Recently there have been a number of studies done on the benefits of drinking fresh fruit and vegetable juice. The very best way to get freshest juice is to make it at home with a juicer. What is amazing about home juicers is how far along the technology has come in such a short time. These days juicers are quieter, more powerful and more versatile than ever before. And of course they make excellent juice in a jiffy.

If you are considering the purchase of a home juicer, here are some tips you should consider before you buy.

The most important thing to consider is the cost of the juicer. They range from less than $50 to well over $1000. If you are a juice hound or opening a juice shop, you should consider the high end models. For most consumers and juicer in the $100 - $200 range will provide years of service and enough features to cover most juicing situations.

You also need to think about what kinds of fruits and vegetables you plan to juice. If you primarily want to juice citrus, a simple press or small masticating juicer will work fine. If you want to juice vegetables, you will probably want to consider press or single auger style juicers. If you are going to juice everything consider a Centrifugal or masticating juicer. This decision will also help you decide on the size and style of your juicer.

You want to find a juicer that is easy to clean. Juicing produces quite a bit of waste and for some types of juicer, the waste needs to be cleared from the juice path. This is more the case with the centrifugal than press type juicers, but different manufactures have different ways of dealing with the leftover material.

Finally, you want to look at the reliability and juice yield of the unit. Some juicers are as much as 25% more efficient in extracting juice than others. It is probably important to point out that juicers with higher efficiency tend to remove the pulp from the juice, so if you like pulp, this can be a major consideration.