So I tried juicing about 5 years ago after buying a centrifugal juicer from a local big box retailer and hated it. The centrifugal was noisy, inefficient and wasteful. But at the time masticating press juicers were ridiculously expensive and just didn't see that it was worth it to buy one. This one seemed worth the time as the price at the time of purchase was good, it met all the criteria was I looking for and had good reviews. So I ordered it and gave it a go. It arrives well packaged and boxed securely so no chances of any issues when it's delivered. I opted for amazon boxing since I've been burned once or twice with packages being shipped in their own box but it appears unnecessary with this box at least. I unpacked everything and assembled it pretty easily without even looking at the directions. I went ahead and reviewed the directions anyway to make sure I put it together correctly and to review any warnings or directions. All was good. So I plugged it in and turned it on, and it's SOOO quiet. It's not even as loud as normal conversation on Hard fruit/vegetable mode. I was super impressed with how quiet it was. First thing I juiced was oranges, can't go wrong with a tall glass of fresh squeezed orange juice. This thing handles oranges like a champ. At first I was carefully peeling everything and removing all the pith remembering my days of how pith would clog up a centrifugal juicer but by the end of the 3lb bag I was barely removing all of the rind and not even trying to remove all the pith. It just handled it all. All the excess ejected out of the waste chute was pretty dry and the juice was wonderful. No foam, no particulates in the juices, just lovely orangey goodness. Next one was a batch of apple juice, a five pound bag of Pink Lady apples. I had forgotten how much juicier apples are than oranges which seems counter intuitive but the first apple pumped out way more juice than the first orange. I didn't even bother coring or peeling the apples since the oranges were fine. It labored a bit on the bigger chunks I fed down the chute but it still handled everything just fine. Just as the oranges, the waste ejected was pretty dry and by the end I wasn't even bothering to remove stems or seeds just to see how it handled everything. It was just fine. It also has a reverse function in case anything gets stuck but I didn't have any reason to use it. Five pounds of apples later and I got a little bit of foam but it was fine. I put it in a container overnight and had the juice for breakfast the next day. It was lovely. Next step was to take it apart for cleaning and it was a snap. There's a little push tab you press to remove the whole assembly and it was a snap to take everything part. They include a wrench that fits over the assembly presumably in case it torques on but it was not necessary, and they also include a cleaning brush that reaches every nook and cranny, but at least for me it was also unnecessary. I was able to use our regular glass cleaner and some dish detergent to clean and rinse everything off and left it out to dry. Over the course of the next few days I made grape juice, and tomato juice cocktail, pineapple juice, some carrot/beet juice and a few other things. Everything went just fine. I didn't use whole carrots because I prefer the taste of the mini snacking carrots and it went just fine. The beets were a breeze as well, I was a bit concerned because of how hard raw beets are but it was not a problem. This thing handled everything easily with it's 150w motor. Ultimately I packed it up and returned it, but it's only because I spent almost $100 in produce over the course of three days to make not a lot of juice. I'm sure regular juicers that are reading this are throwing their hands up in disgust, but it just doesn't make sense to me. 3lbs of oranges at almost $5 a bag yielded about 18oz of orange juice, so if you ever wondered why fresh squeezed orange juice is so expensive, that's why. 5lbs of apples at about $5 a bag yielded about 34oz of juice, all the ingredients for the tomato juice came in at about $10 and yielded about 20z, etc, etc. There's no return on investment, other than you're getting fresh ingredients with no artificial junk and you're getting all the nutrients from fresh ingredients. If that's what you want, then I'd highly recommend this juicer for you, which I why I still rated it 5 stars even though I returned it. The only semi-negative I have is that it has a relatively large footprint, so make sure you have roughly the counter space of a tall Keurig and the width of a toaster oven fully assembled for it to take up. Other than that, this is very easy to use, super quiet, easy to assemble and clean up, and for the price is very comparable to other masticating juicers in the same power range.