Fast food was just too readily available, and I found myself eating it for lunch every single day. YUCK!

I could feel my body getting out of shape, and I felt my energy level dropping well below what I consider adequate. I felt tired during the early afternoons, and would be drinking coffee, tea, soda, energy drinks, anything to get that "buzz" that would keep me working just a few extra hours to get through my day.

A friend of mine who I went to dinner with one night convinced me to try a drink he had brought with him. He had it contained in one of those tupperware style thermoses with the screw on cap. I have to admit, I was VERY reluctant to even try the stuff.. It looked thick, the color was kind of off, and it was overall intimidating in every possible way. I trusted this guy, however, and I gave it a shot, pouring a couple of ounces into an empty glass on the table, i drank it quickly, bracing for something not-so-tasty...

YUM! It tasted like the fruit smoothies I buy in the stores for like $2.99 each-- What was in this, I asked? Bananas, Apples, Peaches, Pears. What else?

NOTHING!

No sugar, no junk, just fruit juice. He let me in on his secrets, and I soon bought my first juicer (which I won't name here, because I don't want to bash-- I was NOT happy with the quality of the first machine I owned. It fell apart within a number of weeks, and I feel as if I was ripped off for the price I paid!) and began juicing.

I would bring the concoctions to work every day and drink them when I needed a mid-afternoon snack. Surprisingly, the drinks would fill me up, and the NATURAL ingredients would give my body the energy it needed to keep moving and stay focused.

The purchase of the Juice Man II came after seeing the famous informercial. You know the one!

I have been happy with this thing since day one. It has a much more powerful motor than the previous unit I owned, and the feed tube is significantly longer, making it easier to load vegetables like celery and carrots without the thing jamming.

It also has a nice micromesh screen that filters out a lot of the skin and pulp, but not all. I would like it if there was a separate catch basin of some kind to get the excess skin and fibrous material, but a quick run through a strainer usually picks up the bigger chunks left behind.

Overall, I would (and have) recommended this unit to my friends and family, and not to sound too much like a commercial, but I actually have lost probably 12-15 pounds in the last 3 months since I stopped eating and drinking junk in the afternoons and started drinking naturally.


- Carl W. Colorado Springs