Cheap juicer that handles carrots?

SaveSomeMore_2

I drink carrot juice but the pure stuff without added sugar galore is ridiculously expensive (£2.62 per litre which I'd get through in a week). Plus I drink beetroot juice which is similarly expensive.

I'v done the math and based on raw ingredients alone I could make juice at £0.83p per litre (with a bit added for electricity of course) myself. If I bought a juicer for £50-100 it would pay for itself in 3-6months.

I've looked into it and their is so much choice. Some I've spotted though:
-Salter Nutri Pro (£49.99)
-Nutribullet (£69.50)
-NutriNinja (£69)
-NutriNinja IQ (£90)

Anyone got any experience with these?

dacouch

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/bosch-juicer-mes20a0gb-700w-white-22-95-sonicdirect-2367395

I have one of these.

Highly efficient but remember these extract juice and separate the pulp, you get surprisingly little juice from a lot of fruits

sam.4000

SaveSomeMore wrote: »

I drink carrot juice but the pure stuff without added sugar galore is ridiculously expensive (£2.62 per litre which I'd get through in a week). Plus I drink beetroot juice which is similarly expensive.

I'v done the math and based on raw ingredients alone I could make juice at £0.83p per litre (with a bit added for electricity of course) myself. If I bought a juicer for £50-100 it would pay for itself in 3-6months.

I've looked into it and their is so much choice. Some I've spotted though:
-Salter Nutri Pro (£49.99)
-Nutribullet (£69.50)
-NutriNinja (£69)
-NutriNinja IQ (£90)

Anyone got any experience with these?

They are not juicers, my thoughts were a juicer removed the juice and left the pulp or that's what my juicer does. The ones you have listed above just chop everything up but do not extract the pulp.

You would need a lot lore carrots than you think to make a litre of carrot juice.

jenniewb

Like Sam.4000 says, a juicer extracts juice and tbh I think you are better off with a smoothie maker or a decent blender than a juicer because it will be very difficult for any machine to extract juice from a carrot but far easier (and even actually possible!) to blend a carrot to a fine smoothie, the more you blend, the finer (less pulpy) the results will be.


I don't know if you have TV or have the BBC iplayer but on Friday at 8:30pm there was a show on the BBC about gadgets (think it was BBC1? I was watching from the gym so have no idea what channel it was just know there were no ads so it must have been BBC something!) they tested 8 blenders, 4 were cheaper and 4 were over or around £100 and it seems of the cheaper types the Salter really stood out so could be worth a look. I've no idea what name or model it was though but if you watch it again on the iplayer it should be there.

Nicki

I've had a couple of juicers and both managed carrots fine. It's what they are designed to do after all!

As others have said, the ones you have listed are smoothie makers which aren't the same thing. There is a list of which Best Buy juicers here http://www.which.co.uk/reviews/juicers

From experience, look for the one which is easiest to clean otherwise you will soon stop using it!

In terms of yield, you will need about 16 very fresh carrots to make a litre of juice, and more if they are a bit older and therefore drier.

SaveSomeMore_2

Nicki wrote: »

I've had a couple of juicers and both managed carrots fine. It's what they are designed to do after all!

As others have said, the ones you have listed are smoothie makers which aren't the same thing. There is a list of which Best Buy juicers here http://www.which.co.uk/reviews/juicers

From experience, look for the one which is easiest to clean otherwise you will soon stop using it!

In terms of yield, you will need about 16 very fresh carrots to make a litre of juice, and more if they are a bit older and therefore drier.

Thanks, I'd calculated for about 3 large carrots =250mls, but 4 per 250 would still be cheaper than the £2.50 cartons.

Do you find you are left with a lot of pulp? I'm weighing up a smoothie maker instead as I'm guessing at least you still get the fibre from it then.

Nicki

Ive never drunk pure carrot juice just had carrots as part of a mixed juice. You get left with a very dry amount of residual stuff - maybe 20% of the volume off the whole veg at a guess.

I rarely drink juices these days but do drink smoothies made in the nutri bullet. They are very different drinks and consistencies. If you wanted a thinner drink using the nutribullet you'd still be straining the pulp out via a sieve which would be messy and you'd still be losing part of the drink.

Really it's what you like to drink. If you prefer a juice over a smoothie rather than try to force yourself to drink smoothies just buy a juicer! If you don't want to waste the pulp, use it in cakes or muffins or stews.