It is the infomercial that drives the Jack Lalanne juicer sales and not the actual quality of the the power juicer.
The Jack Lalanne power juicer is an average machine according to reviews. Some people will get usage out of it and be happy with that. Many others will struggle with the juicer and have poor experiences with it and customer service. There are already numerous complaints about the quality of this machine online.
My experience has been that anything you see on a TV infomercial is not worth the money. These are overpriced products that don't sell by themselves without the hype of the TV advertising. When was the last time you bought anything you saw on TV that ended up being great and that you used every day? Chances are never. Most of those items go into your closet or garage someplace. These are products that are designed without a lot of thought and manufactured cheaply. The idea is to sell a lot of them quickly and worry about the backlash later if the product turns out to be bad. The manufacturers know that most people can't be bothered to return the item. And even if the product has a 30 day guarantee, which is crappy, they make you jump through so many hoops in order to get your money back it will end up costing you more depending on how much you value your time. I put the Jack Lalanne power juicer partly into this category.
 This is the best of the Jack Lalanne power juicers. If you really want one of these juicers, this is the one to get. It is not nearly as nice as the Breville JE95XL which is only a few bucks more and has a longer warranty.
This juicer isn't awful. It's adequate except when compared against a real juicer made by well established company. Even a beginning juicer could do better than the power juicer, Juiceman or some other store bought juicer. I personally would rather have a Breville Juice Fountain JE95XL for $150 than a Jack Lalanne Power Juicer PRO at the same price. I'm going to get a better designed product by a company that will have excellent customer service and better reliability. Now if I could get the Jacks juicer for under $100, maybe it would be worth it. But I still don't think these juicers are designed to last very long. I have a Braun MP80 juicer I bought in 1991 and it's still going strong. I doubt few people can say that about a Lalanne juicer.
So if you are serious about getting a juicer and changing your lifestyle, make a serious choice in the juicer you purchase. After all it is you health. Get one from a company that has spent years refining their machine and not some fly by night contraption. Nowadays I think of the difference between an adequate juicer and a very good juicer as merely the price of another tank of gas. Take your health seriously. Take a look at the Omega 8003 juicer or the Breville Juice Fountain JE95XL juicer. Both of these are different and great.
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