This is a lifetime investment if you are a frequent juice drinker. This juicer works great, with minimum fuss and you get more juice that if you hand ground it using one of those small glass bowl juicers. This juicer gets it...it just works well and its so easy. We got the red one and it looks great on the counter. Now the complaints: The fit & finish leaves a lot to be desired. There is not doubt this was made in China as the iron and paint was rough and several areas of paint were gone when we got it. We'll match up some paint and touch it up. All the screws were loose so those were snugged up. And the packaging was the worst. I think the only reason this survived the transit was due to the heavy duty design and materials. Any thing of lesser build would have been messed up. If you can look past the latter this item will be in your family for decades. I am very glad I found this and at a reasonable price. My wife and I are very happy with this product.