Lexen Electric Healthy Juicer - Inexpensive Single-Gear, Live Enzyme Juice Press

The Lexen Electric Healthy Juicer is an affordable single auger juice extractor that obtains juice from vegetables and wheatgrass in a slow, cold process preserving the vitamins, enzymes in live form for maximum health benefits.

If you're looking for a budget auger-type juicer for juicing mostly vegetables, leafy greens and wheatgrass then the Lexen Electric Healthy Juicer is a good choice. Besides juicing with the Lexen Healthy you can make three types of pasta, soy milk, and it can also homogenize and make butters from softer nuts.

Lexen Electric Healthy Juicer Review - Features, Performance

The Lexen Healthy single auger juicing machine is an affordable cold-press juicer that makes fresh juice packed with live enzymes and other nutrients. There's no heat build-up and foaming due to the slow speed of the unit (the auger rotates at max. 76 rpm) preserving the nutrients in live form.

What Does the Lexen Electric Healthy Juicer Juice? It juices well wheatgrass sprouts and herbs (parsley) leafy greens (spinach, lettuce, kale, Swiss chard) It is not as efficient when juicing vegetables and fruits (especially if they're too soft or contain less juice) as it is with wheatgrass and greens. Apart from juicing, the Lexen Healthy Electric is a multi-function juicer - similarly to other comparable cold juice extractors (Omega 8003/8005/8006, Green Star, Samson) - because with it you can make 3 types of pasta, homogenize to make baby food, prepare nut butter, frozen fruit desserts. Pasta attachments for making Rigattoni, Spaghetti and Linguini)   Juicing Efficiency of the Lexen Electric Healthy Juicer The Lexen Healthy Electric juicer comes with two augers: one for juicing vegetables (and fruits) and the other one (green colored) for juicing wheatgrass, herbs and leafy greens. Since the juicer doesn't have an internal screen the juice is a bit pulpy which is great if you want the juice to also provide for your daily fiber content. There's a separate screen that comes with the juicer that you can place on top of the juice cup to catch much of the pulp if you want less pulp in your juice. It is a low-speed (76 rpm) juicer which means that the juice won't overheat due to high revolution of the auger and also less oxygen gets dissolved into it, preserving the original quality of the phytonutrients (less chance of oxidation and no heat damage) Although the Lexen Electric Healthy is advertised as a vegetable, fruit and wheatgrass juicer it is most efficient with leafy greens, wheatgrass, herbs and firmer veggies and fruits with higher water content (carrots, beets). Softer/overripe produce tend to clog the unit due to the excess pulp (in this case press the Reverse button to unclog the machine). It also helps if you alternate adding soft produce with firmer ones (a few pieces of apple then a few pieces of celery/carrot etc.). According to some users the Lexen Electric Healthy Juicer extracts less juice from wheatgrass and from other vegetables, the pulp is significantly wetter than it is in other similar juice machines.   Durability Although it isn't a stainless steel juicer the Lexen Electric Healthy is a sturdy machine. The body of the juicer is made of durable plastic (polycarbonate), the auger is nylon with stainless steel tips (this where the auger exerts the highest crushing power so this needs to be the most durable). The feed chute and the pulp bin are transparent plastic. The inside of the end cap where the auger crushes the produce also has stainless steel insert. The auger chamber is sits on a support to ensure stability during operation and to avoid putting to much stress on the auger. Although the motor carries 8 year warranty the other parts come with only 1 year warranty - a longer period would ensure more trust in the juicer's durability. Overall it is

Lexen Electric Healthy Juicer, GP62 - Review Method of Juicing: masticating-style, single-gear: low-speed, cold extraction Motor power: 100 Watts Auger speed: 76 rpm Material: juicer body: non-toxic polycarbonate, stainless steel drive shaft, auger: high density nylon with stainless steel tips, plunger: plastic Feed chute size: 1.75", Dimensions (L x W x H): 15" x 7" x 11" Weight: 16.5 lbs. Colors: black body, see-through smoky plastic chute and pulp collector Price range: $150 - $160. Warranty: 8 year on motor, 1 year on parts What Can You Juice with it? Leafy Greens - yes Wheatgrass - yes (use the green auger) Vegetables: firmer, higher water content veggies are recommended: (carrots, beets) Fruits: with some difficulty (Granny Smith apples are recommended because of their high juice content and not too much pulp) Citrus: with difficulty Pros & Cons at a Glance Pros: cheaper than other single-auger juicers easier to clean (no internal screen) ability to control pulp content in juice (either use the screen or not) multi-purpose juicer (makes pasta, nut butters, frozen fruit desserts, purees) compact size   Cons: lower yield, pulp is still wet (compared to other similar juicers) jamming due to excess pulp from softer produce Ratings Total Rating: Efficiency: Ease of Use/Cleaning: Reliability/Durability:

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Using the Lexen Electric Healthy Juicer

When putting together the parts make sure that the auger chamber is in the lock position as seen on the photo:

The juicer comes with a stainless steel sieve that fits on the top of the juice cup. Use it if you want your juice without pulp, however if you don't mind pulp leave the sieve off.

Video on Using the Lexen Electric Healthy Juicer

Cleaning the Lexen Electric Healthy Juicer

Since there are only 4 parts to clean (end cap, auger, juice cup, nylon washer) washing them requires much less of your time than that of any other similar juicers'. There's no internal screen with tiny holes that is a difficult to clean. A quick rinse under running water will do the job.

After making nut butter clean up is more troublesome: use a baby bottle washer to get rid of the nut remains from the auger chamber.

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What Comes with the Lexen Electric Healthy Juicer?

• auger housing with feed chute
  
  
• wheatgrass auger (green)
  
  
• fruit and vegetable auger (white)
  
  
• plunger (plastic)
  
  
• pulp container (plastic)
  
  
• plastic juice cup (20 oz.)
  
  
• stainless steel sieve
  
  
• wrench (for tightening the end cap)
  
  
• 3 types of pasta attachments (rigatoni, spaghetti, linguini)
  
  
• recipe booklet

Conclusion - For Whom We Recommend the Lexen Electric Healthy Juicer ?

The Lexen Healthy Juicer, Electric Model GB62 is not the most efficient low speed juice extractor on the market but it is the best one you can get under $200. So if you don't have or don't want to spend $250-$300 on better performing unit with longer warranty and plan to juice mostly leafy greens, wheatgrass, sprouts, herbs and firmer vegetables then the Lexen Electric Healthy Juicer is an ideal choice.

On the other hand, with a costlier model (Omega 8006, L'Equip Omni, SoloStar II) that has higher juice yield you'll get back the excess cost in the long run by having to use less produce to make the same volume of juice.

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