Quick guide to picking the type of juicer

So, you getting serious about juicing?

This quick summary should help you to make a choice.

Broadly there are two types of juicers that you will have to choose between. They are the Centrifugal juicer and the Masticating Juicer. Here are the pros and cons of these at a glance. This has been generated after analyzing the inputs from reviews and 1st hand experiences.


Centrifugal Juicer

• Pros
• Cheaper
• Quicker to get the juice
• Less effort since you don't have to cut the vegetables to feed

• Cons
• Loud and noisy
• Produces a foamy juice. Some juice aficionados mention that the juice likely gets more oxidized (due to more contact with the air while getting juiced)
• Doesn't extract all the juice from the veggies (especially in greens and hard vegetables)

Masticating Juicer

• NOTE: These are also called slow juicers or coldpress juicers
• Pros
• Much much quieter
• Very good at juicing greens and hard vegetables. Extracts a lot more juice for the same veggie input.
• Produces a denser juice (since cold pressed) and preserves the enzymes, lesser oxidation and more shelf life
• With some of the models (E.g. Omega) You can do more than juicing (Grinding, Making pasta, Making nut butter etc.)

• Cons
• More expensive
• Needs more pre-work. Vegetables should be chopped a bit before being fed into the juicer

So, what's right for me?

• If you are a beginner and beginning to explore if this is right for you, then a centrifugal juicer will be a good start. This is also much cheaper when compared to masticating juicers. Here's a review of various centrifugal juicers from NDTV (which recommends the Philips Viva series juicer). 
• If you have already been juicing and looking to take it up a notch or if you are quite serious about juicing and willing to invest in it, then a Masticating juicer may be a good choice. 

Sources

• Provides a good overview of the factors you need to consider: http://www.juicerfanatics.com/
• Top 3 tips on how to make cleaning your juicer easier
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• Comparisons between Centrifugal and Masticating type juicers
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZCxQhWl6-w (Pros cons around 2.15 minutes)
• Comparison : Breville Centrifugal and Omega Masticating juicers 
• Cleaning the juicers
• Cleaning a centrifugal Juicer (Philips Viva). Philpis highlights the "easy to clean" as an attribute for the Viva collection
• Cleaning a masticating juicer (Omega)