Buying a good juicer that is easy to use and clean up will encourage you to actually use it. Why spend money on a juicer that makes juicing difficult? Look for a juicer that has the below product features so you can find the best juicer for you and spend more time juicing and less time looking at an empty or quiet juicer.

• Adequate Horsepower or Watts - Juicers list their power ratings in watts or horsepower. Horsepower is an approximate measure of watts or electrical power and can be used to describe a juicer’s motor. One horsepower is approximately equal to 746 watts. Look for a juicer that has at least 1/3 to1/2 horsepower or about 240 to 375 watts. Higher horsepower or watts impacts the juicer’s blade speed.
• Keep The Blade Spinning - Juicers that have lower horsepower or watts can have their blade’s revolutions per minute, or RPM, slow down when food is put into the appliance and impact the juicing. Buy higher horsepower versus higher RPMs
• Easy On And Off - Some juicers require a special tool to get the blade on and off the shaft. Go for an easy on and off blade to help make clean up easier.
• Juice It All - A juicer that can handle greens like celery, lettuce and kale along with harder vegetables, like carrots and beets, will expand your juicing range. Juicing all kinds of fruits and vegetables keeps the juicing fun, different and delicious.
• A Large Feeding Tube - The larger the feeding tube the less fruit and vegetable cutting that is needed. A large feeding tube allows whole or half pieces of food to be juiced.
• The Pulp Receptacle - A juicer that ejects pulp into a separate receptacle makes clean up easier and allows for continuous juicing. Even better, line the receptacle with a baggie and make its clean up a one step process.
• Less Is More - The less parts a juicer has, the less the clean up and the more that you will use your juicer. Make cleaning easier and you will use your juicer more.

Published 6/11/2010 12:00:00 AM

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