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Champion 2000+ Masticating Juicer | 
 enlarge | Brand: Plastaket
Category: Kitchen
Buy Used: £210.00
New (5) Used (1) from £210.00
Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 42612
Media: Kitchen & Home
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Model: MAR-220
UPC: 701842888381
EAN: 0701842888381
ASIN: B0000ZP3N4
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: EXCELLENT CONDITION - used once, immaculately clean and in original box with receipe booklet
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Product Description
"This juicer was awarded the accolade of Best Luxury Buy in The Independent Newspapers Top 10 Juicers Review and is supplied with a free juicing book. If you want the most reliable domestic juicer available - The Champion is for you.
Power, durability, ease of use and long-term value mean that the Champion is appropriately named. It is a true workhorse that will deliver many years of faithful service to the juicing enthusiast. A heavy-duty 1/3 hp motor drives the single floating cutter, which ejects pulp through a separate outlet, which means you can make a large batch of juice without stopping to clean up.
It is a Masticating juicer so the chewing action gives a more nutritious drink. It does this without losing any of the speed and convenience associated with a centrifugal juicer, so it really does offer the best of both worlds. It has a large feeding chamber which reduces the time taken to prepare fruit and vegetables for juicing. It's so easy to use and clean that it is arguably the most user-friendly juicer in our range.
Quickly swapping the juicing screen for the blank screen supplied adds to the Champions versatility, allowing you to make fruit sauces, smoothies and purees, as well as nut butters. With the blank screen in place the power of the Champion also makes light work of frozen fruits to make delicious, instant sorbets and ice creams. The Champion is a Freak of kitchen design! An appliance that just never breaks down? If you use it properly you will probably never need another juicer. For general fruit and vegetable juicing it will repay the initial investment many times over the years. It is difficult to be too enthusiastic about the Champion. It is tough and tough to beat! "
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 The Daddy of all Juicers January 17, 2007
P. E. Hellawell (YORKSHIRE)
30 out of 34 found this review helpful
I have been using a Champion juicer for over 15 years so I consider myself fairly competent offering this review and I think any consumer wanting to make an informed choice, needs to have some of the uninformed negative opinions expressed on this review section put into context. I have worked in health-related jobs since 1992 and I'm a keen juicing enthusiast.
Juice from the Champion definitely DOES NOT 'pour all over' when you are using it. A 1 litre pyrex jug catches the juice perfectly. Juicing is of course a messy business and this is hard to avoid but until someone invents a self-cleaning juicer, the clean up after the Champion is as easy as it gets. Most people who read the instructions and apply a little common sense will come to love the Champion for its speed, ease of use and excellent juice quality once they are familiar with its correct operation.
The motor does get warm in use but the criticism that the Champion produces 'steaming pulp' and warm juice is a clear indication of failing to use the juicer properly. People who have had ordinary juicers sometimes don't realise what a powerful and durable machine the Champion is and they use it too timidly. If you leave pulp in the machine too long when it is switched on, of course it will get warm. I have NEVER managed to produce steaming pulp or warm juice with mine. The Champion is a beast and if you feed it it properly all it delivers is cool, highly nutritious juice. Anyone who thinks this juicer is hard to assemble has misunderstood how to do it.
Someone below claims the filter screen on the Champion blocks up. It does not. Again the user fails to understand the machine. The pulp is moving ACCROSS the screen continuously in use and the pulp that is apparently 'blocking' the screen when you disassemble it, is the very last bit of pulp that was fed through - if the user went on juicing this pulp would be continuously changing. I have used ALL types of domestic juice extractor and while there are some bad ones out there, generally speaking there are no massive differences in juice yield between the better models. the Champion gives a very respectable yield with over half a litre of juice from a kilo of carrots and much more from a kilo of apples.
The Champion is superb. My first one is 15 years old and still going strong with my student son. In terms of reliability this makes the Champion one of the CHEAPEST juicers available over the long term - they just don't break down. If the negative reviews were true, I don't think Nutritionists the world over and the Gerson Institute would recommend it's use in nutritional therapies. DON'T be put off!!!
Worth every penny! January 10, 2005
Lexy (Kent, United Kingdom)
45 out of 53 found this review helpful
I bought a Champion juicer 3 years ago now and hardly a day has gone by without me using it. It really is a fabulous juicer. Not only is it easy to use (especially with the large feed tube) but easy to clean too. It's a very sturdy piece of equipment that has been used almost twice a day every day in my house for the past 3 years and shows no sign of slowing down. I'm very pleased with my Champion juicer and hope to continue using it for many years to come. Not the cheapest juicer on the market, but I can't recommend it highly enough. Worth spending your hard-earned pennies on!
Best juicer in the world June 7, 2008
Katy Thompson (Scotland,U.K)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have been juicing since I was in my early twenties, I am now fifty - I have had a number of juicers, all of which did not deliver nor continue to work over the many years of heavy use, or drove me mad with their poor design or continuous need to stop juicing and clear out the mesh (mainly those using centrifugal action). It is hard to believe now how difficult it was to find any juicers for sale 25 years ago. How I wish reviews such as these existed in the "old" days, I had to do a great deal of research to finally stumble upon the Champion and then finding where to buy one in the UK involved more research. I bought my Champion 12 years ago and wish I had bought it at the very beginning of my juicing days, I would have saved a great deal of money.
I cannot begin to imagine what the reviewers who are giving a negative feedback for this item are doing wrong, I certainly have never produced hot juice or pulp nor has my juicer ever jammed once in 12 years. Read the instruction book from cover to cover before your first use, and always, always, remember to oil the shaft each time you reassemble after cleaning (olive oil works well) and your Champion will repay you with years of effortless use.
As a Home Economist I am used to appraising equipment, I know that quality lasts, the old cliche, you get what you pay for is certainly true of kitchen equipment. Like the quality American Kitchenaid products, the Champion is heavy duty, industrial strength; it is heavy and is consequently very stable on the worktop, where you should keep it permanently ready for everyday use, it would not be realistic to lift it in and out of a cupboard every day.
You will simply be wasting money on any other juicer; this is the daddy of them all. Centrifugal juicers will have you tearing your hair out, while few juicers, if any, will have the 1/3 of a horsepower motor this chap has, yes, I did say 1/3 of a horsepower, you are not reading it wrongly, and that is a very powerful motor. As the Champion is American, from Plastaket of California, then you will be reassured it has evolved from years of experience, after all California must be where the juicing craze originated.
You get a high yield of juice to pulp, the pulp is very dry, much drier than that produced by all of the other machines I have had or used over the years. It deals with all kinds of fruit and veg in seconds, but will not take wheat grass. If you have any of Jason Vale's excellent books, he says you should avoid juicing Granny Smith apples because they do not juice well, but the Champion loves masticating them up and deals with them with no effort at all. I use a litre Pyrex jug, as the juice does slosh out of the rectangular opening and this catches it more efficiently than the 500 ml sized jug. It goes on and on juicing without the need to ever stop and clear the pulp, because the clever design works in a continuous action to extrude the by-product (pulp) in a hollow shaped sausage, straight into your kitchen compost caddy. It rinses clean very easily too, but note the instructions say to not use hot water or you may cause distortion of the nylon parts (obviously it cannot go in the dishwasher either, but there is no need for this as it cleans easily). If staining occurs, and bothers you, carrot juice is particularly bad for this; a quick soak in some Milton solution brings back the white colour. I have only done this once in 12 years.
Best Juicer I have ever used April 14, 2007
C. D. Mercer (UK)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is an excellent masticating juicer, really powerful, it manages to juice herbs and grasses as well- its also really easy to clean which is a big deal for me as I juice every day. its definalty worth the money. Only thing i would say is that because its so powerful it has a big motor which makes the whole thing quite large, (about the size of a small microwave).
Champion 2000+ Masticating juicer May 17, 2007
Lynne (Canterbury, England)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
As someone new to juicing, I found the huge choice of different types and makes of juicer quite daunting. After a lot of research, I took a deep breath and paid out what could have proved to be a big waste of money if my choice of a Champion juicer proved to be a white elephant. But no, I am absolutely delighted. I find it very quick to assemble and provided the parts are rinsed straight away it is very easy to clean (takes about two minutes). I find a 500ml pyrex jug sufficient if juicing for two but if juicing for the whole family a one litre pyrex jug also fits underneath the outlet hole. My thirteen year old son, who dislikes most veg and fruit,is always asking me for a carrot and apple juice which is a real result!I find that the Champion produces more juice than the recipe books state so it must be getting the maximum juice out. The only downside I have found, which has already been mentioned, is its size and weight. If you put it in a cupboard I suspect it would be too much trouble to get it out so clear a space on your worktop and you will use it daily!
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