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L'Equip 306400 Visor Natural Processor/Juicer | 
| Brand: L'Equip
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $269.99
Buy New: $219.99
as of 9/2/2010 15:23 CDT details
You Save: $50.00 (19%)
Rating:  10 reviews
Color: Gray
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Size: Standard
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 16 x 8 x 9
MPN: 509
Model: 306400
UPC: 697819005090
EAN: 0697819005090
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 100 Watt Juicer and Pasta Maker with gentle masticating juice extraction to preserve vitamins and nutrients lost to standard juicers where the blades create high-heat | | • | Automatic pulp ejection and reverse power to prevent clogging | | • | Easy to assemble and clean; unique design with visor for storage | | • | Includes 5 pasta and noodle nozzles, nut butter, custard and juice nozzles. | | • | 6 year warranty |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Item Info: ? The L'EQUIP 509 VISOR Natural Processor is a unique and eye-catching way to reap the benefits of juicing. From it's sleek design to its powerful motor, this is no ordinary juicer. A conversation piece for your kitchen countertop --- and it juices, too!.,? Multi-purpose wheatgrass, fruit, and vegetable juicer,? Unique design with stealth visor,? Stainless steel "single gear" masticating extraction,? Slow rotation and powerful motor chews fibers for full release of enzymes, vitamins, minerals. .
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 10
 Dangerous Plastics November 25, 2009
Brett Logerwell (Everywhere You Go)
So NONE of this is the seller's fault. We didn't do enough research on what it was made of. After it was ordered and received, we opened the box to see that the manual says the grinding screw is made from melamine. Melamine is a very dangerous plastic. Here's a quote from wikipedia,
"Melamine is described as being "Harmful if swallowed, inhaled or absorbed through the skin. Chronic exposure may cause cancer or reproductive damage. Eye, skin and respiratory irritant." [12] U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scientists explained that when melamine and cyanuric acid are absorbed into the bloodstream, they concentrate and interact in the urine-filled renal microtubules, then crystallize and form large numbers of round, yellow crystals, which in turn block and damage the renal cells that line the tubes, causing the kidneys to malfunction.[13]"
This stuff is VERY TOXIC and I wouldn't want my fresh fruits and vegetables ground up with something made from melamine.
Don't give your money to a company that is selling you something that will poison you.
Do your research people, and VOTE WITH YOUR WALLET!!!
 So far, so good September 21, 2009
RMO
I purchased a five year old L'equip Visor and I'm overjoyed, especially after being nervous about all of these poor reviews. I'm new to juicing so I don't have anything to compare this juicer to. But I will say that so far, the product has far exceeded my expectations. It juiced greens, carrots and apples beautifully and I love the quality of the juice. Its so refreshing. The product is easy to assemble, disassemble and to clean. I love how quiet it is. I can get up early in the morning to juice and won't disturb anyone. I expected it to be messy and for the pulp to get into the juice cup - but neither of those problems occurred. If I experience any problems in the future, I'll update my review.
No replacement parts available in US September 16, 2008
C. Bliss Kandel (Englewood, CO United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved my juicer, a L'Equip Visor Model 509, until the day I accidentally put a peach pit in it. This immediately cracked the juicing screw, but did not damage the motor or any other parts. I thought, "What a good machine. I'll just order a new part." Imagine my disappointment when I discovered that no spare parts are available in the US, and the British supplier will not ship to this country. Since I believe that juicing is vital to my health, I am forced to buy a completely new one for lack of one part. Be sure I will buy one that has parts available in this country.
Nice enough to leave on the counter March 8, 2008
B. A. Sjoblom - Chyatte (Atlanta)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have both the Champion Juicer and this L'Equip Juicer. I have to say for juicing carrots I prefer the Champion because its fast, yet it heats up my carrots causing a loss in nutrients; however, for wheatgrass and anything else this L'Equip Juicer is better for it masticates slowly which leaves all the vital nutrients. I love all the attachments for you can make ice-cream or sorbet from frozen fruits, nut butters, grind grains and make pastas from fresh dough. It is also attractive enough to leave out on the counter.
 I've had it for five years *update* December 1, 2005
6sensesfeeling5 (San Francisco, CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
...and I'm a fan, but I still can't recommend it (to US customers, at least). As a convert from a centrifugal juicer, I'm more than pleased with the amount and quality of juice that I've gotten from the Visor. It runs quietly and doesn't create too much friction which would warm and spoil the juice, and it also assembles, disassembles and cleans up easily.
I have only made juice and frozen banana "ice cream" with it (yummy!), so I can't speak for the pasta attachments or anything else. I do think it could have been designed better -- the catch bowls aren't terribly efficient, pulp does tend to drop into the juice bowl and if you don't line them both up just right you get juice all over the counter, and the juice bowl/cup is tough to pour from -- but I've gotten used to them and they suffice. The quality of the juice and ease of cleaning are my main concerns, and these are both more than satisfactory.
The reason I can't recommend the Visor is the lack of customer support. About two years after my initial purchase, I needed to replace the strainer (due to a design flaw, in my opinion) and it took me more than six months to track down a US distributor that could send me one. Now, almost three years later, I am again in need of a replacement part. The distributor I used previously has vanished, and all contact information I find for L'Equip in the US leads me to dead end after dead end. I'm now trying to contact UK distributors. This all speaks well for the motor, which lives up to its six year warranty, having lasted just fine through five years of moderate use, but the plastic parts wear out more quickly and inevitably need to be replaced. If you live in the US and would rather not trash a perfectly good juicer motor in a couple years because you can't replace one simple plastic part or another, I recommend you look elsewhere.
Shame.
*UPDATE*
9/23/08 If you currently own a Visor and need parts, they are available from the Kitchen Resource website. There's no parts info on the site, and I got a bit of a runaround trying to contact anyone, but once I got ahold of the right people they were quite courteous and my replacement arrived quickly.
As for the juicer, it is still performing well. Even with the hassles I've had with parts, I will miss it when the motor finally goes (although it shows no signs of slowing down yet!).
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