A cold press juicer can be a great way to get more veggies and fruits into your diet. The best ones are easy to use, relatively quiet and fast at processing. They also produce brightly flavored and smoothly textured juices with minimal pulp. In the end, though, you need to pick a machine that works for you. That means deciding if you want it to be maximally hands-off and require minimal prep work, or if you’d prefer one with an extra-wide chute that can accommodate whole produce. Some models can even be used to make nut milks and purees that you can’t get with a conventional centrifugal juicer.

In our tests, we looked at how loud the machines were, how easy it was to assemble and disassemble them, how well they cleaned up, how big their feed tube was and whether or not it could handle dense produce like kale or berries. We also paid close attention to how much juice the machines produced, whether or not they came with extra features (such as a juicing screen to extract more liquid from leafy greens) and what their price tag was.

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If you’re in the market for a cold press juicer, we recommend you consider our top pick, the Nama J2. It’s expensive but incredibly effective at streamlining and simplifying home juicing to be as hands-off as possible. It eliminates a lot of the time-consuming prep that you’d otherwise need to do with other machines – such as cutting celery, slicing oranges, or removing tough melon skin. The result is a powerful machine that produces brightly flavored and smooth juices and doesn’t take up too much counter space.