How to Choose a Cold Press Juicer

If you have decided to purchase a Cold Press Juicer, otherwise known as a Slow Juicer, you have many juicers to choose from. So what is the best juicer for you? And how to choose Cold Press Juicer?

What Are Your Juicing Goals?

The first thing you should do is to figure out your juicing goals. Will you be an occasional juicer, looking for some delicious healthy juices? Or are you a hardcore juicer who is seeking the very best nutritional value? Perhaps you just want a juicer that looks great in your kitchen.

Budget Cold Press Juicers

Even Budget Cold Press Juicers offer tremendous nutritional value. They will be generally made in China, and come with a 1-5 year warranty. Budget Cold Press Juicers are perfect for beginners and are usually easy to use and easy to clean. Prices are generally in the $200-$400 range.

Here are our top three picks for Budget Slow Juicers (in no particular order):

• BioChef Axis Horizontal Cold Press Juicer
• BioChef Axis Horizontal Compact Slow Juicer
• BioChef Atlas Vertical Slow Juicer
• BioChef Quantum Cold Press Juicer

Easiest Cold Press Juicers to Use

If you suffer from lack of strength for pushing your fruit and vegetables into the juicer, you should avoid Twin Gear Juicers. Instead, go for a Vertical Juicer, and let gravity do the pushing for you!

You can go one step further and go for a wide mouth Vertical Juicer. Kuvings and Hurom specialise in big mouth Vertical Juicers. That will save you time chopping up your fruit and vegetables, you can even feed whole apples into big mouth juicers.

Here are our top picks for Big Mouth Vertical Juicers:

• Kuvings C8000 Professional Cold Press Juicer
• Hurom H200 Cold Press Juicer
• Kuvings EVO820 Cold Press Juicer

Highest Nutritional Value Cold Press Juicers

Virtually all Cold Press Juicers will provide you with excellent quality juice, high in natural enzymes and low in oxidation. Of all the cold press juicers, Twin Gear Juicers offer higher retention of natural enzymes than other Cold Press Juicers due to the triturating action of the twin-gears. But if you are into juicing for health and regular juice cleanses, you should look at these healthy cold press juicers.

Here are our top three picks for Best Cold Press Juicers for Nutrition:

• Angel Juicer 8500 Twin Gear Cold Press Juicer
• Greenstar Elite Jumbo Twin Gear Masticating Juicer
• Green Power KP-E1304S Twin Gear Juicer

Highest Yield Cold Press Juicers

The Angel Cold Press Juicers is legendary for extracting more juice than any other juicer. Sure the Angel Juicer costs more, but think about how much money you can save on buying fruit and vegetables. If you are producing 20% more juice, think of it as a 20% discount at the fruit shop for life.

Here are our top two High Yield Slow Juicers:

• Angel Juicer 8500 Twin Gear Cold Press Juicer
• Angel Juicer 5500 Twin Gear Cold Press Juicer

Best Looking Cold Press Juicers

This is very subjective, it all depends on personal taste. However, some juicers have a heavy emphasis on style, whilst others plain looking work horses.

Here are our top three Best Cold Press Juicers in Australia for good looks:

• Kuvings EVO820 Cold Press Juicer
• Oscar Neo DA 1200 Horizontal Cold Press Juicer 
• Hurom H34 'One Stop' Cold Press Juicer Vivid Red

Most Versatile Cold Press Juicers

When it comes to versatility, Twin Gear Juicers perform better than Vertical Juicers when it comes to Wheatgrass and Leafy Greens, and are also the best juicer for celery. Vertical Juicers will usually do the job, but Twin Gear Juicers will do the job better with higher yields and less preparation required.

Tip: Check out our Juicer Buyers Guide for a handy Juicer Comparison Chart comparing the different types of slow press juicers.

Here are our top three Versatile Slow Juicer picks:

• Angel Juicer 8500 Twin Gear Cold Press Juicer
• Angel Juicer 5500 Twin Gear Cold Press Juicer
• Greenstar Elite Jumbo Twin Gear Masticating Juicer

Best Warranty Cold Press Juicers

When it comes to motors, Kuvings manufacture their own drive motors for all their Cold Press Juicers. They are impressively engineered and virtually indestructible, thus the 20 year warranty on motor and 5 years on parts.

There are other Cold Press Juicers also offering 5 year warranty parts; these are mainly the South Korean made juicers.

Here are our top three slow juicers with great reliability and long warranties:

• Kuvings C8000 Professional Cold Press Juicer
• Greenstar Elite Jumbo Twin Gear Masticating Juicer
• Oscar Neo DA 1200 Horizontal Cold Press Juicer

Commercial Cold Press Juicers

Anyone that is planning to use their Cold Press Juicer in a commercial environment will definitely need a commercial warranty. There are plenty of great Commercial Slow Juicers on the market with commercial warranties.

Here are our three best Cold Press Juicers in Australia with commercial warranties:

• Greenstar Pro Commercial White Twin Gear Masticating Juicer
• Hurom H22 Commercial Cold Press Juicer Stainless Steel
• Kuvings CS700 Master Chef Commercial Cold Press Juicer

The Best Cold Press Juicer

So what is the best Cold Press Juicer in Australia? Well, it depends on what you want.  As we have demonstrated, the first step is to decide your priorities. After that you will be in a much better position to choose your Slow Juicer. Happy Juicing :)