The Best Juicers, Judged on Yield, Pulp and Cleanup

There is no single best juicer, and a roundup that pretends otherwise is doing you a disservice. There are six clearly different jobs here -- a daily green juice, a first machine on a budget, cleanup-averse, speed over yield, celery specifically, citrus only -- and a different machine wins each one. Below is which, and why, with the source of every figure printed next to it.

Quick picks

Tap any row to jump to the full write-up, or go straight to the listing. How we score.

#	Product	Best for	Our score	Price
1	Omega J8006HDS Best overall for a daily habit	Celery and greens on a mid-range budget	7.9/10	Check price on Amazon
2	Nutribullet Slow Juicer Best first cold press under $200	A first cold press juicer when the budget is firm	7.4/10	Check price on Amazon
3	Hurom H400 Easy Clean Best for people who quit over cleanup	People whose last juicer died of cleanup fatigue	8.0/10	Check price on Amazon
4	Breville Juice Fountain Plus JE98XL Best if speed matters more than greens	Apples, carrots and oranges when speed matters more than yield	6.3/10	Check price on Amazon
5	Kuvings REVO830 Best for celery without pre-chopping	Celery and carrot juicers who refuse to pre-chop	7.7/10	Check price on Amazon
6	Cuisinart Pulp Control Citrus Juicer Best if you only juice citrus	Daily orange or grapefruit juice without a big machine	8.3/10	Check price on Amazon

What we judged, in order

Yield, pulp, cleanup time, price band. In that order, on every page of this site. Not RPM, not wattage, not dimensions -- those are reported as manufacturer claims but they are not the criteria, because a bigger number on a box has never once predicted whether somebody keeps juicing.

We weight cleanup heavily, which is unusual. The reason is plain: cleanup is the thing that kills the habit. A machine that extracts marginally more juice and takes four extra minutes at the sink loses to one that is a little less thorough and washes in ninety seconds, because the second one still gets used in month three.

The one decision that comes before all of this

Auger or basket. Everything else -- budget, cleanup, counter space, which produce works -- follows from it. An auger crushes along a fiber, so celery, kale and wheatgrass work. A spinning basket cuts across a fiber at high speed, so those same items largely ride through into the pulp bin.

If you cannot answer "will I be juicing leafy greens", answer that first. Masticating vs centrifugal settles it in one table. If you are not yet sure you want a juicer at all rather than a blender, juicer vs blender is the cheaper question to resolve first.

How much you actually need to spend

Less than the premium shelf suggests. Real cold press mechanics now start around the $100-200 band -- Nutribullet's slow juicer and Cuisinart's mesh-free CSJ-300 both sit there -- and a competent centrifugal machine sits well under $100.

What the $400-plus machines sell is convenience: hands-free hoppers, auto-cut chutes, strainer-free designs, and 15-year warranties. Those are genuine improvements to the daily experience of owning one. None of them is a published yield advantage, because nobody in that tier publishes comparable yield. So the question is not whether a $600 machine makes better juice. It is whether removing four minutes of daily friction is worth $400 to you. For somebody juicing every single morning it often is. For somebody juicing on Sundays it is not.

• Under $100 -- centrifugal, or the AMZCHEF masticating machine. Best juicers under $100.
• $100-200 -- real cold press, with a shorter warranty and a smaller catch cup. Best juicers under $200.
• $200-400 -- the Omega horizontals, where the long warranties start. Best juicers under $300.
• $400+ -- convenience features and hands-free hoppers. Best value juicers argues about whether that is worth it.

The picks in full

1. Best overall for a daily habit

Omega J8006HDS

Omega J8006HDS · $200–400 · Our score 7.9/10

If one machine has to do everything and the budget is not unlimited, this is it. Omega states 80 RPM, a triple-stage auger and a 15-year limited warranty -- the longest cover on anything near this price. The horizontal auger is the mechanism that handles celery and greens properly, which is what most people are buying for now, and the same machine will take apples and carrots. What you pay for that versatility is counter depth and prep: the chute is narrow, so you chop first. See the full review or how it compares to the NC900HDC.

Yield

Omega markets high juice yield; no numeric figure is publishedManufacturer claim: Omega Juicers · checked 2026-10-02

Pulp

Not availableNot sourced

Cleanup time

Not available - no published cleanup time in minutesNot sourced

Speed

Omega states 80 RPM, 200 W, triple-stage augerManufacturer claim: Omega Juicers · checked 2026-10-02

What works

• 15-year warranty at a mid-range price
• A horizontal auger handles stringy celery and greens well
• Doubles as a nut-butter, pasta and sorbet extruder

What does not

• Narrow chute means constant prep chopping
• Takes significant counter depth
• Omega publishes no yield or cleanup figure to compare

Skip this if: You juice mostly whole apples and oranges. You will spend your life chopping to fit a narrow horizontal chute.

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• Yield9/10
• Pulp8/10
• Cleanup6/10
• Value9/10
• Quiet8/10

Read the full Omega J8006HDS review

2. Best first cold press under $200

Nutribullet Slow Juicer

Nutribullet NBJ50300 · $100–200 · Our score 7.4/10

The honest entry point. Nutribullet states 65 RPM, 150 W and a reverse function, which is real cold press mechanics at a price that used to buy a centrifugal machine. The compromises are the 24 oz catch cup and a 1-year warranty against the 15 years the premium brands quote. For somebody finding out whether a daily juice habit will stick, that is the right trade -- and if it does stick, you have learned what to spend properly on. Also our pick on best juicers under $200.

Yield

Not availableNot sourced

Pulp

Not availableNot sourced

Cleanup time

Not available - no published cleanup time in minutesNot sourced

Speed

Nutribullet states 65 RPM, 150 W, with a reverse functionManufacturer claim: Nutribullet · checked 2026-10-02

What works

• Cold press mechanics at a centrifugal-adjacent price
• Reverse function, which is how you clear a celery jam
• Small footprint at 17 in tall and 6.25 in wide

What does not

• 1-year warranty against 15 years on the premium verticals
• 24 oz catch cup forces breaks on bigger batches
• No published yield, pulp or cleanup figures

Skip this if: You juice for more than one person. A 24 oz container means stopping and emptying mid-session.

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• Yield7/10
• Pulp7/10
• Cleanup7/10
• Value9/10
• Quiet8/10

Read the full Nutribullet Slow Juicer review

3. Best for people who quit over cleanup

Hurom H400 Easy Clean

Hurom H400 · $400+ · Our score 8.0/10

Cleanup is the most common reason a juicer stops being used, and the H400's answer is structural rather than cosmetic: there is no mesh strainer to scrub. Hurom markets it as Scrub-Free Cleaning, states 90 RPM, 150 W, and a 15-year warranty on motor and parts rather than motor only. The catch is the 45 mm chute -- real chopping -- and the yield and pulp claims are Hurom's own with no independent test we could find behind them. Full review.

Yield

Hurom claims the highest yield and least pulp of any Easy Clean model; no numeric figure, and no independent verification we could findManufacturer claim: Hurom · checked 2026-10-02

Pulp

Hurom claims the least pulp of any Easy Clean model; no comparable figure publishedManufacturer claim: Hurom · checked 2026-10-02

Cleanup time

Hurom markets it as Scrub-Free Cleaning; no cleanup time in minutes is publishedManufacturer claim: Hurom · checked 2026-10-02

Speed

Hurom states 90 RPM, 150 WManufacturer claim: Hurom · checked 2026-10-02

What works

• No mesh strainer to scrub - the design removes the part people complain about most
• 15 years on motor AND parts, which is rare
• Lighter than most verticals at 14.8 lb, so storing it away is realistic

What does not

• 1.8 in chute means real prep chopping
• The yield and pulp claims are Hurom's own and unverified by any test we could find
• 90 RPM is the fast end of slow juicing

Skip this if: You juice a lot of wheatgrass or very fibrous greens - the wide-gap Easy Clean design trades some fine-strainer extraction for speed at the sink.

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• Yield8/10
• Pulp8/10
• Cleanup9/10
• Value6/10
• Quiet8/10

Read the full Hurom H400 Easy Clean review

4. Best if speed matters more than greens

Breville Juice Fountain Plus JE98XL

Breville JE98XL · $100–200 · Our score 6.3/10

The case for a fast juicer is simple and it is not nothing: Breville states a 3 in feed tube, so whole apples go in whole, and dual speeds at 6,500 and 12,000 RPM, so a glass is minutes rather than a project. If your list is apples, carrots, beets and peeled oranges, this does the job for a fraction of a cold press machine. It is the wrong mechanism for celery and kale, and we would rather say that plainly than sell you the wrong machine. Full review.

Yield

Not availableNot sourced

Pulp

Breville states the carafe includes a froth separatorManufacturer claim: Breville · checked 2026-10-02

Cleanup time

Not available - no published cleanup time in minutesNot sourced

Speed

Breville states dual speed: 6,500 RPM low and 12,000 RPM high, 850 WManufacturer claim: Breville · checked 2026-10-02

What works

• 3 in chute takes whole apples, so there is no chopping
• Two speeds, so soft fruit is not pulverized
• Fast enough that a glass takes a couple of minutes end to end

What does not

• Poor at celery and leafy greens by mechanism, not by tuning
• Foam and faster oxidation are inherent to high-speed spinning
• 1-year warranty

Skip this if: Celery or leafy greens are the reason you are buying. A spinning basket rides long fibers instead of crushing them.

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• Yield6/10
• Pulp5/10
• Cleanup7/10
• Value8/10
• Quiet4/10

Read the full Breville Juice Fountain Plus JE98XL review

5. Best for celery without pre-chopping

Kuvings REVO830

Kuvings REVO830 · $400+ · Our score 7.7/10

Two chutes, and the second one is the point: Kuvings states a 3.5 in wide chute for whole fruit plus a 1.75 in auto-cut chute specifically for celery and carrots. That narrow chute is the only feature in this entire roundup aimed directly at the celery clogging problem rather than at it incidentally. Kuvings USA states 50 RPM, 240 W and a 15-year limited warranty, though regional sellers list shorter terms, so read the one you buy from. Full review.

Yield

Not availableNot sourced

Pulp

Not availableNot sourced

Cleanup time

Not available - no published cleanup time in minutesNot sourced

Speed

Kuvings states 50 RPM, 240 WManufacturer claim: Kuvings USA · checked 2026-10-02

What works

• Two chutes: whole fruit in the wide one, stringy produce in the narrow auto-cut one
• The narrow chute is the one feature aimed squarely at celery clogging
• 15-year warranty on the US listing

What does not

• Warranty length differs by region - check the seller's terms, not the brand page
• No published yield or cleanup-time figure to compare against rivals
• Top of the price range

Skip this if: Counter height is tight - this is a tall vertical machine and it needs clearance above the chute to load whole fruit.

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• Yield9/10
• Pulp8/10
• Cleanup7/10
• Value6/10
• Quiet8/10

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6. Best if you only juice citrus

Cuisinart Pulp Control Citrus Juicer

Cuisinart CCJ-500 · Under $100 · Our score 8.3/10

Worth saying out loud, because a lot of people buy a $400 machine to make orange juice. If citrus is the whole plan, a dedicated reamer does it better and cheaper: Cuisinart states three pulp settings and a limited 3-year warranty on the CCJ-500, and the auto-reversing cone takes limes through grapefruit. It does citrus and nothing else, which is exactly the point. More in citrus juicers.

Yield

Not availableNot sourced

Pulp

Cuisinart states three pulp control settings: low, medium and highManufacturer claim: Cuisinart · checked 2026-10-02

Cleanup time

Not available - no published cleanup time in minutesNot sourced

Speed

Not available - Cuisinart publishes no wattage or RPM for this modelNot sourced

What works

• Three pulp settings at a budget price
• The auto-reversing cone handles small limes and large grapefruit
• 3-year warranty

What does not

• Citrus only
• Cuisinart publishes no power figure
• 8 oz working capacity means pouring off as you go

Skip this if: You want one juicer for everything. This does citrus and nothing else.

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• Yield8/10
• Pulp9/10
• Cleanup8/10
• Value9/10
• Quiet7/10

What did not make the list, and why

Twin gear machines. Tribest's Greenstar Pro is mechanically the most thorough extraction in home juicing -- two interlocking gears at 110 RPM -- and we would not recommend it to anybody buying their first juicer. It weighs 27 lb, the chute is 1.5 in, and the cleanup is the heaviest of anything we cover. It is a genuinely great machine for the person who wants it, and that person is not reading a general roundup. Twin gear juicers covers it properly.

The very cheapest centrifugals also missed. BLACK+DECKER's JE2200B is the cheapest thing in our registry at 400 W with a 10 oz pitcher, and it is a fine way to find out whether you will juice at all. It is not a machine to build a habit on, and recommending it as a best juicer would be a kindness that costs you money twice.