alright! this is john kohler with discountjuicers.comtoday with another exciting episode for you. and what we're going to do today is an episodethat i've actually been getting a lot of requests for through email and youtube and all of thesedifferent things. "john, do you guys sell the skg juicer and what do you think aboutit?" so, at this time, we do not presently sell the skg juicer, but i will be doing areview for you guys, for all of you guys that are interested on my opinions on the skg juicer.so what we're going to do today is we're going to go ahead and review the skg 2088; thisis the big caliber skg juicer that's a slow juicer; vertical, single auger. now, i'vegot two different boxes on the table here today, and one is the skg big caliber juicerand the other is the kuving's whole slow juicer.
and one of these juicers came first, and oneof them, in my opinion, i would call a knock-off. the kuving's whole slow juicer is the originaljuicer with a 3-inch-wide feed shoot; it came out first. and then later, the skg juicercame out. now the first distinction i want to share is where these machines are made.the kuving's whole slow juicer was designed and invented and made in korea, and the skgjuicer is made in china. so that's the first thing. in my opinion, things from korea aremuch higher quality in general over things made in china. and that's just my personalopinion on that. next thing i want to do is actually share with you guys the boxes becausethis is actually quite interesting. as i said, the kuving's is the first whole slow juicerwith a 3-inch-wide feed shoot; they have a
patented technology. and if we're lookingat the box on the side there -- i'll kind of get a close-up for you guys -- and we'regoing to go ahead and turn this side of the box around for you guys as well. now, checkthis out. the kuving's was first and then the skg came out. and look at this. look atwhat i noticed. these pictures here, right, of the juice in the glass, and the juice inthe glass, they look identical. it almost looks like they scan it off the box becauseit's got the block around it and then they put it on this box, which is kind of insane.and then they have the same kind of thing -- "cutting high-speed juice extractors atskg. big caliber slow juicer." and it's like the noise and look at the little graphicson here. the graphics on here are like the
same. so skg literally knocked off and maybepotentially used the same graphics off the box. in addition, they got the same coloredjuices on the bottom. and they got the same colored juices on the bottom, man. so, whatgives, man? i don't exactly know if skg came up with this stuff. this is just my best guessthat they look pretty similar, and if they're pretty similar, they probably are. so if they'recopying the graphics on the box, maybe they just copy the juicer, right. maybe it worksas good, or maybe it doesn't work as good. that's what we're gonna find out in this episode.so the next thing i want to do is actually go ahead and take them out of the boxes andwe're gonna bring in the juicers. alright! so now i've got a couple of juicerson the table, and you're probably thinking
to yourself, "john, wait a second. you'recomparing two juicers. how come there are three juicers on the table?" yes, i can count.it's amazing. i went to college. anyways, we've got three juicers on the table -- twoon this side and one on this side. but, only one is the original whole slow juicer thathas patents and is made in korea, and it's this guy, the kuving's whole slow juicer.and this is the one that i just introduced, the skg juicer. and this is another brandof juicer that i got probably half a year ago that i did testing with and it didn'tperform as well as the kuving's whole slow juicer in my testing. and it looks prettymuch similar to the skg, so i don't know who makes what juicer or what, but these two machineslook like they're being even made in the same
factory. if we kind of like take these guysapart, we could see there's basically some similarities. i mean, there's already a similarityin how they look, but these parts are pretty much almost identical. next, taking a lookat these augers here. these augers, if you look at them, i mean they're pretty much identical.also, these juicing screens, one is a different color, but they look pretty much identicalto me. and even these wiping blades; these wiping blades are pretty much identical. imean, they're like the same. oh and yea, you can take a look at inside here, too; the gasketsare the same color, the spinner blade's the same -- it's the same shape -- yea, these----[can't understand word, around 5:15 min.] looks the same. so, basically, whether youget an skg or another one that pretty much
looks like it, it's probably made in the samefactory over in china. and, you know, they probably work about the same, right? and we'lltalk about that in a minute. next, i want to talk about the kuving's whole slow juicerand what kind of sets it apart. i mean, number one, they have a patent on it right here.also, this one is a little bit shorter; also, this auger is a little bit of a differentdesign than the skg. maybe they thought they could change a few things so that they wouldn'tinfringe on any patents, although, i believe they do probably infringe on some patentsbecause they didn't change it significantly enough, and it still has that main feed shoot.one of the things i don't like about the skg is that actually it goes up underneath, whereasthe kuving does not. so this means it's gonna
be harder to get in there and clean. also,the pieces just seem a lot more substantial on the kuving's whole slow juicer; they seema little bit heavier to me. and also, the hole size is a little bit smaller on the kuving'sslow juicer, which means you'll probably get less pulp in your juice. finally, this wipingblade; this just seems like a really inexpensive part. and the kuving's wiping blade seemsa little bit more durable -- you know, just kind of holding it -- and also, it looks abit cooler with the holes in there instead of these solid things. and this doesn't evenlook like it really could even hit the outside. i mean the reason for this outside wipingblade is so that it actually hits the outside of the bowl so it wipes it down. but thiswiping blade on the outside doesn't even hit
the outside of the bowl. maybe they did theyso that it's like, "oh, ours is different because it doesn't wipe the outside of thebowl. it's different than yours." but, it also wipes the inside, and there's actuallyhas a thing just like kuving's that does wipe the bottom of the bowl and gets the juiceout. next, of course, is the main body. and this is where it's fairly, significantly different.on the original kuving's, you know, you could get in there really easily to clean it out.and on this, there's basically a little thing in the middle that's higher, and it makesit harder to get in there to clean. in addition, this little spinner thing in here looks likemaybe some less expensive plastic, and not like improved nylon like they have on thekuving's. plus, the plug that comes out here
is a really nice, heavy-duty silicone plug.and the first time i used this machine over here, actually, i broke the little standoffpiece that holds it in place. and it's also a less expensive kind of plastic and silicone,in my opinion. oh, and the other major thing that kind of irks me, is the kuving's hasan original stopper right here, and if you guys can look at that, it's 100% siliconeon here. and if we look at one of the stoppers on these machines -- and they actually areboth similar -- if we look at the stoppers on there, you'll see there's silicone, butin the middle, there's a little screw. and that screw holds on the silicone gasket onthere, and when you put this down, the screw is exposed to the juice. and to me, this screwdoesn't look like it's stainless steel, so
what that means is it may rust over time,and then you'll get rust in your juice, which is not a good thing. so i really like thatkuving's actually doesn't have that screw in the middle; that's just really not thebest design, in my opinion. so those are the main differences between these machines. anothermain difference is the warranty. so, the warranty on the kuving's is a 10-, full-year warrantyby the kuving's company that is been in business in the u.s. for many years now, and has beenin business in korea for over 30 years. and, the skg is warrantied by the skg in the usaand i have no idea how long they've been in business. they make a variety of differentappliances, from massagers and even chargers to charge your iphone, whereas kuving's, thatcompany specializes in kitchen appliances
predominantly. oh, and let's talk about -- soif the company goes out of business, right, in the u.s. then you're not going to havea warranty; you won't be able to get parts. and if they're saying, for example, that there'ssome sort of lawsuit or patent, and then the company is no longer able to sell the machineand you buy the machine, then you won't be able to get any parts either. and i kindaam curious to see if kuving's is going to do some sort of patent infringement thingwith the knock-off machines because i know they have several patents on the machine myself.now, the warranty -- that's critical. the kuving's, as i said, has a 10-year warrantyand the skg, on a popular website that's selling them, says that it has a 10-year motor warrantyand a 5-year warranty on all of the other
parts, which some of the parts look kind ofinexpensive, so it's good that those parts are warrantied. the challenges, once you getthe warranty card that comes with the skg -- it says on here, "this limited warrantycovers defects and materials and workmanship in this product. this limited warranty doesnot cover any damages from alteration, misuse, accident and neglect. this limited warrantylasts for two years from the date of purchase of this product." and it says right on there,"two years." and so that's kind of a little bit concerning to me. you know, it's advertisedas one thing and then you get the machine and the warranty card says something else.and also, this is a serial number -- whatever, 0058 -- so i don't know if they've actuallysold a lot of these. you know, the reason
why i'm probably getting a lot of inquirieson this machine is because some of the reviews on some online retailers say that this machineis very good. and, you know, in my opinion, a lot of people doing the reviews get freesamples to do the reviews, and then also, that's like their job to is to do reviewsor are like a top 500 reviewer and they just want to review things all day long. and ifyou get free stuff, you're probably going to give a good review. and the other thingis that they're not experts in juicing and juicers. i use my juicer, you know, prettymuch every day if i'm around home and not traveling -- sometimes multiple times a day.and i test all the major brands of juicers so i know all about them. and based on thetesting of this machine, you know, it didn't
work quite as well as the kuving's. thingskind of got stuck up and it just was crazy. basically, you guys get what you pay for andthe sad thing about this is the skg is currently maybe about $100 less than the kuving's. and,if you wait until the end of this video, i'll give you a coupon code to save even more.so if you are considering this one, i would highly encourage you guys to get the kuving's,which is the original; and this is just simply a knock-off with a shorter warranty. in addition,another thing that's really interesting to me is the plug of the skg, as well as thisother model. it doesn't have a three-prong plug. and the kuving's over here actuallyhas a nice three-pong plug with a ground, so this may be more beneficial because theground is there so there's a lesser chance
of getting shocked from the electrical appliance.furthermore, on the kuving's here, you can see the on and off switch, it's wrapped ina silicone, so there's no chance of potentially getting shocked if there's some kind of electricalshort. on the original one here, this also has silicone, but the skg actually does nothave that silicone protection on there. so, if like water or juice gets down there thatmay me potentially hazardous. so, yea, that's pretty much about all these guys that i canthink of -- all the main differences. next, what i want to get into, is actually go aheadand be juicing in the skg to show you guys how it does and give you my opinions on it. so, now, i'm ready to juice in the skg juicer.to share with you guys how it works, today
we'll be juicing a few common, and one uncommoningredient. we'll be juicing the carrots. carrot juice is a really popular juice. it'shigh in metakeratin, which is really good for ya; they say it can help you to see better.next, of course, we have one nice large beet. and you know what they're saying about beets;they can improve your athletic performance and that's really cool. so we're gonna juiceone large beet; this happens to be a yellow beet, instead of that red beet. and the lastingredient we have is these guys right here. i know a lot of you guys are like, "john,what the heck is that?" this is known as jicama. jicama is predominately used in ethnic cuisine,such as latin cuisine, and it's a tropical, tuberous root vegetable. how you're gonnawanna use this is you're actually gonna want
to peel it first -- you don't want to juicethe skin on that guy. so, what i've gone ahead and done is i went ahead and peeled a wholejicama here. it's a nice root vegetable and it has a really mild flavor. so this is goodjust to get nice, watery consistency, and it's just really delicious; it's kind of atad bit sweet, but really, really, really good. so let's see how this stuff juices inthe skg. so, first step, we're gonna go ahead and turn this on. we're gonna juice the easiestthing first, the carrots; we're just gonna go ahead and drop a carrot in there and seehow it juices. so, as you guys can see, it's literally auto-feeding itself so i do likethat a lot. it's crushing it up, grinding it out. as you guys can see, the pulp is comingout on this side, and we're getting the juice
to come out on that side. let's go ahead andjuice up more carrots and see how it does. next, let's go ahead and juice some of thebeets. so, this beet is a nice, large beet. and even though it has a 3-inch-wide feedshoot, this beet is still not fitting in there. so, we're gonna have to cut it up. so youknow, most juicers, you will have to pre-cut your produce to put in, even if it does havea large feed shoot. things like leafy greens, i do recommend pre-cutting, even if you couldjust shove it in a vertical slow juicer. it's always going to work much better. we've gota nice big piece of beet here; let's go ahead and drop that in. and it's crunching thatup and juicing it up. you might notice a little bit of noise there; oh man, some groaningnoises doesn't sound too good to me, but nonetheless,
it's still working. next, let's go ahead andjuice some of that jicama; once again, this jicama is so large, it's not gonna fit inthere either. so we're just gonna go ahead and cut up this jicama into smaller pieces.it's a nice softer consistency than say, a carrot. we're gonna go ahead and drop thatguy in there. and it looks like it's doing a fairly good job with that; all of the juiceis coming out. and we're just juicing one piece at a time. now, this juicer -- whoa,that's a pretty hardcore noise; i don't really like that too much. you know, other juicersmay make some kind of noises, but that's a pretty loud noise there. but overall, it lookslike this juicer is juicing fairly well with these ingredients.
alright! so, last carrot in the skg juicerand it looks like we've filled up our catch cup all the way. before it overflows, we'regonna go ahead and put this lid spout down so we could catch the juice inside the machine.now, the one thing i want to say, is actually this machine, it juiced fairly well; like,all the pulp came out. the pulp seems actually kinda dry. the one thing i will say -- unlikethe kuving's whole slow juicer -- that this does seem to have a lot of residual excesspulp trapped at the top, where the kuving's gets more pulp in. although the kuving's willleave a little bit, but this left a lot more. let's go try and tamp this down to get itjuiced, because if you're leaving unjuiced pulp in the machine, that means you're notgonna get as much yield as you possibly could.
this machine was also a little bit louderthan other juicers of its kind that i've tested. but, i'm actually kind of impressed; the pulpis actually fairly dry. now, the next thing that's really important to me to share withyou guys is actually how much pulp is actually in the juice, right. i know a lot of you guysdon't like pulp in juice, me being one of them. so we're just gonna go ahead and takea strainer and we're gonna go ahead and strain out our juice to see how much pulp the skgjuicer put in the juice. now, i always encourage you guys to let the juicer run until the pulpstops running out of the machine. it looks like it's stopped, so we're gonna go aheadand now turn that off. so let's go ahead and take this pitcher here, and carefully withoutspilling, we'll pour it through our sieve
and strain our juice out. alright. wow. thisis definitely telling here. i don't know if you guys can see that on the camera, but i'mpouring this out, and in even in the bottom of the catch container, there are still significantamount of pulp in there. i mean, this is more than any other vertical slow juicer i've tested.let's go ahead and shake this guy out and get all of our pulp-free juice out. alright,look at that. whoa! so now we have this much pulp left and we're gonna go ahead and flipthat out. look at that, man. that is definitely a lot of pulp. so this machine generated morepulp in the juice than most other juicers i've tested to-date. so that could be a proor con; maybe you like pulp in your juice, maybe you don't. if you don't, this is probablynot the juicer for you. i also want to say,
this juicer does not include a strainer, soyou would have to buy one of those separately. finally, i want to go ahead and taste thejuice. so let's go ahead and pour it out. now that we strained it, we have a nice, crystalclear smooth consistency. you know, i do want to say that this machine was actually fairlygood on yield. i thought it made quite a good yield and the pulp is dry, although, you know,there was a lot of pulp in there. m'mm. that's definitely good juice; tastes quite good.now, my final comments are on the skg juicer is that it did work fairly well; it was alittle bit noisy. it put a lot of pulp in the juice. and, the other thing i'm concernedabout is that, you know, it only has a short warranty, so i don't know if that's two yearslike the paperwork that comes with it or maybe
10 years on the motor and five years on theother parts. it seemed kind of inexpensively made. and, as i said, on the other machinethat looked just like this one, the first time i was using it and cleaning it, i actuallybroke off the little holder that holds the silicone pulp flap in the machine. of coursethis machine is lower quality than the kuving's that's made in korea. this is made in china.you know, i mean, in summary this is it. pretty much, you guys get what you pay for, right?if you want to get a mercedes and you're buying a hyundai or something like that, you knowthey're not equivalent, right? if you want to get the cadillac, and you want a largefeed shoot, you want to get the kuving's. and if you don't have that much money, youmight want to get this because it seems to
work pretty well, but i am concerned aboutthe long-term use. you know, if it will be durable and the warranty. now, the other thingi failed to mention earlier is that this machine is only rated according to the manufacturerfor maybe a 10- to 20-minute dewey cycle. what's a dewey cycle? dewey cycle means howlong you can be juicing with a machine before you should shut it off and turn it off orthe motor may overheat. the other machine that you saw earlier that looked like thisone, in the instruction manual, says it has a five-minute dewey cycle, you know. and i'verun the kuving's whole slow juicer for literally an hour at a time and i've seen them run thekuving's whole slow juicer at the tradeshow for the whole day without any overheating.yes, it gets really warm, but it doesn't blow
anything out. so if this is what you're gonnaget and pay more for a higher quality machine. and you know, other than that, i would definitelyrecommend for you guys to get the proper machine for you. and if it was me, i would say this:i would spend $100 more and get the real kuving's whole slow juicer instead of the knock-offthat will have a guaranteed, longer warranty on the entire machine, and also, be supportedin the future. the other thing you guys might want to do is check out some of the othervertical auger juices, even if they don't have a wide feed shoot. you know, some ofthem, performance-wise, will be better than the skg based on my testing. now, the finalthing i like to say is if you're considering a wide feed shoot vertical slow juicer andyou want to get kuving's, you can use the
discount coupon code, "weightloss," on ourwebsite, discountjuicers.com, to get an additional $20 to make it even more closer in price tothe skg but get the real machine, instead of the knock-off. if you guys enjoyed thisepisode, i would encourage you to support me and my work by making your juicer purchaseat discountjuicers.com. that allows me to make videos like this and videos online wherei teach people about eating more fruits and vegetables, and even how to grow them. also,be sure to click that subscribe button right down below to be notified of my new and upcomingepisodes i have coming out every maybe five to seven days. i'll be testing new juicers,comparing different juicers; you never know what you'll be learning when you watch myshow. also, be sure to check my past episodes;
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