BTW, I got my Champion new in February. I felt exactly the same way you did. The pulp is wet, it doesn't flow very well and often gets stuck inside, especially right behind the filter which can block more juice from coming out. I almost thought I got a defect one especially after watching Dr. Richard Schulze demonstrating Champion on his video Save Your Life Video in which his Champion looks like it's spitting out drier Carrot pulp than mine. I want to put this part of the video up on the Internet so that you can compare it with yours.