With a citrus juicer you have two, often practical, options. The first is the manual juicing and the second is power juicing. Each has benefits and drawbacks. With a power juicer you can juice as many fruits as you want without the energy expenditure that would be required for manual juicing.
With manual juicing you save energy and can conveniently work the same fruit with slightly different approaches until you are satisfied that you have gotten all the juice out of the fruit.
Both varieties may or may not accommodate all types of citrus fruit effectively. That is an important consideration when you are attempting to choose which citrus juicer is best for you. In general consider what sort of fruit you want to juice, how much of the fruit you want to juice at one time, and how often you want to juice fruit. These alone will often help you to determine which of the citrus juicer models you are considering is the best for you.
Here are some models that will give you an idea of the options that may be available to you.
CitriStar Juicer – Citrus Juicer
This represents your standard in basic powered juicers. It takes the classic wedge shape and puts it on a motor. The result is a wedge juicer that rotates while you press the fruit down on the wedge. You will likely either consider this design to be very helpful or not really worth it. This particular model claims that their wedge fits all citrus varieties, which may be a plus. There is a one-year warranty. The unit was priced between forty-five and sixty dollars at the time this was written.
Manual Citrus Juicer
This is the manual counterpart to the above model. This is the classic juicer that you press citrus fruit onto a wedge, you move the fruit, and you make juice. It is rather simple to use. Clean-up and storage generally prove to be very convenient as well. If you want a glass of fresh juice once or twice a week you may want to give this sort of product some real consideration. This particular model was priced under twenty dollars.
KitchenAid JE Citrus Juicer Stand Mixer Attachment
This is an interesting option available to individuals with specific brands of mixers, juicer, and processors. This is an attachment that works with your existing power kitchen appliance allowing the unit to juice citrus fruit. The result is something to the Citristar, generally with a lower price tag and the power of your existing kitchen appliance. If you like the power wedge idea and have a compatible appliance you may want to consider this.
Breville Die-Cast Citrus Press 800CPXL
It is manual, but it is designed for ease of use and aesthetic appeal. This is a die cast zinc and stainless steel manual citrus press. The resulting product is a shiny metallic sculpture that allows you to use the wonders of physics to lower an arm and squeeze the juice from your fruit with little effort.