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I’m just wondering if anyone on here uses a juicer; if so, are they worth it?

I don’t eat particularly well and am also quite picky, but I accept I need to get more fruit and veg into me, so I thought this would be a good healthy thing to have when I get back from the gym instead of my normal bottle of water. I quite like the ones (drinks) you can get in the shopping centres and assume this would give me the same sort of thing.

Opinions welcome.

[Speedoguy]

We had one about 3 years ago, which was fine at first ( novelty aspect kicking in) but becomes a massive pain in the backside to keep all the bits & bobs clean. We don't have a dishwasher which would probably help make this slightly easier to deal with. Think we sold it after a month or so.

If there is one which takes all the hassle out of cleaning every nook and cranny I'd maybe interested again.

If I remember correctly we did seem to need a lot of fruit/veg to make a decent size drink so running costs were not that cheap.

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Thanks,

I have a popcorn maker that got used about once, that was a novelty.

[FZR400RRSP]

My mother bought herself a juicer and classes it as the biggest waste of money ever (in a kitchen related sense).
She said the amount of fruit and effort involved to get one poxy glass of juice was incredible.
She binned it and buys juice in cartons/bottles again now.

[steveinspain]

I live in Spain, and grow my own oranges, which makes things slightly different for me, but I use my juicer every day throughout the orange season, plus 2-4 times a week for the rest of the year for apple, pear, strawberry juice etc. It is a bit of a pain to clean the apple/pear juicing bit (not sure what it is called - the citrus juice bit only needs a 2 second rinse, so is fine) but the kids love it so much that it is worthwhile.
I very rarely eat any fresh fruit, but this way I get the vitamins I need.
I would say it is one of the best bits of kitchen equipment we own !

[Palladio]

We usually go to Spain most years and always by Oranges in the Local market and juice them for drinks. They're cheap, taste great, plenty of juice and easy to do on a small Juicer.

At home we bought a "Do everything juicer" a few years back, used it for a couple of months and it now sits in the Loft with the Sandwich maker.

Agree with previous posters, Hassle cleaning and amazed at how little juice you got out of a huge amount of fruit.

[acid007]

I bought a L'Equip model for my mother a few years back, its a great little machine. My mother grows a variety of fruit trees, is health consious, so an excellent gift.

But i have to agree it does not get used very often at all nowadays, probably for the similar reasons described below.

Sid

[andrew markwort]

I'm not a medic or a dietician, but I'd say that if you want a healthy diet, it'd be better to have water for your fluids and then eat the fruit - that way you'll get the fibre. A key point of the 'five a day' idea is to get the fibre from fruit and veg into you - it helps with digestion and lowers the risk of bowel cancer and other nasties. Juicers, as far as I can see, get rid of the fibre.

Okay, I've done my health addict bit. We had a juicer and dumped it after one use - too much fuss. For juicing oranges, unless you're juicing regularly on an industrial scale, a hand juicer (e.g. one of those plastic ridged dome things that fits over a cup) will probably be just as good, and is a lot easier to clean.