What is the Best Juicer?

What is the best juicer? There is no right or wrong answer. There is only an answer that is right or wrong for you.

Before buying a juicer, ask yourself these questions:

Are you more concerned with cost, or with value?
What will you be juicing? Will you be juicing primarily hard fruits and root vegetables (such as carrots and beats), or leafy greens (like kale and spinach)?
Do you intend to juice for the next 2, 3, 5, and 10 years?

Best Juicer: Cost or Value?

With juicers, you get what you pay for. The pricer juicers tend to be worth the money. (I’ll explain why later in this post.)

However, if you’re new to juicing, you may not be willing to shell out $200 or $300 for a top-of-the-line juicer. Perhaps you want to get your feet wet and not fully commit to juicing.

In that case, the best juicer is either:

Hamilton Beach Big Mouth Juice Extractor (buy it here);
Breville BJE200XL Compact Juice Fountain (buy it here).

I go into more detail at this page, “Best Juicer Under $100.” Read the page for full details. The short story is that both are efficient, easy-to-use and easy-to-clean juicers that tens of thousands of people have used.

Best Juicer: Juicing Carrots, Apples, or Leafy Greens and Kale?

What will you be juicing more of: carrots, apples, and beats or will you be juicing a lot of kale, spinach, and other leafy greens? If you juice a lot, that question is very important.

A masticating juicer like an Omega (J8004, J8006, VRT 350) or an Angel or Green Star Elite will get up to 3 times more juice out of kale than a centrifugal ejection juicer like a Breville will.

I explain why on this page, “Best Juicer for Kale and Spinach.”

A pricer juicer will pay for itself within a few months. (Remember, with juicers you get what you pay for.) Think about how expensive kale can be.

A bungle of organic kale often costs between $1.99 and $2.99. If you were able to triple the amount of juice you were able to get out of kale, consider how much money you would save.

The best place to buy a masticating juicer is from one of these links:

Omega J8004 (click here)
Omega J8005 (click here)
Omega J8006 (click here)
Omega VRT350 (click here)
Green Star GSE-5000 Elite Jumbo Twin Gear Juice Extractor (click here)
Super Angel All Stainless Steel Twin Gear Juicer- 5500 (click here)

Once you’ve bought a juicer, check out our Juicing Recipes page.

Best Juicer: How Long is the Warranty?

Omega juicers come with long warranties. Omega stands behind its products.

An Omega J8006 may cost up to $299 new. Since the warranty is 15 years, the real cost of an Omega J8006 is only $19.99.

An Omega J8004 has a 10 year warranty. The Omega J8004 costs up to $239 and has a 10 year warranty. Thus the real cost of an “expensive” blender is really only $23.99 a year.

When you consider how much more juice you will get out of kale and spinach and factor in a longer warranty, an Omega or Angel Star juicer starts to seem much more affordable, don’t they?

Best Juicer: Want to Make Banana Ice Cream?

With an Omega juicer, you can do much more than juice. You can also make banana ice cream.

Banana ice cream (there’s no milk or added sugar; it’s really a sorbet) is a healthy alternative to real ice. Banana ice cream made in an Omega juicer is as smooth and creamy as Ben & Jerry’s.

Best Juicer: Conclusion

In my opinion, the best four juicers are:

Omega J8004 (click here)
Omega J8006 (click here)
Omega VRT350 (click here)
Green Star GSE-5000 Elite Jumbo Twin Gear Juice Extractor (click here)