"My boyfriend and I started juicing after watching Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. This DVD had a huge impact on us. The Breville was used, so after much internet searching, price comparing, and watching Youtube to compare all different juicers, this was the one.

We love this and use it every day. He juices, and I clean up. I must say, even though I love this, I feel there is a slight design flaw. It is in the plastic top, where the pulp flies out, there is a piece of plastic that catches a lot of pulp, and it gets packed in there really tight. Because I'm the one who cleans it every day, it is quite annoying to "dig" out the pulp with a spoon, knife, or whatever I can find that is small enough. I do not put it in the dishwasher as we don't use that every day, so I'm washing my juicer by hand.

I feel this juicer is top-of-the-line in quality and worth all that I paid for it.

Thanks Breville for making such a "high quality" product!"

"I too bought a juicer because of Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. All of the reviews I read pointed me to the Juice Fountain Elite and I couldn't be happier with my decision to buy it. I juice kale, lettuce, spinach, ginger, carrots, oranges, etc almost every day and the clean up is well worth the reward.

Thanks for making a great product!"

"I was diagnosed with Ulcerative colitis and had to really watch my fiber intake.
After discovering and purchasing my Breville, I have been able to eat strawberries, blackberries, apples, carrots, and greens. My colitis is not an issue now and I feel so healthy and happy. Since I can't eat raw whole veggies, this is a great way to get them. I also watched Fat, Sick and Almost Dead and loved it. This is going to be my plan from now on. I did put the pitcher in the dishwasher which didn't fair well as the heat might have been too hot. I am assuming there is a replacement to purchase. It is much easier to clean that I thought it would be.

~Breville Response~

Hello Meredith,

We are so happy to hear that the Juice Fountain Elite has become a part of your new lifestyle and that you are enjoying the benefits of juicing. Please keep us updated on how you are doing with the juicing!

Thank you,

ReneeS
Breville Consumer Services."

"I just purchased this juicer at William Sonoma. I had to wait for one as the clerk stated they sell out every week. I did research as well and this juicer seemed to have the best responses. It seems others were not as powerful or died too early. I also watched the movie "Fat sick and almost dead" and that sold me. I have only used it for a week or so but I love it! It’s very easy to juice; easier than I thought. And clean up is much easier than I thought as well, even with cleaning the basket and mesh.

I hope the blade lasts a while. I will be careful with what I put in it so that I don't unnecessarily dull the blades.

The juice tastes great and there is no pulp at all that gets into the juice. Great product!
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"I love this juicer; however the mesh/cutting blade is awful expensive. Over $60 for it is too much when Omega only charges around $30 for theirs. Also why can't you just buy the cutting blade? Maybe I don't see it on this site but I can't seem to find it. The mesh should last a long time.

Other than those problems I love this juicer. I bought one for my sister and later I bought one for myself. My sister loves it, my brother in law juices for the whole family since my sister is kind of scared of the powerful machine. I love this juice I had a Breville juicer in the past, actually I still have it. This juicer is much faster and I hope it lasts a long time. I have heard the motor eventually dying after a 2 or 3 years of continuous use, I hope my last longer than that.
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"This is a great juicer! Very easy to clean and super easy to use. I am a bit concerned about the review preceding mine about how fast the blades dull. The juice is perfect and I love this juicer a lot! The old Champion juicer had was a nightmare, this juicer is a dream! Thanks Breville, Joe, and Phil for introducing me to this machine!"

"For $300.00 plus (with tax) for a juicer I would expect more. Over $60.00 for replacement blade/basket that gets dull easily it is too much money. I've had this particular model for a little while and I cut my apples and remove pits since they dull the blade much quicker that if taken out. The blade is too soft and gets dull very fast and your juice extraction goes down especially with leafy vegetables such as spinach, kale, swiss chard, etc. Usually I would juice carrots, apples and some green vegetables but the blade goes dull quickly and you have to buy an expensive replacement. It would be wonderful to have a titanium or stainless steel blade instead of what Breville provides. If I didn't invest in this, I would have bought entirely different type of juicer.


~Breville Response~

Thank you for that very forthright review of of the Juice Fountain Elite. We actually have made the blades of the filter basket on this particular model out of titanium reinforced stainless steel. Even though this is a great combination, we do understand that even that can dull with time and use.

Also, I know that with centrifugal juicers, leafy items can present an issue for juice extraction. We know that if you take the leafy items and squeeze them into as tight of a ball as you can and put that into the juicer, that can greatly improve the amount of juice that is extracted from them. Also, you can take your loose leaves and place them in a large single leaf of lettuce, wrap it up tight and run that bundle through the juicer. This too will increase the amount of juice you will be able to extract.

Thank you again for your concerns and your comments.

Renee S.
Breville USA"

"I researched for a year on possible juicers for us. The price range we looked at was 99.00 - 800.00. After reviewing all of the possibilities combined with juicing nutrition and capturing the cells for consumption, this juicer won!

Clean up is a snap compared to other juicers. I love the high and low gear option. I rarely use the high gear but it's nice to have for when I'm overloading the feeder...which happens when I'm placing spinach and parsley combined with apples to receive the "leafy" veggie juice. Even at that, I use the high gear for maybe 5seconds.

Most of my friends had used other brands such as Jack LaLanne - Vita Mix so I had a really good source of information that matched the mechanics of the various machines out there, as well as, being able to "hear" them.

Loving it!

So happy!
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"PROS - great product, good for the environment as it doesn't need to be replaced in 1 year,

After researching juicers, I decided to pay for a BETTER product that will last and is well designed. Mostly I juice carrots and beets (25 lbs each use) and freeze my juice filled water bottles in the freezer and use them as needed. Cleanup is easy if you do it right after you juice.
Parts are replaceable although I haven't had to do that yet.
The strong motor makes noise.
You won't be able to talk on the phone while juicing as it transforms you carrots into juice.

CONS - Doesn't remind you to replace the pitcher after pouring out your juice. Oh that is my MISTAKE!

I was recommending this to my cousin to send her the website link and decided to write a review as I like to see reviews of products with the test of time!

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"I used to own the juiceman, and I was pleased with it. I bought another juiceman when the first one wore out. I was so disappointed with it. I use it once and never used it again. After doing a websearch for about a week. I deceided on this one. I juiced one time with it and I was sold. Thanks for your positive reviews."