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- 600 1st Generation
- Verified purchase
Great juicer, even better support.
Purchased this juicer month ago after having a high speed juicer. This gets far more out of the fruit the pulp is drier but still great for burgers or cakes. Had small crack in one of the parts called Froothie and no questions asked very quickly replacement arrived by courier.
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- 600 1st Generation
- Verified purchase
Highly Recommend Froothie
Having read all the benefits of juicing but only had experienced the cumbersome centrifuge juicer, I decided to take the step and buy a really good juicer. I didn’t expect to find this juicer at such a reasonable price. I have since replaced my breakfast and sometimes dinner with a juice. My husband mocked me at first and is now lining up each morning for a glass and a half. I have regained control of my weight which no matter what I did before, (including being paleo for 3 years) would not shift. Our family all have various autoimmune diseases...Read more
, such as Hashimoto’s, eczema and chronic hay fever. Although it will always be a case of managing the inflammation my husband has noticed his hay fever has not bothered him this season, which he has struggled with for many years. I believe he is healing his gut which is regulating his immune system. I wish everyone would experienced the benefits of juicing, made so much easier with this simple to clean and fun to use juicer. We love it. Kind Regards Theodora1 comment
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Pressed4time
- 2 reviews
- 600 1st Generation
- Verified purchase
Disappointed
Juicer does create relatively similar amount of foam to my previous Moulinex Juicer. I expected reasonably amount of juice extracted from Green Veg and I followed instructions to put veg to the last after removing the fibres(?). However, I had to add extra carrots to get some green juice to flow out.
Diligently, I followed instructions to remove Compression Silicon when washing the machine. Just spoken to Customer Service [name removed] (great after hours CService). I was told that I removed the wrong Compression Silicon and I was not sup...Read more
posed to remove it fully. 1. My normal common sense causes me to think that I never remove any piece of accessory that is screwed. 2. My understanding of words is that "remove" means 'remove' ie. fully. The piece to 'remove' is supposedly a) the screwed small piece and not the middle piece; and b) to open out the piece slightly to wash but NOT "remove"1 comment
Athena Solutions Pty LtdOptimum Appliances
Hello Pressed4Time, I am sorry to hear about your experience with your Optimum 600, please contact me directly at [email protected] and I will personally attend to the matter ASAP . The Optimum... Read more
600’s performance should definitely be superior to a traditional juicer including the Moulinex. You can also contact me directly at 03 8609 2210 and I would be more than happy to assist and resolve this matter :-)Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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NinalivMelbourne
- 3 reviews
- 600 1st Generation
- Verified purchase
Love this product
Having never been a great fan of fruit juice, I've been totally converted by using the Optimum 600. My favourite morning juice over the past month has been beetroot, carrot, apple, orange and pineapple. The juicer handles this mixture without a glitch with the pulp coming out very dry and the juice is absolutely delicious and full of flavour. The juicer is quiet so there is no waking up anyone early in the morning. Recommend it highly.
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marie france merciervilleneuve d'ascq france
a fabulous machine
I live in France and I was looking for an electric juicer. But there are so many that it was hard to choose. I read lots of comparisons and lots of people's advice. And finally I discovered THE optimum 600 with its large mouth. It only took 3 days to get it and it is beautiful and convenient. Today I have already drunk 3 pints of juice . It works very well and it looks powerful. Thank you Froothie!
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That's Marie France again, from France. I've been using the juicer since the 29th of July and it is still fabulous. Every day I drink one pint and a half of fruit and vegies juice : grapefruit, orange... Read more
, kiwi, carrot, beetroot, cucumber, ginger, etc.......It is good for health and the juicer works marvellously. I recommend it to everybody.I don't drink one pint and a half every day. I drink THREE PINTS a day.
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Had a lot of juicers in the past but this one tops them all!
Juicing is something I love to do for my health so when I purchased the Optimum 600 I was most pleased at how simple and easy it is to use. I was really surprised at how much juice I got from it also. I really feel you get more bang for your buck with this blender and you wont regret adding this beauty into your life.
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JulesNottinghamshire England
It's another winner
I didn't get on with this juicer and I wanted to send it back. After speaking to the amazing customer support team at Froothie who gave me some good advice. I realised the teething issues were on my part and not the juicer. I've always used a centrifugal juicer which are a lot faster. I was pushing the produce in too quickly and causing it to back up. After a few days I soon got used to it and loved it. My favourite thing to juice is berries as my old juicer just splattered them all over the lid. The pulp from carrots and parsnips is so dry it'...Read more
s like sawdust. You do get a little pulp in the juice which you get with most slow juicers but I don't mind that. My husband and son love the juice from this juicer it's a winner in our house. Nobody likes cleaning juicers it's the worst part of juicing. I must say I find this so much easier to clean than my old juicer. The brush it comes with is very well designed to get in the smallest of places. The Optimum 400 was voted the no 1 juicer and I'm sure the Optimum 600 will be voted no 1 too.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
Nour MJersey city
Absolutely worth it
My old juicer would create more juice than pulp and I would have to keep juicing the pulp to get every drop, but this wasn't the case with the 600 because I've had more juice than pulp. P.S. I juice kale, spinach leaves, papaya (including the stringy parts), and apples, a lot and this machine has wowed me, for sure.
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Excellent
Easy to use, Easy To clean. I use it every morning. I love it ! I can do a good And self juice or Smoothie for all the family.
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AlbertNew South Wales, 2007
- 6 reviews
- 2 likes
- 600 1st Generation
- Verified purchase
New revolution in juicing fruits & veggie
Pros:
The large inlets is the big plus I choose for this juicer.
Cold press / slow juicer gives you more juice than the traditional type of juicer.
Not noisy as any other juicer during the operation.
Unit is sturdy and doesn't feels like a cheap plastic model.
Cons:
Price is expensive for a juicer but considering the health benefits it is justified
Few components needs to be cleaned after the juicing is done.
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RACHYNsw, 2178
- 14 reviews
- 11 likes
froothie big mouth juicer
Best juicer by far .i have the avancer and bought this one to replace it .i find i get more juice out of it..tastes better and no pulp in my juice..froothie are fantastic ..delivery was next day..price is well worth it.i also have there optimum blender 9400 . Just love there products..high quality .you wont be sorry.this juicer also makes icecream and other things
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quyen vuAU
- 3 reviews
- 3 likes
Great buy
Easy to use and clean. Not noisey as other juicer, the wide mouth is really helpful when juicing leafy vegis
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Vicki LeishmanTerranora
The BEST Cold Pressed Juicer on the Market!
I purchased the Optimum 600 after I had already been juicing for more than a year, using an alternate high end brand Cold Pressed Juicer. I was having trouble with all the cutting and chopping required with the juicer I had, and was starting to lose my enthusiasm to juice. I was lucky enough to stumble across an add on Facebook, which led me to this amazing new machine.
Wow... Wow... Wow... I love it! The simplicity of juicing now is incredible, and I also LOVE watching the whole process, via the clear bowl and chute. Watching all your ...Read more
fruit and vegetable being crushed and squeezing out that pure and wonderful juice is fabulous. You just can't wait to drink it. I would love to be able to give one of these amazing machines to my daughter, who has some health challenges, as I honestly believe that juicing can change our health in a more effective way than any other option. I definitely would recommend this machine to those who are looking to purchase a quality juicer for their home.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
marie2milSouth Australia
- 2 reviews
Exceptional Customer Service
I purchased this juicer and had some issues, putting it together and getting it to juice. Totally my problem!
I'm a bit challenged with these things, plus I have RA and my fingers and hands are a weak.
Anyway the Support Team were endlessly patient, answered all my queries promptly.
Sent me hints and photographs regarding how the machine should look when its put together.
How to juice most effectively and so on.
Even extended my 30 Day Trial so that I could persevere and work through finding a way to juice most effectively.
Highly recommend the Froothie Support Team and this Juicer.
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Opps i have occidentally reviewed in the wrong place. This review pertains to the Optimum 600 machine. Still its about Customer Service as well.
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ColettePerth
Very happy with my decision to purchase this juicer!
I spent a lot of time looking at just about every juicer on the market. I watched you tube videos, read reviews, looked in stores. You name it, I did it! Finally settled on the Optimum 600 and have been glad I did from the moment I unpacked it. Easy to assemble and a breeze to use. You don't have to cut things up and it's relatively quiet which I really like. Easy to clean too.
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JULIEAdelaide, South Australia
Beautiful pure juice Optimum 600 delivers
Delivery of my Optimum 600 was fast and easy to track. Assembly quick and easy just line up red dots make sure they are pressed down and the lid will lock shut. This juicer delivers perfect pure juice without any grainy residue and is a dream to clean. I love the brush used to remove any pulp that may be on the appliance whilst rinsing under a running tap, quick and easy. This appliance takes large pieces of fruit/veges and if any get stuck the reversing action on the button resolves this quickly. Fantastic for nut butter. It looks very nice o...Read more
n my kitchen bench I use it every day on the weekend several times a day! Hint put a bag in the pulp container and you wont have to wash plus easier to throw pulp on the garden. This is truly my dream appliance Jules SASimilar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
Bren CBrisbane
Awesome multi purpose juicer!
One ginger shot, one cabbage shot every morning. Breakfast - time for a juice. The quality of the juice is great (and the worms love the pulp.) Mid morning, hmm I might make some nut butter - cashew and coconut butter, yum. Afternoon, maybe some almond milk, later another juice. That's a typical day in the life of my Optimum 600. I find it easy to use, clean and assemble, also pretty quiet. I ordered on thursday afternoon and it was available for collection at 10am the next morning - great service. Great machine, great service, great quality juice!
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CalSt Kilda
A great juicer!
I did a lot of research on juicers, I have not been disappointed in my choice. The optimum 600 is quiet, it has a large shoot for fruit and veg which saves chopping time. It took me a bit of time the first few uses to assembly correctly (it won't start if you have not lined up the dots correctly) but now it's easy. You get lost of juice and it is quick to clean. Very happy with it.
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Great work horse
Have used this juicer since it came to Australia. We make 50-70 juices every week this did end up breaking one or two parts but all parts were replaced immediately. I'd have to say great juicer, and great service!
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fordman39nAU
- 5 reviews
A really good juicer
I have looked at many juicers and decided on this one as it takes whole items (that fit in the chute). The first juicer I got was faulty, that was disappointing, but a new one was sent out as I returned the faulty one. It can be tedious to clean when you are making a few juices a day or want to make different flavours. I have found that kale and celery blocks up the machine so it is best to do these last as it will cause other items to not be mushed up but not turned into juice and come out the top - a waste of food.
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Questions & Answers
Katrinaasked
I purchased optimum 600 and it seems the pulp gets stuck in the tube causing my juice to have alot of pulp. Am i doing something wrong?
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Katrina, I'm wondering whether you are using the right strainer? You need the fine one to screen out more of the pulp, and the coarser strainer is good for smoothies. If you have further questions, ask Froothie - they have good customer service. Good luck, it's a great juicer and provides far more juice than other ones I've had in the past.
Athena Solutions Pty LtdOptimum Appliances
Hi Katrina, I can definitely help you out with that! I’d be glad to :-)
Here are a few points we've compiled that are important to achieving the best results:
1) Do not press/shove food into the juicer - Do not use a pushing/pressing/shoving force with the Optimum Juicer or any other slow juicer. There is no spinning blade and no dizzying shredding taking place. No pressing is required. Instead, simply let your food fall into the "chewing auger." Virtually no force is necessary, and forcing more food into the chute can cause too much vegetable mass to clog in the auger, resulting in pulp overflowing into your juice, or the juicer becoming blocked.
When juicing grasses, feed the Optimum Juicer a small amount of grass at a time, cutting the grass into short pieces approximately 3cm long. This ensures the waste can easily come out of the waste chute. You do not need to "clump" the grass into a ball. In fact, you can slowly feed small strands of grass, coriander, parsley, kale, spinach and other leafy greens without any force necessary.
A great tip for large leafy, stringy or fibrous vegetables is to remove the leaf from the stem, cut both leaves and stems into 3-5cm lengths and feed through gently, letting the auger pull the ingredients into the juicer, using the tamper only gently if required.
2) Juice low-fibre plants first, and high-fibre plants last - Here's a really important tip: If you're going to juice high-fibre plants like celery or spinach, juice them last! Why? Because the fibres in celery tends to accumulate in the ejection port at the bottom of the juicing auger. If this port becomes clogged, then "pulp overflow" will occur, sending extra pulp into your juice. Following Tip #1 though will minimise the chances of this occurring to almost zero.
As long as the ejection port stays open, the pulp in your juice will be minimised. The best way to do this is to juice low-fibre fruits and veggies first: Apples, carrots, etc. and saving the stringier, fibrous plants for last. This will lead to a much better result when your concern is the amount of pulp in the final juice.
NB: If you are planning on juicing large amounts and do not mind a very small amount of pulp in the juice another alternative (to ensure you do not block the juicer), is to alternate your leafy greens and stringy items, with the harder items like carrot and beetroot.
3) Insert red plug correctly - Make sure the red rubber plug/tongue/stopper on the underside of the juicing bowl, is correctly inserted into its slot. This part is removable to assist with cleaning but often not reinserted correctly. It acts as a pressure point to ensure pulp ejects from the waste chute.
4) Juice your juice - If you still find too much pulp in your juice, simply pour the juice back through the machine again and you will find that the second time through, nearly all the pulp is removed. You can also strain it through a nut-milk bag, if you wish, but that takes more time and effort.
Any other questions Katrina? My direct email is [email protected], the office phone number is 1300 309 900, any questions please just call or email us (or FB us, IG, Live chat… you can even mail us! We’re here to help :-) )
Francois N.
General Manager at Froothie
Kerry Hollyasked
I just went onto the website froothie.com.au to buy this juicer, however there in none in stock. I wanted the 600 optimum. When will you be getting them back on stock please.
Regards Kerry.
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Athena Solutions Pty LtdOptimum Appliances
Hello Kerry, thank you for your message. Please contact our customer service team directly at [email protected] and they will be able to answer your question. Hope this helps :)
Kerry Hollyasked
Can pineapple be placed in the juicer without peeling it, also with pineapple do you have to take the middle core out of the pineapple first?
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Absolutely - I regularly juice a whole pineapple. The peel has most of the bromelain in it, so keep it on, but it's a good idea to just roughly grate the skin back a bit, so that there's no risk of blocking the juicer. Leave the central core in, except for the very end bit. You can either slice the pineapple thickly and then cut each slice into thirds, or cut the whole pineapple into strips lengthwise - either is fine.
Hope this helps!
Yes you can juice whole pineapples. I remove the leaves and also cut the spikey skin off purely to save unnecessary strain on the machine but the juicer is tough and can handle it.
Athena Solutions Pty LtdOptimum Appliances
Hello Kerry, better late than never :)
We could not have said it better than KtB and Tiff1971!
Here are some more juicing tips:
You can find tips on using a slow juicer and avoiding any blockage while reducing pulp here: froothie.com.au/Juicer-FAQ.php
Tip #1) Do not press/shove food into the juicer
Most of us have juiced with the old-style centrifugal juicing machines. If you recall, those machines require you to forcefully press/shove food into them, and allow large items like whole apples. You are required to push hard on carrots and apples to shove them into the spinning blade where they are shredded into tiny flying pieces.
Do not use this same pushing/pressing/shoving force with the Optimum Juicer or any other slow juicer. There is no spinning blade and no dizzying shredding taking place. No pressing is required. Instead, simply let your food fall into the "chewing auger." Virtually no force is necessary, and forcing more food into the chute can cause too much vegetable mass to clog in the auger, resulting in pulp overflowing into your juice, or the juicer becoming blocked.
When juicing grasses, feed the Optimum Juicer a small amount of grass at a time, cutting the grass into short pieces approximately 3cm long. This ensures the waste can easily come out of the waste chute. You do not need to "clump" the grass into a ball. In fact, you can slowly feed small strands of grass, coriander, parsley, kale, spinach and other leafy greens without any force necessary.
A great tip for large leafy, stringy or fibrous vegetables is to remove the leaf from the stem, cut both leaves and stems into 3-5cm lengths and feed through gently, letting the auger pull the ingredients into the juicer, using the tamper only gently if required.
Tip #2) Juice low-fibre plants first, and high-fibre plants last
Here's a really important tip: If you're going to juice high-fibre plants like celery or spinach, juice them last! Why? Because the fibres in celery tends to accumulate in the ejection port at the bottom of the juicing auger. If this port becomes clogged, then "pulp overflow" will occur, sending extra pulp into your juice. Following Tip #1 though will minimise the chances of this occurring to almost zero.
As long as the ejection port stays open, the pulp in your juice will be minimised. The best way to do this is to juice low-fibre fruits and veggies first: Apples, carrots, etc. and saving the stringier, fibrous plants for last. This will lead to a much better result when your concern is the amount of pulp in the final juice.
NB: If you are planning on juicing large amounts and do not mind a very small amount of pulp in the juice another alternative (to ensure you do not block the juicer), is to alternate your leafy greens and stringy items, with the harder items like carrot and beetroot.
Tip #3) Insert red plug correctly
Make sure the red rubber plug/tongue/stopper on the underside of the juicing bowl, is correctly inserted into its slot. This part is removable to assist with cleaning but often not reinserted correctly. It acts as a pressure point to ensure pulp ejects from the waste chute.
Tip #4) Juice your juice
If you still find too much pulp in your juice, simply pour the juice back through the machine again and you will find that the second time through, nearly all the pulp is removed.
You can also strain it through a nut-milk bag, if you wish, but that takes more time and effort.
In case you have any additional questions please contact our support team at [email protected] or call 1300 309 900
Hope that helps :)
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Loula
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and most importantly to our health. Still highly recommended. TheodoraIt's been over 6mths and our Froothie is still going strong. We use it nearly every day. I have made almond milk and lots of great veggie and fruit juices. It's been a great asset to our kitchen ... Read more