Never put the pulp back into the juicer, it will damage the juicing screen and makes void the warranty!

The emphasis of cold press juicers is to produce a high quality juice. This is accomplished by 1) cutting hard produce into smaller strips / pieces 2) and juicing slowly. Although patience is essential, the rewards are really fantastic.

Cold press juicers are excellent for juicing vegetables or a combination of vegetable and some fruit.

Cold press juicers are really good at juicing wheat grass, but you must feed wheatgrass through the juicer very slowly, or congestion WILL occur.

Cold press juicers often struggle with soft fruit such as watermelon and especially pineapple; although the Vita Juice Juicer is really good with most soft fruit. (The LexSun Standard Juicer, LexSun Elite Juicer copes with sloppy fruit the best. The Angel Juicer really struggles with sloppy fruit and fruit in general, although the optional Soft Fibre Screen does help.)

When juicing a lot of soft fruit such as pineapple or watermelon, simply feed the pieces through slower and be patient. Adding some carrot, beetroot or celery also helps prevent clogging.

When juicing apples, Granny Smith apples (or similar) are best, as they are a hard fruit and contain more juice. Some varieties of red apples are not suitable for cold press juicers (or high speed juicers) as they have a dry consistency, which results in a mushy pulp, little juice and clogged juicing screen.

Fibrous produce such as kale & celery can be very difficult to juice. Tip: 1) Use young leaves, 2) Feed very slowly through your juicer, 3) omit the fibrous stalks and 4) add carrot intermittently to clear any blockages / congestion that may occur.

Cleanliness: It is essential that your juicer be properly cleaned and maintained for normal use. The small holes in the Juicing Screen must be thoroughly cleaned and unblocked; otherwise unnecessary harm can be caused to the gearbox and motor, and juicing will be slower and more difficult. Juice backing up the chute? In 99.9% of the cases where the juice backs up the chute and the juicer is not operating as good as it once was, it is because the tiny holes on the juicing screen have become progressively clogged after repeated use, and normal washing is not always sufficient to remove the pulp. Solution: Soak the part/s in a dessertspoon of Ezy Kleen powder and warm / hot water overnight; rinse in water the following morning and the juicer will usually operate just like new. Ezy Kleen can be purchased here.

Juicing sugarcane - cold press juicers should NEVER be used to juice sugarcane under normal circumstances. Sugarcane is extremely fibrous and tough and WILL destroy your cold press juicer if you feed sugarcane as lumps, pieces or even strips. EXCEPTION: The only acceptable method of juicing sugarcane with a cold press juicer is to cut the outer husk etc off the sugarcane, then blend the sugarcane in a blender such as the Omniblend V Professional Blender, until it has become a smoother consistency, then slowly pour through your cold press juicer so that it can separate the juice from the pulp. If your juicer struggles or groans whilst juicing sugarcane, either feed the blended sugarcane more slowly, or stop juicing sugarcane altogether.

Juicing coconut - should NEVER be used to juice coconut under normal circumstances. However, coconut can be juiced if you follow the instructions for juicing sugarcane above.

Juicing pomegranate - although cold press juicers can juice pomegranate, the seeds must be removed first or damage to the juicer can ensue.

Juicing Bananas - you cannot juice bananas with cold press juicers! If you try to juice bananas with cold press juicers, it only results in a mess of squashed banana.

Making ice-cream - most cold press juicers are capable of making ice-cream and sorbet etc. A common mistake is to take frozen bananas and strawberries straight from the freezer and put them down the chute, which in most cases results in breakage of the juicer. Putting frozen food down the chute is like putting rocks in your juicer, DO NOT DO IT! To prevent damaging your cold press juicer, let your frozen fruit unfreeze a little so that it loses its 'rock like' features.

Drum Cap - 3 x Adjustable Squeezing Positions:

• Position "3" = high pressure - for maximum juice extraction from hard produce e.g. carrot, celery, ginger, beetroot etc
• Position "2" = medium pressure - easily extract juice from mixtures of hard and soft produce and fibrous produce such as kale
• Position "1" = light pressure - primarily used for juicing soft fruit such as pineapple - (or if juice is backing up chute)
• Position "0" = for attaching or detaching Juicing Nozzle from machine

When fitting the Nozzles, align the arrow on the Nozzle with the number "0" on the Drum Cap, then adjust the Nozzle to the desired pressure.

To adjust the squeezing pressure to position "1", simply push the nozzle in a little and turn anti-clockwise until the arrow aligns with the number "1." Repeat this simple procedure for squeezing positions "2" and "3."

Remove the Drum Cap by turning 'clockwise' as per the arrow on the top, front of the Drum next to the Drum Cap.

LexSun Drum Cap - How to Prevent Premature Breakage:

The common cause of the Drum Cap failure (cracking & eventually breaking), is due to customers using the Juicing Nozzle with the 'small hole' in conjunction with the Mincing Cone (Screen).

When you use the wrong nozzle (e.g. Juicing Nozzle with a smaller hole) whilst mincing or making ice cream etc, the small hole restricts the flow of mince / ice cream from passing through the End Cap and Juicing Nozzle, which causes extreme pressure on the Mincing Cone and Drum Cap, which will soon break under such stressful conditions.

It is imperative that when you use the Mincing Cone, you MUST use the Mincing Nozzle that has the 'large hole' in it. This is what it was designed for.