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Friday, August 31, 2012

Best Search Terms of the Week

The Best Search Terms of the Week award goes to these four Southwest Desert Blogger readers:
1.  vert 350 hd junk










2. can i put ice cubes into an omega vrt350










3. drawbacks of omega vrt350










4. is it normal for the omega vrt350 to leak juice at the base

These are not necessarily in order of my preference, but how can you beat #1?  Number 4 isn't bad either.
Number 3 is verbally sophisticated.  "Drawbacks."  Nicely worded.  Scroll back in time, starting Sept. 2011, for my experience with the VRT350HD.
But the winner of the all time best Search Terms award is the "omega vrt350hd sucks" person --  A man of few words and kindred spirit of this week's winner, "vert 350 hd junk."  Disclaimer:  These search terms are not my original phrases, but real search terms people used to get to this site. The opinions expresses in the search terms are those of the searchers.

Is it normal for the omega vrt350 to leak juice at the base?  In my common sense, Southwest Desert Blogger logic, NO JUICER SHOULD LEAK!!!  unless you occasionally overfeed it or close off the juice spout.  This should be a rare event.  If you have a piece of junk juicer or it leaks often, see about returning it.  I hope you can.

Ice cubes?  I never put them in any juicer, so I don't know what happens.  I personally would not try it.  I have a good quality blender (not one of those $400 blenders).  It cost under $50 and it has a dedicated ice crusher button.  It works well for smoothies.  I used to go to the smoothie shop and saw that those $7.00 smoothies (then add the tip to that!) had a generous helping of ice blended into the mix. So, I got a blender that could crush 4-6 ice cubes in a pint or quart of smoothie.  That makes the smoothie super cold, especially if you use frozen fruit.  Just fruit, ice, a bit of water to blend, and perhaps raw carob powder, a tiny bit of maca, raw cacao, protein powder, a spoon of coconut oil, hemp seeds, chia seeds, acai, or any combination.  You can get those ingredients at discounts at www.iherb.com.  Use discount code WAL660 at checkout for $5 or $10 off your first purchase.   

Hovering around 100 degrees (F) in the desert, but it's a dry heat,
Southwest Desert Blogger
P.S. tonight is the last Blue Moon until 2015.  Make a wish and enjoy.
C. (c)2012

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

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In a soupy southwest d.esert monsoon,
Southwest Desert Blogger  is waiting for your feedback.
No Omega VRT rant today!  See previous posts dating all the way back to September of last year.

Monday, August 13, 2012

Got More Search Terms?

These search terms got you to Southwest Desert Blogger this week:
omega vrt brush broke










omega vrt complain










omega vrt350 juicer leaking










omega vrt350 strainer










omega vrt350hd and how can you keep juice
Brush broke?  RIP (rest in peace).  How did you break it?  I suggest getting a dish cleaning brush at a discount store.  More bristles to clean the screen more easily no matter what juicer you have.  My opinion:  The Omega VRT 350HD brush is of little use anyway.  There are so many hard to clean little areas on the VRT350HD, plus all the other problems, I just sent it back to where I got it. 
Omega VRT complain?  Join the club.  Folks come to this site with Omega VRT "issues" so you are not alone.  Complain to the folks who sold it to you.  What would you like them to do about it?  Return your money?  Ask for what you want.  That juicer cost too much for you to complain.
Get happy.
Omega VRT350 juicer leaking?  How well I remember that mess.  Glad I got rid of it.  We put folks on the moon decades ago.  Why can't we make a juicer that doesn't leak?
I worried that the juice leaked into the motor housing.  Who knows?  The official response amounted to blame the victim.  Are you doing something wrong?  Should you dice the produce before juicing?  :-)  Don't blame me.  Then again, sometimes stuff just happens.
Omega 350HD strainer?  As I've said in my strainer post, "Don't strain yourself." See 2/2/2012 post.
Omega VRT350HD and how can you keep juice?  Probably best to keep it in the fridge, on ice, in a cooler...keep it cold and sealed, as in a jar with tight-fitting lid.  I would keep my jar in a zip lock baggie for transport, such as to work, in case the jar leaks.  The zip locks can be reused.  I found the Omega VRT350HD vegetable juice separated within an hour or two.  I did not expect that.  Yes, most juice will separate, but I thought the VRT350HD juice was said to be more stable.
One of the informational items that came with the juicer states "Store Juice Up to 72 Hours!"  Silly me, I thought that meant it would be good for 72 hours.  Depends upon your definition of good. There was a picture of two glasses of juice. The caption reads "VERT Which would you rather drink?  Our Juice or Their Juice" and below Our Juice is a picture of a glass of juice with a bit of a head on it.  The color is consistent throughout.  The Their Juice glass has some foam too, but the juice has separated (if you know what I mean).  Sorry Omega, in my fridge your juice separated too.
Run some tests and let me know your findings.
Send me some feedback, findings, opinions and I may publish them.
Sincerely,
Southwest Desert Blogger
C. (c)2012
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Sunday, August 12, 2012

Got Perseid Meteor Showers?

Yep.  We got 'em tonight, the later and darker the better, until just before dawn.  Plus, as a bonus, the brightest planets in our solar system, Jupiter and Venus, will be in the middle of the shower, as will the crescent moon.  This meteor shower peaks tonight (8/12/12) with over 100 shooting stars predicted per hour.
If it is cloudy, or you sleep through tonight, just try again tomorrow night.
Hope you see your lucky star.
Southwest Desert Blogger
P.S.  To the Southwest Desert Blogger readers who are searching for Omega VRT 350HD parts, I saw some on eBay.
C. (c)2012