Sage SJE830BSS Nutri Juicer Cold XL - Professional Slow Juicer, Brushed Stainless Steel, Quiet Motor, High Nutrient Extraction - Perfect for Healthy Juices, Smoothies & Detox Drinks at Home

While researching which juicer to buy we came across a few different brands (Philips, Braun etc...) and they all had these small juicing machines that while being small they did have a big nozzle so you could fit an entire apple in it without cutting the apple. But a lot of the reviews mentioned issues with durability and issues with the more tougher fruit and veg.Then we came across this machine and all the reviews claimed it could handle almost any fruit or veg you put in it, so we went for it.Safe to say the reviews were not wrong in the slightest, we have put carrots, apples, celery and toughest of all - beetroot in it and have now been using it for 7 months, while obviously the blades have dulled slightly over time they seem to have become settled into the sharpness they will hold for the next few years. The only reason they have dulled slightly is because they were absolutely razor sharp when the product was new, just by looking at it you could cut yourself! Extremely sharp! (handle with care when assembling the first time!)The entire machine is very sturdy and well built and the design is very clever so that it is both sturdy but flexible, you can see they have great engineers by the way they have intentionally designed certain elements to be able to move slightly during operation to make the machine stronger.The machine takes perhaps 5 seconds to assemble or disassemble and when fully assembled it is surprising compact actually, it looked bigger on the pictures. We do not have a dishwasher here but most parts of the machine are dishwasher safe there are only two parts that you have to hand wash no matter what.The blade element of the machine needs to be hand-washed (it is machine washable but this shortens the lifetime of the blades) and the part that is used to push the fruit/veg into the blade needs to be hand-washed as well. Everything else can be tossed in the dishwasher.For people with no dishwasher, hand washing everything takes perhaps 5-10 minutes. The design of the parts makes them very easy to wash by hand and they include a special plastic fibre scrubbing tool for the blade element.In terms of juicing the manual tells you what speed to use for all fruit and veg and ones not on the manual you can probably figure out yourself. It can handle almost any fruit and veg. For citrus fruit you need to peel it first (the skin will ruin the flavour) and grapes need to be seedless (probably again due to flavour).The machine can handle fruits with small pits/seeds - so for example citrus fruit and apples need very little prep. For apples you only need to remove the stem that sticks out the top and can put the apple directly into the machine as one whole apple. This is fantastic as it speeds up the juicing process immensely. They say the hole is big enough for one apple but it is not a tight fit, the hole is plenty big for one apple. This also helps for other stuff, so carrots you can put 2-4 carrots in at once depending on their size.Beetroot and certain other stuff you just need to peel first and/or other preparations before putting them into the machine - most are explained in the manual and other stuff you can just Google or use common sense.One very important feature of this machine is the lack of heat applied while juicing and it really does work the juice comes out pretty much at the temperature of the stuff that goes in. So carrots we keep refrigerated as example so the juice that comes out is slightly cool meaning very little heat has been applied to the carrots while being juiced by the blades.The biggest issue with our old juicing machine from another brand was the heat, we always had to refrigerate the juice before consuming it as the machine would heat up anything that was being juiced. This machine does not and means you can juice and consume straight away as it is already at a good temperature.Heat aside, flavour is another important thing, if a machine uses poor quality materials it can change the flavour of the juice. This machine has no flavour at all meaning you only taste the fruit/veg you have put through it. Almost all the parts are some form of quality metal this not only makes the machine very tough but also means there is no flavour transference from the machine parts to the juice. In other machines you can get this especially if the blade and sieve materials are not a quality metal - you would get either plastic or metallic flavour in the juice. But not with this machine.If you are looking for a quality juicer that will last a long time this is pretty much the only juice, I feel silly for even considering other machines before buying this one it is that big of a difference!