Which Juicer is Right?

Filed under: Juicers : January 1, 2007 :

How do I know which juicer is right for me?

Firstly, determine what you want to juice, how often and for how many people. For those who want to juice wheatgrass and green vegetables, an Oscar or Hippocrates juicer is more suitable as the Champion will only do so in small increments. The Hippocrates and Champion can grind to varying degrees and the Oscar includes pasta making attachments. All of the motors are durable and built to last; the Oscar has the slowest RPM, then the Hippocrates followed by the Champion.

All of the 3 juicers use a different type of extraction process…

The Green Power Hippocrates is a twin gear juice extractor.
The Greenpower Juicer for the purist, it has lots of ‘detox quality’ vegetable juice and the pulp is dry like sawdust.
12 years on motor and parts.

The Oscar Vital Max 900 is a single gear juicer.
The Oscar Juicer is perfect if you wish to juice lots of vegtables and fruits including wheatgrass. This juicer is a complete raw food kitchen including sorbets, pastas, nutbutters etc.
The Oscar Juicer has a food-grade polycarbonate ‘screw’ which uses a mortar and pestle action to crush and squeeze the produce into the juicing screen.
20 year waranty on motor / 5 years on parts.

The Champion 2000+ is a masticating juicer.
The Champion is a high volume juicer. Not so great with green vegetables and wheatgrass.
The Champion Juicer has stainless steel blades which are attached to the cutter that spins.
10 years on motor, 3 years on parts.

Greenpower Hippocrates Oscar Vital MAX 900 Champion 2000+
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Height 120mm
Length 160mm
Depth 210mm
Weight 6.6kg
Wattage 140w
Voltage 240v / 110v available
RPM 160
Height 311mm
Length 158mm
Depth 68mm
Weight 6.2kg
Wattage 200w
Voltage 240v / 110v available
RPM 80 to 100
Height 130mm
Length 178mm
Depth 210mm
Weight 11 kg
Voltage 240v
Wattage 400w
RPM 1425

The Greenpower Hippocrates Juicer

  • Juice stays fresh for 72 hours
  • Has the highest enzymatic activity and oxygen present
  • Produces a less pulpy juice
  • Has the highest quantity of living enzymes and nutrients available

The Oscar Vital MAX 900 Juicer

  • User friendly - extremely easy to clean, assemble and disassemble
  • Patented crush and squeeze action for maximum efficiency
  • Juice lasts up to 48 hours
  • Produces a less pulpy juice than other single gear juicers

The Champion 2000+ Juicer

  • Optional Grain Mill attachment
  • Large feeding chamber
  • Makes superior ice-cream

What can I juice?

The Hippocrates Juicer and The Oscar Vital Max will juice all types of fruit and vegetables. They are excellent for very fibrous vegetables such as carrots and beetroot and for more stringy leafed vegetables such as celery, silver beet and wheatgrass. All types of herbs can be juiced such as parsley which is high in iron and great for those on a vegetarian diet. It’s difficult to extract juice from a mango or an apricot. No juicer will extract juice from these very pulpy fruits.

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However, with all our machines, you can use the pulpy fruits to make delicious frozen fruit desserts and frappes.

Nut Butter

Both the machines easily make great nut paste or nut butter. If you add oil, a creamier, smoother nut butter will come out. Take any type of nut or a mixture of nuts. Soak them for around six to eight hours if they are hard nuts. Run them through the machine using the mincing accessory. The nut butter will come out the front of the machine.

Pasta or Noodles

  • The Oscar comes with all the parts required to make pasta.
  • The Hippocrates has a pasta kit that is an optional extra you can purchase.

How does the machine make pasta?

Take whatever type of flour you choose. You can add juice for colour and flavour instead of water as a mixing agent. For pasta, it’s a good idea to add an egg to the mixture. Keep the mixture as dry as you can. Put the mincing screen on and the appropriately shaped nozzle and start putting the mixture through the machine. Catch the pasta on a floured tray to keep the strands separated.

Greenpower Hippocrates Oscar Vital MAX 900 Champion 2000+