Which Is Better, The Breville BJE510XL Or The Omega VRT330 Juicer

If you get a fresh juicing machine, it will cost you a fair amount of money and time. It's not just initial cost, but the money for the fruits and veggies you are juicing. And you need to consider the time you will spend preparing, juicing, and cleaning up.

The Breville BJE510XL and the Omega VERT VRT330 juicers are among the best selling juicers. Both companies are reputable. Hundreds of buyers have given their machines highly favorable customer ratings (on Amazon, the Omega VRT330 was rated 4.2, the Breville BJE510XL, 4.5). Each has advantages and disadvantages, so how do you choose? Decide what is most important to your juicing plans and your lifestyle.

Will you be making a lot of green juice? That is, full of wheatgrass, celery, and the many green leafy vegetables? If so, you need a masticating juicer. You should choose the slower operating Omega VRT330. Its 80 rpm speed crushes then squeezes, which seems to extract more out of the greens. It also generates almost no heat to preserve these plants' especially delicate structure. Its wiping blade and automatic pulp extrusion work together to keep these often stringy vegetables from clogging up the works.

Half of those who rated it at Amazon gave the VRT330 5 stars. Its strong points are the ease of operation, its easy feeding and clean up, and efficiency of use. The VRT330 requires as little as half as much produce as other juicers for similar amounts of juice. Sixteen percent of the reviewers at Amazon gave it only 1 or 2 stars--mostly for speed of operation and some jamming. Its cost of around 60% more than the Breville BJE510XL is a higher initial investment, which is off-set by lower produce costs over the long run. Its 10-year limited warranty demonstrates the manufacturers confidence in it.

Do you want to get your juice and be on your way in a hurry? Consumers are happier with the Breville BJE510XL juicer in terms of time spent in both preparation and juicing. With a three inch intake spout, you can chop less, or not at all. The Breville can give you eight ounces of juice in five seconds, where the Omega VRT330 can take 10 minutes. Because it runs so fast, the heat it generates is not a huge problem. The juice is exposed to the heat for only a very short time.

Seventy-four percent of buyers of the Breville BJE510XL gave it a 5-star rating and only six percent rated it at only 1 or 2 stars. The issue of jamming (usually because of greens) is significant, particularly if it causes the motor to "chug down." Asking too much of this blender can cause an internal circuit breaker to be thrown, that only a trip to the manufacturer can reset. Most of that disgruntled six percent had that happen, but listening to the machine and treating it kindly prevents this problem. If greens are your primary produce, though, the Omega VRT330 is a better choice.

If you need slow, cool, and green, tip toward the Omega VRT330 juice extractor. If you want quick and easy, but not so many greens, you'll want the Breville BJE510XL. Both render good service. Both serve different needs. One of these two juice extractors will suit you to a "T".