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So you want to buy a juicer on Amazon. The only problem is, you’re having a hard time navigating the options. Scrolling through the deluge of listings can lead you down an increasingly maddening rabbit hole of inquiry. Where did all these random brands come from? Why do so many of these machines look the same?If nearly half of Amazon reviews may be fake, how can I trust any of these ratings? What even makes something a “real” brand and does it matter? At a certain point in your crisis of meaning, you might even forget your original intention, which was to simply order an inexpensive juicer.
As a way of exploring some of these questions (including which juicers are and aren’t worth your time), we went ahead and actually tested these top-rated Amazon juicers, no matter how dubious their branding. We thought it would be worth unpacking the top offerings on Amazon to understand firsthand where these machines come from, how well they perform, and how they fared in comparison to well-known, established brands you might recognize. While you can certainly buy those brands—the Huroms and Brevilles of the world—on Amazon as well, we already have athorough test and review of them in our best juicers review, which we encourage anybody interested in purchasing a juicer to check out.
But for those of you out there who really want to understand whether these widely reviewed products are worth it, keep reading.
How we selected juicers to test
We ordered the top 7 masticating juicers fromthis list of bestsellers on Amazon. These rankings are in constant flux, and within the time it took to order the juicers, test them, and write this article, there have been slight shifts in these juicer rankings. Regardless, all of the juicers listed here are still floating around within the top 10 bestsellers and will likely continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
We also limited our test to masticating juicers, because the testers in our primary best juicer review have consistently preferred them to centrifugal juicers. While masticating juicers are generally slower, they generate less foam and heat, which in turn produces a better tasting and higher quality juice.
As is common in Amazon appliance listings, the top hits involve a mixture of brands with established reputations (Ninja, Nutribullet) and those that would qualify aseyebrow-raising pseudo-brands Amazonthat are ubiquitous on the site.
It’s easy to leap to the conclusion that “pseudo-brand” = bad, “brand I recognize” = good. The thing is, many of the appliance brands you recognize are doing something similar, still working with a wholesale appliance manufacturer based in China. But the recognizable brands might work more with that manufacturer on exclusive design features and aesthetics, while the pseudo-brands tend to use a manufacturer’s more basic models with very few changes or additions. Websites likeglobalsources.comallow people to buy unbranded models at wholesale prices, and many of the options there appear remarkably similar to the top-rated juicers on Amazon. We did our best to track down and identify the manufacturer based on the Intertek certification label (that shiny label full of numbers you’ll find on the bottom of pretty much every single appliance you own).
How we tested
We followed the same testing protocol we used in our original juicer test, which called for juicing an unpeeled cucumber, two carrots, an unpeeled apple, celery, kale with the stem, unpeeled ginger, 10 grapes, 10 blueberries, and a lemon. The only difference between this test and the original came down to the lemon. In our main test we juiced it peel and all, but most of these Amazon juicers specified outright that they could not handle citrus peels, so we chose to exclude them just to give all the juicers a fighting chance. We also tested the machines against the Nama J2 (our reigning juicer champion) as a control variable, just to see how they performed in relation to the primary winner.
Juicers to Consider Buying on Amazon
Ninja falls comfortably on the recognizable side of the juicer offerings here. It also comfortably outperformed the other brands in this test. You can read the full story of it inour main juicer review,但在这里提供一个快速光泽:JC151sturdy, powerful, and easy to clean. The juice it produces is low in foam, smooth in consistency, and not overly bitter. While the feeding tube design requires more work from you as a user, that’s to be expected for juicers in this price bracket.
For the price, this juicer is not terrible, but this recommendation comes with a big fat asterisk. Is it one of the best juicers we’ve tested? Definitely not, but the machine’s performed great considering it typically has a price tag under $50. If we are being completely honest, we found the quality of the juice made with an Elite Gourmet notthatfar off from what we squeezed with the Ninja or, we’ll say it: the $550 Nama. However, the small machine can’t handle very much at a time and it definitely can’t get as much juice from the pulp. Despite being the number one juicer at the time of writing this on Amazon, there are plenty of negative reviews for this machine claiming that it doesn’t last very long. We had difficulty tracking down the manufacturer of this machine, but it is similar in design to other cheap mini juicers on the market, like theDash DCJS255. While there certainly is an appeal to a compact, affordable juicer that actually produces decent juice, we don’t feel that great about recommending appliances that aren’t built to last.
Juicers we don’t recommend buying on Amazon
Chances are that if you go on Amazon and see a bunch of appliances with unrecognizable branding that all look very similar, they’re probably the same machine. The juicers from these brands—Aeitto, Amzchef, and Jocuu—are all the ZM1501 juicer model manufactured byZhongShan Jimi Electric Appliance Company, give or take a few minor cosmetic changes. The machines were so similar that their component parts were completely interchangeable with one another. Still, we tested all three machines as individual appliances, on the off chance we’d find some inconsistency in quality. After testing all three machines, they revealed themselves to be—despite their branding—the exact same juicer.
While they’re (it’s!) not terrible, we don’t recommend these as they’re just expensive as the similarly designed but higher quality Ninja JC151, which is also an Amazon top seller.
要具体,榨汁机,在所有these brand names, the ZM1501, has a narrower feed chute and produced wetter pulp compared to the Ninja. It only has one pulp setting compared to the Ninjas’ two, and the parts were observably cheaper in quality. The most noticeable shortcoming revealed itself when it masticated tough produce like celery and kale. The output nozzle of this juicer would start to gyrate slightly, squeeze different plastic components of the machine, causing them to squeak slightly. This ultimately made us question the juicer’s longevity.
Regardless of the name it’s sold under, we’d recommend passing on the ZM1501.
While originally famous from the as-seen-on-TV world, Nutribullet these days does qualify as a bonafide household appliance brand. As a result, we included this machine in our primary juicer test as well, in which testers ruled it out due to underwhelming performance. It does a poor job extruding pulp, making it more difficult to clean, and the juice it produced was foamier than the other machines tested along side it. Seeing as it is one of the more expensive options in the Amazon bestsellers, we feel like it’s easier to rule out.
The takeaway
None of the dubiously branded juicers were failures, but they weren’t amazing, either. In the end, we still think that the Ninja is the best choice out of all the top-rated Amazon juicers.
