Z-Star Manual Juicer
Juicer Review

The Z-star Manual Juicer is a very popular model with most wheatgrass juicer buyers. It has a G-clamp with rubber grips that can be secured to your kitchen countertop when juicing. Like the Oscar, this model has a single auger that rotates and squeezes the wheatgrass as you turn the crank handle. It has a see-through body that enables you to see how the produce is feeding through the juicing chamber.

Though this juicer is built more for wheatgrass juicing, it can also juice other fruits and vegetables. However, I do not recommend this juicer to be used for juicing large amounts of other fruits and vegetables regularly.

It is still ideal, though, for those who would like to juice an extra apple or carrot to go with the wheatgrass juice, but no more than that.

The juice yield has been reported to be still pulpy, but this can be easily corrected by putting a sieve/screen on the juice collection bowl.

Innovation:

If you already have a Z-Star and would like to "power" it up, here's a creative contribution from a fellow juicer, using a cordless power drill.  Here's what Michel Asynps did ...

This is a video demonstrating the function of the Z-Star juicer, which normally comes stock with a manual hand crank attachment handle, instead powered by a Craftsman 1/2 inch Craftsman Cordless electric power drill/driver.

So far, it is able to handle any of the normal fruits and veggies, leafy greens, and wheat grass. And it is able to do it in variable speed, from 0 rpm's up to about 100 or more rpm's. It definitely can speed up the juicing process.

The set up can be created for under 200 bucks, 100 for the juicer, and under 100 for the cordless drill driver. The battery is able to juice way more than 16 ounces of juice on first trial. Not clear how much it could juice on a single battery charge. When attaching drill to crank arm nib, push it all the way in, and be sure to tighten very tight. Ideally you want to put some support under the drill to avoid putting any stress on the drill bit end or the nib of the juicer. Be sure that it is lined up straight.