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Alright! This is John Kohler with discountjuicers.com today with another exciting episode for you.
And what we're going to do today is an episode that I've actually been getting a lot of requests
for through email and YouTube and all of these different things. "John, do you guys sell
the SKG Juicer and what do you think about it?" So, at this time, we do not presently
sell the SKG Juicer, but I will be doing a review 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; this is the big caliber SKG Juicer that's a slow
juicer; vertical, single auger. Now, I've got two different boxes on the table here
today, and one is the SKG big caliber juicer and the other is the Kuving's Whole slow juicer.
And one of these juicers came first, and one of them, in my opinion, I would call a knock-off.
The Kuving's Whole Slow Juicer is the original juicer with a 3-inch-wide feed shoot; it came
out first. And then later, the SKG Juicer came 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 SKG Juicer is made in China. So that's the first
thing. In my opinion, things from Korea are much higher quality in general over things
made in China. And that's just my personal opinion on that. Next thing I want to do is
actually share with you guys the boxes because this is actually quite interesting. As I said,
the Kuving's is the first whole slow juicer with a 3-inch-wide feed shoot; they have a
patented technology. And if we're looking at the box on the side there -- I'll kind
of get a close-up for you guys -- and we're going to go ahead and turn this side of the
box around for you guys as well. Now, check this out. The Kuving's was first and then
the SKG came out. And look at this. Look at what I noticed. These pictures here, right,
of the juice in the glass, and the juice in the glass, they look identical. It almost
looks like they scan it off the box because it'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 at SKG. Big caliber slow juicer." And it's like
the noise and look at the little graphics on here. The graphics on here are like the
same. So SKG literally knocked off and maybe potentially used the same graphics off the
box. In addition, they got the same colored juices on the bottom. And they got the same
colored juices on the bottom, man. So, what gives, man? I don't exactly know if SKG came
up with this stuff. This is just my best guess that they look pretty similar, and if they're
pretty similar, they probably are. So if they're copying the graphics on the box, maybe they
just copy the juicer, right. Maybe it works as 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 and we're gonna bring in the juicers.
Alright! So now I've got a couple of juicers on the table, and you're probably thinking
to yourself, "John, wait a second. You're comparing 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 -- two on this side and one on this side. But, only
one is the original whole slow juicer that has 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 brand of juicer that I got probably half a year
ago that I did testing with and it didn't perform as well as the Kuving's Whole Slow
Juicer in my testing. And it looks pretty much similar to the SKG, so I don't know who
makes what juicer or what, but these two machines look like they're being even made in the same
factory. If we kind of like take these guys apart, we could see there's basically some
similarities. I mean, there's already a similarity in how they look, but these parts are pretty
much almost identical. Next, taking a look at 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 identical to me. And even these wiping blades; these
wiping blades are pretty much identical. I mean, they're like the same. Oh and yea, you
can take a look at inside here, too; the gaskets are 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 you get an SKG or another one that pretty much
looks like it, it's probably made in the same factory over in China. And, you know, they
probably work about the same, right? And we'll talk about that in a minute. Next, I want
to talk about the Kuving's Whole Slow Juicer and 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 different design than the SKG. Maybe they thought they
could change a few things so that they wouldn't infringe on any patents, although, I believe
they do probably infringe on some patents because 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, whereas the 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 seem a little bit heavier to me. And also, the
hole size is a little bit smaller on the Kuving's Slow Juicer, which means you'll probably get
less pulp in your juice. Finally, this wiping blade; this just seems like a really inexpensive
part. And the Kuving's wiping blade seems a little bit more durable -- you know, just
kind of holding it -- and also, it looks a bit cooler with the holes in there instead
of these solid things. And this doesn't even look like it really could even hit the outside.
I mean the reason for this outside wiping blade is so that it actually hits the outside
of the bowl so it wipes it down. But this wiping blade on the outside doesn't even hit
the outside of the bowl. Maybe they did they so that it's like, "Oh, ours is different
because it doesn't wipe the outside of the bowl. It's different than yours." But, it
also wipes the inside, and there's actually has a thing just like Kuving's that does wipe
the bottom of the bowl and gets the juice out. 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 makes it harder to get in there to clean. In addition,
this little spinner thing in here looks like maybe some less expensive plastic, and not
like improved nylon like they have on the Kuving'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 standoff piece 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 has an original stopper right here, and if you
guys can look at that, it's 100% silicone on here. And if we look at one of the stoppers
on these machines -- and they actually are both similar -- if we look at the stoppers
on there, you'll see there's silicone, but in the middle, there's a little screw. And
that screw holds on the silicone gasket on there, and when you put this down, the screw
is exposed to the juice. And to me, this screw doesn'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 that Kuving's actually doesn't have that screw
in the middle; that's just really not the best design, in my opinion. So those are the
main differences between these machines. Another main difference is the warranty. So, the warranty
on the Kuving's is a 10-, full-year warranty by the Kuving's company that is been in business
in the U.S. for many years now, and has been in business in Korea for over 30 years. And,
the SKG is warrantied by the SKG in the USA and I have no idea how long they've been in
business. They make a variety of different appliances, from massagers and even chargers
to charge your iPhone, whereas Kuving's, that company specializes in kitchen appliances
predominantly. Oh, and let's talk about -- so if the company goes out of business, right,
in the U.S. then you're not going to have a warranty; you won't be able to get parts.
And if they're saying, for example, that there's some sort of lawsuit or patent, and then the
company is no longer able to sell the machine and you buy the machine, then you won't be
able to get any parts either. And I kinda am curious to see if Kuving's is going to
do some sort of patent infringement thing with 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 warranty and the SKG, on a popular website that's selling
them, says that it has a 10-year motor warranty and a 5-year warranty on all of the other
parts, which some of the parts look kind of inexpensive, so it's good that those parts
are warrantied. The challenges, once you get the warranty card that comes with the SKG
-- it says on here, "This limited warranty covers defects and materials and workmanship
in this product. This limited warranty does not cover any damages from alteration, misuse,
accident and neglect. This limited warranty lasts 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 advertised as 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 actually sold a lot of these. You know, the reason
why I'm probably getting a lot of inquiries on this machine is because some of the reviews
on some online retailers say that this machine is very good. And, you know, in my opinion,
a lot of people doing the reviews get free samples to do the reviews, and then also,
that's like their job to is to do reviews or are like a top 500 reviewer and they just
want to review things all day long. And if you get free stuff, you're probably going
to give a good review. And the other thing is that they're not experts in juicing and
juicers. I use my juicer, you know, pretty much 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 the testing of this machine, you know, it didn't
work quite as well as the Kuving's. Things kind of got stuck up and it just was crazy.
Basically, you guys get what you pay for and the 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 this other model. It doesn't have a three-prong
plug. And the Kuving's over here actually has a nice three-pong plug with a ground,
so this may be more beneficial because the ground 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 in a silicone, so there's no chance of potentially
getting shocked if there's some kind of electrical short. On the original one here, this also
has silicone, but the SKG actually does not have that silicone protection on there. So,
if like water or juice gets down there that may me potentially hazardous. So, yea, that's
pretty much about all these guys that I can think of -- all the main differences. Next,
what I want to get into, is actually go ahead and 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 uncommon ingredient. We'll be juicing the carrots.
Carrot juice is a really popular juice. It's high 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 juice one large beet; this happens to be a yellow
beet, instead of that red beet. And the last ingredient 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 gonna wanna use this is you're actually gonna want
to peel it first -- you don't want to juice the skin on that guy. So, what I've gone ahead
and done is I went ahead and peeled a whole jicama here. It's a nice root vegetable and
it has a really mild flavor. So this is good just to get nice, watery consistency, and
it's just really delicious; it's kind of a tad bit sweet, but really, really, really
good. So let's see how this stuff juices in the SKG. So, first step, we're gonna go ahead
and turn this on. We're gonna juice the easiest thing first, the carrots; we're just gonna
go ahead and drop a carrot in there and see how it juices. So, as you guys can see, it's
literally auto-feeding itself so I do like that a lot. It's crushing it up, grinding
it out. As you guys can see, the pulp is coming out on this side, and we're getting the juice
to come out on that side. Let's go ahead and juice up more carrots and see how it does.
Next, let's go ahead and juice some of the beets. So, this beet is a nice, large beet.
And even though it has a 3-inch-wide feed shoot, this beet is still not fitting in there.
So, we're gonna have to cut it up. So you know, most juicers, you will have to pre-cut
your produce to put in, even if it does have a large feed shoot. Things like leafy greens,
I do recommend pre-cutting, even if you could just shove it in a vertical slow juicer. It's
always going to work much better. We've got a nice big piece of beet here; let's go ahead
and drop that in. and it's crunching that up and juicing it up. You might notice a little
bit of noise there; oh man, some groaning noises doesn't sound too good to me, but nonetheless,
it's still working. Next, let's go ahead and juice some of that jicama; once again, this
jicama is so large, it's not gonna fit in there 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 that guy in there. And it looks like it's doing
a fairly good job with that; all of the juice is 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 juicers may make some kind of noises, but that's a
pretty loud noise there. But overall, it looks like this juicer is juicing fairly well with
these ingredients.
Alright! So, last carrot in the SKG juicer and it looks like we've filled up our catch
cup all the way. Before it overflows, we're gonna 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 -- unlike the Kuving's Whole Slow Juicer -- that this
does seem to have a lot of residual excess pulp trapped at the top, where the Kuving's
gets more pulp in. Although the Kuving's will leave a little bit, but this left a lot more.
Let's go try and tamp this down to get it juiced, because if you're leaving unjuiced
pulp in the machine, that means you're not gonna get as much yield as you possibly could.
This machine was also a little bit louder than other juicers of its kind that I've tested.
But, I'm actually kind of impressed; the pulp is actually fairly dry. Now, the next thing
that's really important to me to share with you guys is actually how much pulp is actually
in the juice, right. I know a lot of you guys don't like pulp in juice, me being one of
them. So we're just gonna go ahead and take a strainer and we're gonna go ahead and strain
out our juice to see how much pulp the SKG juicer put in the juice. Now, I always encourage
you guys to let the juicer run until the pulp stops running out of the machine. It looks
like it's stopped, so we're gonna go ahead and now turn that off. So let's go ahead and
take this pitcher here, and carefully without spilling, we'll pour it through our sieve
and strain our juice out. Alright. Wow. This is definitely telling here. I don't know if
you guys can see that on the camera, but I'm pouring this out, and in even in the bottom
of the catch container, there are still significant amount 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 flip that out. Look at that, man. That is definitely
a lot of pulp. So this machine generated more pulp in the juice than most other juicers
I've tested to-date. So that could be a pro or con; maybe you like pulp in your juice,
maybe you don't. If you don't, this is probably not the juicer for you. I also want to say,
this juicer does not include a strainer, so you would have to buy one of those separately.
Finally, I want to go ahead and taste the juice. So let's go ahead and pour it out.
Now that we strained it, we have a nice, crystal clear smooth consistency. You know, I do want
to say that this machine was actually fairly good 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 a little bit noisy. It put a lot of pulp in
the juice. And, the other thing I'm concerned about is that, you know, it only has a short
warranty, so I don't know if that's two years like the paperwork that comes with it or maybe
10 years on the motor and five years on the other parts. It seemed kind of inexpensively
made. And, as I said, on the other machine that looked just like this one, the first
time I was using it and cleaning it, I actually broke off the little holder that holds the
silicone pulp flap in the machine. Of course this 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 know they're not equivalent, right? If you want
to get the Cadillac, and you want a large feed shoot, you want to get the Kuving's.
And if you don't have that much money, you might want to get this because it seems to
work pretty well, but I am concerned about the long-term use. You know, if it will be
durable and the warranty. Now, the other thing I failed to mention earlier is that this machine
is only rated according to the manufacturer for maybe a 10- to 20-minute dewey cycle.
What's a dewey cycle? Dewey cycle means how long you can be juicing with a machine before
you should shut it off and turn it off or the motor may overheat. The other machine
that you saw earlier that looked like this one, in the instruction manual, says it has
a five-minute dewey cycle, you know. And I've run the Kuving's Whole Slow Juicer for literally
an hour at a time and I've seen them run the Kuving'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 gonna get and pay more for a higher quality machine.
And you know, other than that, I would definitely recommend 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-off that will have a guaranteed, longer warranty
on the entire machine, and also, be supported in the future. The other thing you guys might
want to do is check out some of the other vertical auger juices, even if they don't
have a wide feed shoot. You know, some of them, performance-wise, will be better than
the SKG based on my testing. Now, the final thing I like to say is if you're considering
a wide feed shoot vertical slow juicer and you want to get Kuving's, you can use the
discount coupon code, "WEIGHTLOSS," on our website, discountjuicers.com, to get an additional
$20 to make it even more closer in price to the SKG but get the real machine, instead
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