Tribest SW-2000 Slowstar, Vertical Slow Juicer

After one solid week of use, I can honestly say this is, by far, the best juicer I've ever owned. Over the years, I've moved on from centrifugal juicers to Tribest's GreenStar 3000, which I've owned for a number of years, and has provided me with exceptional performance, but it has always been lacking in its ease of cleaning. I've typically juiced carrots, apples, and leafy green vegetables, and the GreenStar 3000 handled these fruits and vegetables with no effort. My girlfriend wanted to start drinking more fresh juices, but prefers berries and citrus fruits, which the GreenStar 3000 can accomplish, but the cleanup is exceedingly difficult with a horizontal twin gear juicer, particularly with the fine screen. My only, initial concern with purchasing a vertical, slow juicer was its ability to juice harder vegetables, like carrots, but my trepidation quickly vanished. The Tribest SlowStar SW-2000 makes AMAZING JUICES, and the clean up is so easy, that this machine is perfect for even the novice juicer. Although it can self-feed whole carrots, the dual blade auger makes it SLIGHTLY more prone to binding up the auger, but I've simply started breaking my carrots, by hand, into a few pieces, and the SlowStar SW-2000 masticates them with exceeding efficiency. As for some of the concerns mentioned in other reviews: 1. Pulling out the auger -- The auger can be difficult to remove IF you attempt to do so while the juice housing\auger\wiper unit is still in place on the motor housing. However, if you remove the housing\auger\wiper unit from the motor base first, the auger comes out quite easily. 2. Pulp collects in the hollowed out, underside of the auger -- this appears to be inherent to the auger's design, and has no adverse effect on the machine's performance. Although, I could see excessive pulp collection becoming a problem, if one were to doing a marathon juicing session, along the lines of a couple gallons of juice in one juicing session. 3. The waste chute gets clogged, from time to time -- What I've noticed is that waste chute clogging is often the result of a poorly seated, back pressure insert on the bottom of the juicer housing. If its fully seated, the chute will not clog easily, if at all. By far, the most difficult aspect of cleaning this machine is the waste chute, but the curved end of the cleaning brush makes this task a breeze. The only truly difficult part is removing the back pressure insert, to completely flush out the remaining pulp. If you install it correctly, it's difficult to pull out by hand. However, if you PUSH it out, using the curved end of the cleaning brush, even this part of cleaning the machine is a snap. Cleaning this juicer is ridiculously easy, especially compared to a twin gear juicer -- 2 cups of warm water (x3), passed though the juicer while running, and its ready for disassembly, a quick rinse of the wiper assembly, a light scrub and rinse of the pulp screen, and the removal of the back pressure insert, follow by a thorough rinse of the waste chute and interior of the juice collector. Where some might find this juicer lacking, is the pulp screen. Not because its hard to clean -- it's the easiest juicer screen I've ever had to clean, but this juicer does NOT offer a coarse screen for those who like a fair amount of pulp in their juice. The SlowStar SW-2000 produces a minimal pulp juice, but that may not be your cup of tea.