This purchase follows a Hurom slow juicer that broke the steel gauze and finally the motor died.The attraction of the biochef was it was similar but you could put whole fruit/carrots in it, instead of slicing. When the whole fruits go in, it works ok, but you can hear the plastic fittings stressing. The juice is the same high quality as before. The manual however still says on the fine print to cut everything up, even though the promo videos show whole fruits going in.