Tribest Slowstar SW-2000 Vertical Masticating Cold Press Juicer & Juice Extractor with Mincer, Red

After one solid week of use, I can honestly say this is, by far, the best juicer I've ever owned.Over the years, I've moved on from centrifugal juicers to Tribest's GreenStar 3000, which I've owned for a number of years, and has provided me with exceptional performance, but it has always been lacking in its ease of cleaning.I've typically juiced carrots, apples, and leafy green vegetables, and the GreenStar 3000 handled these fruits and vegetables with no effort.My girlfriend wanted to start drinking more fresh juices, but prefers berries and citrus fruits, which the GreenStar 3000 can accomplish, but the cleanup is exceedingly difficult with a horizontal twin gear juicer, particularly with the fine screen.My only, initial concern with purchasing a vertical, slow juicer was its ability to juice harder vegetables, like carrots, but my trepidation quickly vanished. The Tribest SlowStar SW-2000 makes AMAZING JUICES, and the clean up is so easy, that this machine is perfect for even the novice juicer.Although it can self-feed whole carrots, the dual blade auger makes it SLIGHTLY more prone to binding up the auger, but I've simply started breaking my carrots, by hand, into a few pieces, and the SlowStar SW-2000 masticates them with exceeding efficiency.As for some of the concerns mentioned in other reviews:1. Pulling out the auger -- The auger can be difficult to remove IF you attempt to do so while the juice housing\auger\wiper unit is still in place on the motor housing. However, if you remove the housing\auger\wiper unit from the motor base first, the auger comes out quite easily.2. Pulp collects in the hollowed out, underside of the auger -- this appears to be inherent to the auger's design, and has no adverse effect on the machine's performance. Although, I could see excessive pulp collection becoming a problem, if one were to doing a marathon juicing session, along the lines of a couple gallons of juice in one juicing session.3. The waste chute gets clogged, from time to time -- What I've noticed is that waste chute clogging is often the result of a poorly seated, back pressure insert on the bottom of the juicer housing. If its fully seated, the chute will not clog easily, if at all.By far, the most difficult aspect of cleaning this machine is the waste chute, but the curved end of the cleaning brush makes this task a breeze. The only truly difficult part is removing the back pressure insert, to completely flush out the remaining pulp. If you install it correctly, it's difficult to pull out by hand. However, if you PUSH it out, using the curved end of the cleaning brush, even this part of cleaning the machine is a snap.Cleaning this juicer is ridiculously easy, especially compared to a twin gear juicer -- 2 cups of warm water (x3), passed though the juicer while running, and its ready for disassembly, a quick rinse of the wiper assembly, a light scrub and rinse of the pulp screen, and the removal of the back pressure insert, follow by a thorough rinse of the waste chute and interior of the juice collector.Where some might find this juicer lacking, is the pulp screen. Not because its hard to clean -- it's the easiest juicer screen I've ever had to clean, but this juicer does NOT offer a coarse screen for those who like a fair amount of pulp in their juice. The SlowStar SW-2000 produces a minimal pulp juice, but that may not be your cup of tea.

I bought this at the recommendation of John from Discount Juicers. Sorry John, I had an Amazon gift card. Before buying this I borrowed the ubiquitous Breville Juicer touted by Joe Cross for two weeks to see if I would like juicing. I don't like it, I love it. I never ate breakfast before and drank about three cups of coffee to get me to lunch. Since starting I have not had a cup of coffee and don't miss it. My energy is higher and more even throughout the day. Only lost about 5lbs but am not trying to lose weight too quickly. i still eat other foods but less of them. I can see myself not feeling starved if I went on a full blown juice cleanse. The Breville is a decent machine but is loud and not sure if it will last more than 5 years.ProsVery quiet compared to the Breville10 year warrantySlow juice is supposed to retain more of the nutrients. Not sure if that is really true.Juice looks like juice. Check a video on Youtube showing this unit juicing tomato's compared to the Breville.Does a better job on leafy greens which was my number one reason for getting this juicer.Quality of the plastic machine parts are good. Thicker plastic than on the Breville.It takes me about 5 minutes longer to make a double batch of juice with this vs the Breville. I may be slow but it takes me around 20-25 minutes to make a double batch of juice with clean up using the slowstar. 15-20 with the Breville. Cleanup is about the same. Prep is about the same because you can start juicing right away with the Slowstar and prep as you feed the hopper. The Breville is so fast you need to do all the prep in advance to keep feeding the machine.5 stars for the Slowstar except:1. It doesn't give that much more juice than the Breville. I tested using Joe's Mean Green juice and got 10% more juice than the Breville. From all the claims i was expecting 20-30%. Still significant. Over a 3 year period it should pay for itself in savings. There is still a lot of room for improvement from both types of juicers.2. The top half of the mesh in the screen has larger holes so the juice has more bits compared to the Breville. I thought I would like this because it means more fiber but it is a bit annoying. As John shows in his videos you can put an extra strainer under the juice but the strainer it comes with is too fine so clogs very quickly. I use a cheapo mesh basket that works great.3. The pitchers that come with it are worthless for pouring. Works for holding the pulp but that is it.I have not tried the attachment yet. Not sure I will as I don't make nut milks or nut butters. If I do I will update this review.