Breville BJE200XL 700-Watt Compact Juice Fountain

OK, there are a million pro juicers here who can tell you all the reasons this type of juicer is best, another million who can tell you why a SLOW juicer like the Champion Brand are best if you want leafy greens juiced. My only experience until this week was with an OLD 15 year old juicer we paid about $70.00 for that took about a grocery CART full of fruits & veggies just to get a 12 oz. glass 1/2 full!
As a result, we used it one time and set it out in the garage until I finally sold it for $20.00 last month. But I saw a Jack La Lane infomercial and came to trusty old Amazon.com to see about trying again since these NEW juicers get more juice (or DO they?). I start reading and see so many more people liking this particular brand over Jacks model so then go to YouTube sniffing around. I take A MONTH DECIDING and bought this juicer from Amazon directly. Used it for just 2 days so I have no way to tell you about how it is best or worse, how it is changing my life, or anything earth shattering.
But I DO have something I CAN tell you. I don't even want a beer anymore. And I like beer. A LOT!!!! I haven't even tried any of the GREAT selection of included recipes that came included with the juicer. I just tossed in about 4 carrots, 1 small pear, 2 pieces of celery, 2 small red apples and it made over 16 ounces of juice! Blows my old mind (short trip). The weirdest thing of all to me at 60 years of age is I HATE carrots. HATE them. ANY form, hate them. Now, I can't get enough. And even weirder, I wasn't able to even eat any breakfast as I was too full. I don't remember anyone saying juice would fill me up. Usually if I had a V8 it just made me want a beer to go WITH it.
So all the expert juicers can decide which brand is best, which style is best. For my recreational use and for my being able to EASILY take it apart and fully clean in 10 minutes (and I am disabled, no, NOT from the beer!), I do a very rare thing. I give this a 5 star rating. As my experience with it grows, I will update this review as required as to reliability, stamina etc. My last and only prior juicer was such a nightmare to clean AND use, got NO juice, it makes this nothing less than shocking. To have so much juice, so much GREAT flavor, almost fun to operate and clean, who knows.....I may just end up skinny & healthy. But then after today's tomato. celery & zucchini with onion experiment, I can see myself wondering what a little Vodka might do for a little added flavor? Probably lucky for me that the only alcohol I ever liked was beer......
If I get into this in a big way and discover I like leafy green stuff juiced, and find this will NOT do that well, I will find someway to go the BIG bucks for a slow turning juicer that does that type juicing best. Heck, maybe I can recycle all my old beer cans to pay for it? Can't believe it took me 60 years to find a HEALTHY way to get juiced.

I purchased the Breville Compact Juice Fountain in December and have used almost daily since. I think the juicer works very well. I have had a couple of problems with the juicer and when I contacted Breville they took care of them immediately. I find the clean up isn't all that difficult especially if done immediately after juicing. I live in a 5th wheel and have limited space. This juicer doesn't take up a lot of counter space. I'd definitely recommend it.

Very pleased with this juicer. Make sure that you clean it after every time using it, no exceptions. So far this model has been a very good buy.

After researching several juicers in this price range, I chose this one based on people's good reviews about how easy it was to use and take apart. I am very happy with the construction of the product, making it pretty hassle-free to use several times a day. So far it has done a good job with carrots, apples, ginger, celery and leafy greens. The pulp is the texture of playdough without too many missed slices of vegetable. I only wish you could control the speed. It is powerful enough to juice things quickly, but I hear that fast is not necessarily better when it comes to diminishing the nutritional value of the juice. Overall, I think this is a really good buy, assuming that the makers will back any product defects.

The Breville juicer is easy to clean and is well worth the money. I was about to purchase the high end Breville and thought I would give this one a try first. It makes a great amount of juice, is easy to clean, easy to put back together and isn't loud. My only concern was that the pulp can fly up the chute due to the strong motor. I suppose simply placing my hand over the opening will eliminate that issue. I love that I can put large pieces of fruit or vegetables into the large chute! Overall this juicer is great!!