i ended up buying this hamilton beach one from zellers for $89.99. so far so good, its just strictly a juicer so i can't put ice or anything else like that (i think). i just bought some bags of frozen fruit at costco for about 7.40/bag and just throw them in. pretty good in taste and lots of pulp comes out. i've had it for about 2 weeks or so and its workin great, no complaints so far.
heres the link:
http://shop.hbc.com/webapp/wcs/store...egory_rn=12547