Some reviews say they chop everything up tiny but you don't need to do that. As long as it fits in the chute it seems fine. I put whole carrots in there. If you're doing things like spinach and romaine etc then it's easier to push them down with a carrot or celery rather than the tool they give you. The plunger tool just compacts it really hard and gets it stuck. It's also really easy to put the pulp back thru and it will squeeze a few more drops out. Just only do a few pieces at a time so you don't get it too messy and clog it up. Theres a reverse function for if food stops moving, you'll probably only need to do this for the last bit of food you send through since there will be nothing coming to send it forward. You just press and hold reverse for a few seconds and then go forward again to get the food moving into the filter.The whole juicing part comes off in one piece after and then it's really easy to disassemble to clean and reassemble. Once you do it once you won't forget how to do it again.It's not as fast as a centrifugal juicer of course. The centrifugal juicer I owned before was too messy and threw pulp all over the place inside the juicer and was just annoying to clean. There were too many spots the pulp would end up. The pro though is that you can make juice fast. I really don't don't the heating of the juice matters. You can put cold vegetables in a centrifuge and get cold juice out. I think they need to be heated up quite a bit more to change their composition. So of you're looking at a slow juicer for that reason maybe read up to see if that is a total scam. I'm not sure I'm just thinking rationally. For me the slow juicer was all about the cleaning and I read they produce drier pulp. They also look nice on the kitchen counter, very cultured looking :PIt probably takes 5 minutes to push all the vegetables I use though. 4 big carrots, 10 celery sticks, half an apple, half a lemon, piece of ginger, a whole romaine and half a cucumber. The prep is minimal since a lot of that can go through without being cut in half first. If it fits in the chute whole I leave it as is. That amount makes about 20z of juice and then I make a broth with the pulp and store it in the freezer.It's also fairly quiet compared to the centrifugal juicer I used before. It'll probably still wake someone up though.All in all I like it a lot.I have more tips now that I've used it a bit moreSome stuff will create soggy pulp like cucumbers, lemons, kiwi. Do these ones very first and hold a 1/2 measuring cup where the pulp comes out. Then you can pass the pulp through really easily and you will watch less and less pulp come out. I pass it through probably 5 times and if you're using the measuring cup it'll only take an extra couple minutes to do that. Push the pulp through gently with a carrot or celery because the plunger will compact it and get it stuck. You can use the measuring cup method to pass pulp back through as you juice stuff if you want but I find the greatest return on the stuff like cucumbers. Carrots won't give you much back, the pulp for carrots comes out pretty dry so I do the carrot very last. I dont bother passing pulp through out last because the pulp gets stuck in there and if there's nothing whole coming in after to push it through then a lot of the pulp doesn't come out. Think this is the best method that works for meI was in the market for a juicer because my Vitamix was not giving me the results I wanted. I never realized there was such a variety in machines- but I did know that I did not want to be straining celery juice thru cheese cloth!!Once I had determined that I wanted a cold press- it was fairly easy to decide on the Amzchef! I liked the style and the size was not too big to leave out on the counter.I have found it very easy to use and not difficult to clean. I have also found it is best to not rush and to place the celery stalks one at a time so they don’t get stuck!All and all, I have found this to have been a very smart purchase! I did contact the Company about a minor issue and they suggested a part replacement and I am currently waiting for that to arrive. The after care from the service department has been phenomenal to say the least and I cannot tell you how important that has been to me! I was amazed at their prompt response to my first email and their eagerness to make sure they corrected the problem and that I was satisfied. I highly recommend the Amzchef juicer and could not be more satisfied with my purchase or the interactions with this Company- Thank You!This is a very functional, reasonably priced piece of kitchen equipment. Flavor of juice is better than my last fast processing juicer, though the process is really a lot slower... my boyfriend has a different slow press juicer that he paid about $200 also on amazon and I wish I got that one as it is faster and larger than this one. The up side is this one is easier to clean and takes up less space. I wanted to do a juice cleanse ( four juices a day) which is a lot of juicing. This might be better for the occasional juicer.I gave it 4 stars because I had a weird first package that someone had opened, used then returned and it was missing the manual and bits of box...it wasn't exactly reassuring me of a Quality product but seems more like an amazon service issue than product issue.This masticating juicer should have bit the dust weeks ago! I have not been kind to it but it keeps powering on, making amazing juice out of whatever I throw it’s way. The killer should have been the frozen pomegranate arils. I had some room left for more juice after carrots, beets, celery, ginger root and bok choy so I found some frozen pomegranate arils and put them in a tablespoon at a time. The juicer started groaning… then it popped and stopped … I thought I broke it! But all it wanted was to be cleaned out a little and went right back at it. I’ve used it everyday for several months with not one problem. It’s strong, quiet and efficient.Due to reading previous comments, I'm treating this machine like a baby and not pushing it too hard... and haven't had ANY issues. 90% of what goes through it is just celery. I'm chopping the veg into small pieces, and feeding them through slow enough that it has time to make sure it's caught up before adding more. I do run the celery pulp back through a second time just because it does come out pretty moist the first time through... but that only takes an additional few seconds and isn't a big deal. The worst part about it is having to scrub the screen clean, and I wish there was an easier way to do that... overall, it's been great and I can see it lasting a long time.I bought this cold press juice machine. I couldn’t believe the quality for the price. It works just as well as the famous OMEGA at a fraction of the price and MUCH easier to clean too. I used it often for years when I had my first issue. The extracting pieces somehow got stuck together and nothing worked for me to fix. I took a chance and emailed the complaint directly. Not only did a real person respond in 24 hours, they agreed to replace the parts! I’m so happy and can’t wait to add the other appliances from this great company in my home !Compré este artículo porque ya tenía uno pero se me resbaló y se descompuso, compré esta marca porque la verdad estuve muy a gusto con el anterior por dos años más o menos, pero bueno… Se descompuso por la resbalada que se me dio.Este artículo que recibí venía ya usado, jaló dos días pero con un ligero movimiento que no tenía el anterior y ese movimiento era precisamente en la parte donde va el tornillo del masticado y lo que la envuelve que es de plástico transparente, esa parte no se sentía bien… luego se rompió la pieza que envío en la fotografía, La pieza del espiral masticador viene de dos colores… Sinceramente nada que ver con el que les compré hará un año y medio o dos años, por esto Y consciente de que estas cosas pueden suceder solicito a ustedes el cambio por otro artículo igual pero nuevo o la devolución de mi dinero.ACLARO: me llegó este lunes y el martes lo usé por primera vez y la pieza no estaba en ese estado sólo tenía un constante movimiento al prender la máquina, este movimiento se Veía claramente en la parte de la otra fotografía en donde tiene el tornillo puesto y lo que lo cubre.El primero que compré estaba mucho más firme y no tenía ese vaivén que les comento…Saludos, estuve muy contenta con el primero que compré, espero me hagan el cambio por otro igual O el reembolso, yo aún creo que es muy buena marca Y estoy consciente que a veces los productos no llegan bien o salen defectuosos.Agradezco de antemano su pronta respuesta, pues estoy en un tratamiento médico a base de sumos y no debería interrumpir.Saludos: Patricia Marty ordoñezThis juicer does juice well & retains some pulp thus enchanting the fibre intake, definitely a bonus compared to other styles of juicers. Unfortunately the motor is louder than I expected, definitely not ‘quiet’ as advertised (I’ve owned several over the years so can compare). Also, unfortunately, I was sent a machine that has a US power plug???? Yet bought through Amazon Australia, easy to buy an adaptor though. Overall the juicer works really well, just a shame it’s noisy as that is an important factor for me.Finalmente falló, y como se compró para un regalo la verdad es que me ha dejado en mal. Afortunadamente esto sucedió dentro de la ventana de devolución.Nothing to dislike. I’ve only used it for celery, which was the reason for buying it, so I can’t speak of using it for other vegetables or fruit. So far I’m very happy with it.