I have owned Omega VRT350 for about 3 months now, and I decided to wait a while and give it a long test to perform before writing an official review. If I would have assessed this juicer after the first day or week, I would have given about 4 1 / 2 stars, but after three months, it is fair to say that only about 3 – 3 1 / 2 stars in my book.
I upgraded to chew this juicer after a Breville juicer owning for years. I wanted something that juiced greens and kept the high quality nutrients in the juice. Overall I would say that this juicer produces lovely juices (better taste than I ever had with my Breville), but it is so time consuming and so much work to get it!
All the reviews mention that excessive pulp are 100% accurate. The pulp problem increased over time in the possession of this juicer. I’m not sure why this is the case, as I clean the screen every time after using it. An average produces several tablespoons of juice and the pulp should be strained at least twice to my desired consistency. Some products do not juice well, but produces a thick mushy flesh instead – like the overly ripe apples, cucumbers or mushy fruit. In any case my Breville, the juice almost anything! One of my favorite things about owning a juicer is up fruits and vegetables about to go bad, so nothing will be lost. With this juicer, you can only produce fresh and hard.
On the upside, this juicer makes juice leafy vegetables, but you have to follow through on something hard, such as carrots or beets afterwards, otherwise the greens just sit and turn the auger without juice. The order in which the products are included in the juicer is extremely important, and I find that I disassemble the juicer and cleaning at least once or twice halfway through juicing. Not too pleasant.
But, with all that said, I still love this juicer. It’s a tough decision, because I wish I could some aspects of my Breville combine some aspects of this machine. Overall, I think $ 370 (what I paid) is ridiculously expensive for the pain and trouble tends to cause this juicer. Part of me wonders whether because of the “vertical-up model” that some of the problems, because the entire Omega is a quality company. If you make an 8-oz glass of juice a moment, this juicer is perfect! But I juice several portions, and that’s where the problems of excessive pulp and blockages in the game. One of my favorite things to juice – celery – is almost impossible to juice in this machine and will clog it up every time.
If Omega can work on the pulp issue would be a beautiful machine … but for now it’s finally her problems. If you are considering buying a new juicer I would go back to the horizontal jacks and models that have been around for much longer. I checked out the reviews and they do not seem the same problems.
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