Hurom HU-100 Masticating Slow Juicer, White

This is my 3rd (well really 4th) juicer I have used. My first one was very loud and leaked. Just threw that one away. My next juicer (I still have) is also loud and leaks a bit when you juice a lot, but clogs up with the pulp that still seems to have juice in it. Now the 3rd juicer was bought for just wheat grass. Is very quiet, but then again it is also a hand crank cold press juicer for grasses. It works very well, but is slow.I was looking around for a new cold press juicer and knew that it would cost me a lot more, but I also know it would be better quality juice. I came across the Hurom Slow Juicer and watched the video and read up on it. Everything sounded great, but was not really liking the price on it. That and I wanted to see more details of the internal workings of the auger, basket and the pulp ejection area. Not being able to see those in details made me unsure.After about 2 days or reading and research I decided to go ahead and pay the price and take the chance, it would do what I wanted. It was a great decision.I have now had this juicer for 2 weeks and love it. Last weekend my sister came over to play with it and she ended up ordering one for herself as well. I made her watch the Fat, Sick and nearly Dead video on my Kindle Fire while we juiced and she was hooked. Here in about 6 hours we are heading to the local Farmers market to get some fresh organic fruits and vegetables to juice for the week and have planned to make this a weekly event for us.Now as for the Hurom Slow Juicer:This is very quiet compared to all of the high speed juicers I have used or ever seen.It is very easy to take apart, clean and put back together. (Note: hand wash and never put in the dishwasher) Only takes a minute or two to completely clean.The machine information say to only run for 30 minutes at a time. Get into the habit of just juice what you need or will use that day. Fresh is always better.The input shoot is not that big and being it is not shredding the food you need to cut everything into small pieces.So for closing let me add a little advise. Give this juicer a permanent place on your kitchen counter.Have an area that you can set this juicer up and leave it. (This way you are not bothered by dragging it out and then putting it away).Have a space that you can use for cutting up the fruits and vegetables in to small pieces.Use this item everyday and change up what you are juicing and enjoy the new flavors. Experiment with different items for flavors.Currently I have juiced, Orange, Apple, Pears, strawberry, blue berry, black berry, lemon, lime, tomato, carrot, celery, cranberry, ginger, kale, spinach, and wheat-grass.This juicer is great for all of them but I love the fact that it does such a great job on the wheat-grass, kale and spinach. I just tose in an apple at the end to push the last bit of greens through and adjust the taste.As always do your research before you buy anything and respect the items durability and instructions for use and cleaning.

(Update below.)This is my 3rd juicer. I really like it. I think if I had a perfect juicer, it would be my maid or butler making me the juice and they'd have to clean it up.That being said, I've read all of the reviews here and have learned a lot about this juicer. I've juiced carrots and beets and cilantro and beet greens and kale without much of a problem. I knew enough about the juicer after the reviews to cut the fibrous stuff into smaller pieces. Clean up is pretty easy. I figured out that pouring about three sixteen ounce glasses of water through the juicer with it running when I finished juicing made cleanup easier. The first time I did carrots it took a while to clean the screen but pouring the water through made that much easier.Also, I would suggest pouring the juice through a nut milk bag if you want absolutely no pulp.Yes, there are shortcomings as there will be with any juicer. You have to find what you're comfortable with and whether or not you really want to juice.There is also the Omega juicer VRT330. Both the Omega VRT330 and the Hurom HU-100 are made in the same factory. They are basically the same juicer.I've got the Hurom and I really like it. I gave this 4 stars because it is not perfect and I don't have a maid or butler.UPDATE: 4/12/10I love this juicer. I find it easy to use and incredibly easy to clean. It's a lot of fun. When I first received it and used it I found that juice had leaked through the bottom of the gasket of the outer cup. This was easily remedied by my slowing down, after all it is a slow juicer. As long as the juice level does not exceed the top of the lower screen, nothing leaks out. Yes, there is a little learning curve with this juicer.It's quiet. It's very easy to clean. The pulp is pretty dry. It is fun to use, even without a maid or butler. I highly recommend this juicer.