The best juicers in 2024, tested by editors

If you’re new to the world of juicing, you might be wondering what all the fuss is about. Juicing helps you enjoy the sweetness and tang of fresh juice at a moment’s notice; no more relying on bottled juice with a shelf life of months or years. Imagine the sweetness of freshly squeezed orange juice or the bright, earthy tang of green juices whenever you want it.

Fresh juice can help make everything from brunch to canned cocktails and mocktails that much more delicious — or help you use up those fruits and vegetables you bought a week ago that would otherwise lay forgotten in the depths of your refrigerator or on your kitchen counter. But it’s tough to choose a juicer worth the money and counter space when there are so many options.

So, we tested eight popular models to find the best juicer for your needs. We squeezed the juice out of endless amounts of kale, oranges and more over a month and found three juicers perfect for anyone. Trust us — we have years of experience testing all kinds of kitchen appliances, like hand mixers, stand mixers and personal blenders. Put plainly, we not only know how to test kitchen tools but also know which are truly the “best” after testing them.

Best juicer: Nama J2 Cold Press Juicer SJ200

The Nama J2 Cold Press Juicer SJ200 is about as convenient as a juicer can get. Yes, you’ll still need to do some chopping and you’ll have to clean it after each use, but a few thoughtful design touches lessen the amount of time you have to spend on each step. It is the most expensive juicer we tested, so you’re paying for that convenience, but if you can afford it, we think the great design justifies the cost.

The oversized hopper was a clear plus, as we could fit six navel oranges inside the cylinder with room to spare. Carrots or taller veggies like celery still need to be halved but don’t have to be cut into several pieces to fit, as with some of the less capacious models we tested. Once the auger started spinning, the upright masticating juicer was quieter than the other juicers in our testing pool.

The Nama J2 Cold Press Juicer SJ200 created full-bodied orange juice and bright, clean carrot juice. The pulp left behind was left a bit wet and piled up close to the chute, which meant it stayed inside the bucket and backed up inside the chute. That said, the chute is very easy to clean. The back pops off and a rubber gasket can be removed to flush the chute with water, making it easier to dislodge fibrous fruits and vegetables. The strainer took a bit more work — orange and celery strings needed some hard scrubbing to remove — but overall maintenance was easier and more convenient than any other juicer we tested.

If you make juice or smoothies daily (a set of juice and smoothie strainers is included), the Nama J2 Cold Press Juicer SJ200 is worth the investment as it comes with a 15-year warranty on the motor and parts. An optional pulp strainer (we didn’t notice a lot of pulp) and sorbet attachment are also available.

Best budget juicer: NutriBullet Juicer Pro

The NutriBullet Juicer Pro delivered delicious carrot and kale juice. We found its 6.9-pound body simple to set up and break down, and cleaning its lid, glass container and juice pitcher was a breeze. It features a 3-inch-wide feeding chute that can handle everything from apple halves to whole carrots, and it juices it all up with a relatively low noise level, which we appreciated. It offers three settings: low, high and auto, which can juice up soft to harder fruits and vegetables the higher you set it.

If you want to learn more about the NutriBullet Juicer Pro, check out our full, in-depth review.

Best individual juicer: Ninja Cold Press Juicer Pro

The Ninja Cold Press Juicer Pro is a lightweight powerhouse, weighing under seven pounds. Its small size is ideal for individuals who don’t have a lot of counter space in their kitchen. We liked its quiet functionality as it produced vibrant, tasty juice every time we used it. It also features three pulp filters which let you set the amount of pulp you desire in your juice.

If you want to learn more about the Ninja Cold Press Juicer Pro, check out our full, in-depth review.

How we tested

We tested the eight juicers over a month. Each juicer was unboxed and assembled with an eye toward how much effort it took to get ready to juice. We then rinsed each juicer and made four different juice recipes using each. Our recipes included orange juice, watermelon with mint and lime juice, carrot and ginger juice and green juice (consisting of kale, ginger, lemon, Granny Smith apples and celery). After juicing, we washed each piece by hand or ran it through the dishwasher if it was labeled dishwasher-safe. The considerations we tested for include:

Design and build

Setup

Performance

Ease of cleaning

Warranty

How and why to choose a juicer

There are two main types of juicers. Masticating juicers — sometimes called cold press juicers — use a slow-turning auger to squeeze juice from fruits and vegetables. Centrifugal juicers — or “juice extractors” — operate at a higher speed, pushing fruits and veggies through rapidly spinning blades.

Both can make quality juice, though masticating designs typically achieve better results with less foam since they don’t agitate the liquid as much. They also yield more juice since they’re more effective at separating dry, fibrous material from fruits and vegetables. They are typically more expensive, however.

But why not just use a blender? Well, juicers differ from blenders in that they separate the pulp and leftovers you don’t want using a filter (typically a mesh screen). A blender doesn’t make “juice” since everything stays in the same container, though it can achieve a fine enough consistency for a thicker drink such as a smoothie. Of course, you can strain blended material after blending using cheesecloth or a sieve, but that’s a lot more work.

Other juicers we tested

The Hurom H-AA consistently produced juice with a deep, clean body, leaving behind extruded pulp that was more compact and less wet than other models — unsurprising since the Hurom was able to make more juice on average from fruits and vegetables than the majority of the other models we tested.

This stylish machine has a lot of parts when you remove it from the box, but the setup is intuitive, and small touches like the arrows indicating where pieces snap together makes the process quicker. It’s heavy but has a slim design that takes up little space on the counter.

The Hurom’s narrow chute and slow-rotating auger mean you need to do a lot of chopping to add smaller pieces to avoid clogging the juicer. But the reality is that juicing will always require more effort than grabbing a container from the fridge, and we didn’t feel that the Hurom required undue effort, especially given the consistently good results — just more effort than the Nama J2.

The juice from the Hurom was clear and mostly free of foam, thanks to the spinning brush that rotates in the opposite direction from the auger. Masticating juicers, which use pressure to extract juice from the fruit and vegetables, introduce less air (and correspondingly, less foam) into the juice, as opposed to the high-speed action of the rapidly spinning blades inside centrifugal juicers. The Hurom was among the best in class at producing juice with body and lovely flavor.

With softer fruits like the orange and watermelon, the juice had a depth of color and flavor that earned the Hurom top marks. But the real difference was the juice extracted from leafy greens, carrots and ginger. The juices felt full without being pulpy because of the stainless steel screen and had a roundness that was satisfying. Though the kale juice from the Hurom did have a bit more foam than other models, it didn’t impact the volume of juice or flavor.

While the Hurom’s parts need to be hand washed after use, the included tools are well-suited to the task. The pair of brushes made quick work of carrot pulp on the strainer and cleaned celery strings out of the extruder.

A long warranty — 10 years on the motor and two years on parts — means you can feel confident that you’re getting more for your money from the Hurom, even given its higher price. It’s a great juicer, even though we give the edge to the newer Nama J2.

The Nama J1, formerly called the Vitality 5800, is sleek and crafted with intention. The waffle design and smaller profile of the base make this one of the few juicers you’d want to leave out on display.

If the interior mechanisms look familiar (and the quiet hum sounds familiar), that’s because the Nama is made, on a contract basis, by Hurom. The juicer is all the better for that relationship, producing brilliant juice that is light and bright and exactly what you’d fork over $8 to someone else to make.

But the juice exacts a heavy price when you’re the one at the counter. We did a lot of chopping to fit produce inside the slim feed tube and to make sure the auger didn’t clog with pulp. Greens and carrot bits occasionally bottleneck in the filter because of the narrow pulp chute.

The Nama J1 was fussier than the Hurom model above. The main drawback was that everything needed to be cleaned by hand, and there were lots of places for pulp to get snagged. Attempting to fish out strings of the celery from the back of the extruder was as frustrating as any carnival game. While it’s one of the most expensive juicers we tested, it does come with a 10-year warranty on the motor and a two-year warranty on parts, just like the Hurom.

If you’re daunted by daily fruit and vegetable prep, the Breville Juice Fountain deserves a look. The three-inch wide chute means that big pieces of fruit, like half a Granny Smith apple, fit easily, and that’s less chopping for you. The juicer snapped together fairly quickly, but some connections — the top of the pitcher and where the plastic housing met the pulp container — were clunky.

The Breville produced juice quickly, a benefit if you regularly juice for more than two people. It handled oranges, carrots and watermelon well, though some carrot juice and pulp were trapped around the rim of the strainer. The juice was a bit foamy with slightly more body than the other centrifugal juicers. The flavor wasn’t as clean as the juice extracted by the masticating juicers we tested.

The Breville did struggle with kale, as several leaves sat atop the strainer when we opened it up. The juice also came out violently. Thankfully, the massive 70-ounce pitcher came with a snap-on top, which prevented juice from spraying on the counter. The juicer needs to be washed by hand, and while the parts are larger, there are plenty of curves that can snag bits of pulp.

It felt like magic watching an entire carrot disappear down the oversized, 3-inch-wide feeding tube of this budget juicer. And the carrot juice it produced was rich and earthy without being foamy.

Yet, the magic didn’t last. The centrifugal juicer snapped together quickly and stayed in place, thanks to rubber feet, but it doesn’t come with a container for catching juice. While it’s less than 15 inches tall, the added height of the tamper meant we had to use it at the front of our counters to keep it from bumping up against the bottom of our upper cabinets. When we clicked it on, it was loud enough to wake a sleeping dog in the next room.

The orange juice was too thin, with a bit of pulp, and the flavor of the watermelon juice was muddy. The juicer struggled to break down leafy greens, and the green juice was foamy and slightly bitter. Pulp got trapped along the rim where the strainer snapped in place, and stringy pieces of carrot were difficult to remove from the strainer. We also found whole leaves, pieces of apple skin and thin carrot slices among the wet pulp, which means less juice was extracted from fruits and vegetables.

All the components, except the base, are dishwasher-safe, so the juicer was easy to clean. The blades were sharp, which we unfortunately discovered with the tip of a finger when we were trying to clean out some of the kale leaves by hand. The juicer does come with a 3-year limited warranty.

While the Kuvings masticating juicer was easy to assemble and clean, the actual juicing had a bit of a learning curve. The Kuvings was on the quieter side of the models we tested, only slightly louder than the Hurom.

The auger did a nice job of slowly pulling in fruits and vegetables. Softer fruit like watermelon and orange slices tended to hang out in the main chamber. This took more time and use of the reverse button to keep the fruit pulp moving.

This balancing act fell apart with carrots, as the dense, slightly wet pulp gummed up the machine and had to be cleaned out in the middle of juicing. The leafy green juice was clean, if a bit foamy, but the foam was nicely kept out of a drinking glass by the included pour shield.

The juicer is compact, about the size of a small toaster. As a result, the feeding tube is narrow, and the juice container would need to be poured into another vessel if you were to make a large batch of juice. This Kuvings model has a 5-year limited warranty and is available in three colors: chrome, white and silver. The juicer also comes with seven different nozzles designed for extruding fresh pasta or grinding meats and nuts.

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