I was just looking at the Oscar Vital Max 900 and noticed that it seems to be almost the exact machine as the Omega 8003 and 8005 juicers.  (Which by the way are now the Omega 8004 and 8006 juicers.)  The motor bodies look the same.  The feeder assemblies look the same.  Even the majority of the accessories that come with the two models appear to be the same.

I know that the Omega VRT330 and the Hurom Slow Juicer are made in the same factory and are practically the same machine with just different brand names and different housings.   (If you haven’t seen one of these vertical juicers yet, you need to check them out.  They are very cool.  See my previous post for a photo.)  The Oscar Vital Max 900 and the Omega 8003/8004/8005/8006 juicers might also be made under similar conditions.  I haven’t been able to find out.

Either way, any of these juicers will work well for you.  My personal favorite the Omega 8003 juicer has now been upgraded to model number 8004.  The only real difference is a handle design change.  An auger that is 8 times stronger has been added and a 5 year extended warranty.  The warranty now runs a total of 15 years on the motor.  I’m not sure that the 8003 needed any of these adjustments.  I preferred the old handle more than the new one.  But in most cases things evolve for a reason.

In thinking about this further, I would probably still purchase an Omega over an Oscar for one main reason.  I can easily identify the Omega Company online.  I know where it is and know where I can get parts or help with a warranty.  The Oscar juicers seem to have some vagueness to who makes them.  At one point Samson was involved and took over the name.  However, when I go online and look up Oscar juicers or Oscar Vital Max 900 I get different sites that just seem to be selling them.  And the juicers look like they have different labels on them.  I’m not sure what to make of it but I personally would go with the Omega because of this unknown.

The Oscar Vital Max 900 seems to have fewer attachments. There are only two in this photo. All the other parts look identical to the Omega 8003 juicer. No brush or pulp strainer in this photo. Not sure if you get those or not with this model.

The Omega 8003 juicer comes with a pulp screen and the other four attachments for making pasta and other things.  I never use any of these attachments.  I’m strictly into the machine for the juicing.

This is part 2 of my Omega 8003 juicer review on video.  In this video you witness the Omega 8003 juicing more vegetables of different densities.  You can see how well it juices leafy greens like spinach and parsley which most juicers don’t do well at all.  The slow moving auger of this juicer is perfect for this kind of stuff.  It crushes the produce gently and slowly into the juicing cone.  The video shows this process up close.  I just love this machine.  It is not a fast juicing machine and you do spend a little more time with prep but it is worth it because the juice yield is higher.  And the juice quality is better because the vegetables and fruit aren’t shredded to bits but instead are slowly crushed.  Many feel this process is better for extracting the juice from the vegetable walls and I tend to agree with that.

If you compare this juice extractor with the others I’ve done videos on, I think you’ll see why it is the best choice.

I’ve got a Jack Lalanne juicer, a Breville Juice Fountain Plus JE95xl juicer and a Green Star gs1000 juicer videos

Here is the second half of the Champion Juicer 2000+ review that I did a while ago.  I haven’t been here for quite a while.  I had some serious health issues.  Turned out I had a colon tumor the size of a ping-pong ball.  I don’t know how long it had been there but it was almost completely blocking my colon off.  It did not feel good.  The pain was unbearable and put me into emergency about 6 weeks ago.  Surgery seemed to go pretty well although I’m still recovering.  The whole experience was bizarre and continues to be strange.  I’m in the process of writing about it on my www.jamesrubel.com blog.  It does again point to just how important it is to take care of ourselves.  I did almost everything right and I still got sick.  Juicing is becoming even more critical to keeping our bodies in good health.

Anyway, so I’m back and I’ve got videos for 3 new juicers coming soon.  I’m redoing the Omega 8003 juicer review because I didn’t like the footage very much.  I can do it better.  And I’ll be putting up videos for the Breville Juice Fountain Plus JE95xl juicer and Jack Lalanne Power Juicer soon.  Both of these juicers are centrifugal juicers but even though they are similar in price, they had huge differences as to quality.  I’m surprised by the quality issues many American companies seem to be suffering.  I find it quite upsetting and in the videos I let it be know my true feelings.  Look for those soon.

I recently finished this video review of the Braun Mp80 juicer.  This juice extractor has been a great little machine and a good introductiion to juicing for me when I got it.  However, I don’t think Braun even makes it anymore and besides there are much better juicers available now.  Granted the better ones like the Omega 8003 or Breville juicers are more money, they just offer a much better quality juice and juicing experience. 

The reason I did the video was to show basically how a centrifugal juicer works and to let people compare it to other juicers like the Champion, Brevilles or Omegas.