Juicers

Choosing the Right Cold Press Juicer

There is no single best juicer for everyone. The most important question is what you actually want to juice.

If your routine is centred around vegetable-forward juices made with ingredients such as celery, leafy greens, kale, spinach, ginger, lemon, turmeric, carrots and beetroot, we would generally look first at a good horizontal slow juicer. If your priority is loading a larger quantity of produce at once and reducing hands-on feeding, a modern self-feeding or batch-hopper juicer may suit you better.

EcoHub specialises in cold press juicers and slow juicers in South Africa, with premium models from Sana, Kuvings and Hurom covering both approaches.

Horizontal Slow Juicers: Versatile and Particularly Good with Greens

A horizontal slow juicer is not simply a specialist machine for celery or leafy greens. Models such as the Sana 707, Sana 727 and Sana 929 Ultimate are highly versatile all-round juicers capable of processing a wide variety of fruit and vegetables.

Where the horizontal format becomes particularly compelling is with ingredients such as celery, leafy greens, kale, spinach, wheatgrass, ginger, turmeric and other fibrous produce. Produce is fed directly into the auger, giving the machine and the user excellent control over ingredients that can be more demanding to juice effectively.

You can still use these machines for apples, citrus, cucumber, carrots, beetroot and many other everyday ingredients. Their strength is that they remain highly capable when your juice contains a substantial proportion of greens, roots and fibrous vegetables.

Horizontal Sana juicers also have relatively straightforward juicing assemblies and are particularly easy to take apart and clean. For a machine that may be used every morning, ease of cleaning can be just as important as extraction performance.

Best Juicers for Celery, Leafy Greens, Ginger and Vegetable Juice

If you are searching for the best juicer for celery and leafy greens, or regularly make green juices containing ginger, turmeric and vegetables, we would give serious consideration to the horizontal Sana range.

Long celery fibres, small handfuls of leafy greens and fibrous roots such as ginger place different demands on a juicer than larger quantities of softer fruit. This is one of the reasons we continue to recommend horizontal slow juicers even as large self-feeding machines have become increasingly popular.

The Sana 707, Sana 727 and Sana 929 Ultimate combine strong capability with these more challenging ingredients with the versatility to juice the fruit and vegetables most people use in everyday recipes.

For customers who want to make predominantly vegetable-forward or green juices, perhaps using smaller amounts of fruit for flavour and sweetness, the ability to handle greens, celery, roots and fibrous ingredients particularly well can be more important than having the largest possible feeding hopper.

Sana 929 Ultimate: A Premium Stainless Steel Juicer

At the top of Sana’s horizontal range is the Sana 929 Ultimate, designed for customers looking for a truly premium stainless steel cold press juicer.

Its juicing components use extensive solid food-grade stainless steel construction, including the auger and key parts of the juicing assembly. This gives the Sana 929 a very different feel from conventional juicers that rely heavily on plastic components and makes it particularly attractive to customers who place a high value on durability, materials and long-term use.

The Sana 929 retains the advantages of the horizontal format: excellent versatility, particularly strong handling of celery, greens, ginger and other fibrous ingredients, straightforward cleaning and direct control over feeding. For customers looking for one of the most premium horizontal juicers available, it is a compelling option.

Easy Cleaning Matters for Everyday Juicing

A juicer only delivers value if it is convenient enough to use regularly. One of the practical advantages of the horizontal Sana design is its relatively simple juicing assembly.

There are fewer large hopper components to deal with, and machines such as the Sana 707, Sana 727 and Sana 929 are straightforward to dismantle and clean after use.

A self-feeding hopper can save time while ingredients are being processed, but the complete workflow also includes preparation, assembly, juicing and cleaning afterwards. When comparing juicers, it is therefore worth considering the entire daily routine rather than judging convenience by hopper size alone.

Sana Horizontal Juicers and the Optional Oil Extractor

Another advantage of Sana’s horizontal juicers is their ability to do more than make juice. Compatible models including the Sana 707, Sana 727 and Sana 929 Ultimate can be paired with the optional Sana Oil Extractor.

The attachment uses the juicer motor to press fresh oils from suitable seeds and nuts, adding another dimension to the machine for customers interested in preparing foods from whole ingredients at home.

This makes the horizontal Sana range particularly interesting if you want a versatile kitchen appliance rather than a machine dedicated solely to juicing.

Self-Feeding and Batch-Hopper Cold Press Juicers

There is also a very good reason why self-feeding cold press juicers and batch-hopper juicers have become so popular: convenience.

Instead of feeding each piece of produce individually, a larger hopper allows you to prepare a quantity of ingredients, load them into the machine and let the juicer handle much of the feeding process automatically.

This format can be particularly convenient when making larger batches or processing substantial quantities of fruit and mixed produce.

Sana competes directly in this category with the Sana 818 and Sana 878, while the Kuvings AUTO6 and Kuvings AUTO10 are established premium self-feeding alternatives. We also stock selected Hurom models for customers considering this style of slow juicer.

For many households, the reduced hands-on feeding of a batch juicer is a genuine advantage. It is simply a different priority from the control, simplicity and strong handling of fibrous produce offered by a horizontal machine.

Horizontal vs Self-Feeding Juicer: Which Is Better?

The deciding factor should be the kind of juice you want to make, rather than simply which machine has the biggest hopper.

• Consider a horizontal slow juicer if your juices regularly contain celery, leafy greens, ginger, turmeric and other fibrous vegetables; you want a highly versatile all-round machine; or easy cleaning is particularly important to you.
• Consider a self-feeding or batch-hopper juicer if reducing hands-on feeding is one of your main priorities, you frequently prepare larger batches, or you regularly process substantial quantities of fruit and mixed produce.

For vegetable-heavy green juices containing ingredients such as celery, leafy greens, ginger and turmeric, we would generally look closely at a horizontal machine such as the Sana 707, Sana 727 or Sana 929 Ultimate first. These are precisely the types of ingredients with which the horizontal format is particularly strong.

If convenience and batch preparation are more important, models such as the Sana 818, Sana 878, Kuvings AUTO6 and Kuvings AUTO10 provide the large self-feeding format many customers prefer.

Neither design makes the other obsolete. They are different approaches to cold press juicing and suit different priorities.

Fruit Juice vs Vegetable-Forward Juicing

Large-hopper juicers can be especially convenient when processing substantial quantities of fruit. However, many customers buying a premium cold press juicer are interested in making juices that go well beyond traditional fruit juice.

Ingredients such as celery, cucumber, leafy greens, ginger, turmeric, lemon, carrots and beetroot can form the basis of a wide variety of fresh vegetable and green juices, with fruit added more selectively for flavour and sweetness.

If this reflects the way you intend to juice, the ability to process vegetables, greens, roots and fibrous ingredients effectively becomes an important part of choosing the right machine. This is one of the strongest reasons to consider a horizontal slow juicer rather than choosing purely on hopper capacity.

What Is a Cold Press or Slow Juicer?

A cold press juicer, also commonly called a slow juicer or masticating juicer, uses an auger to crush and press produce rather than relying on the very high-speed cutting action associated with conventional centrifugal juicers.

Slow juicing systems generally introduce less air into the juice and tend to produce less foam than high-speed centrifugal machines. They are also well suited to customers who want to juice a broad combination of fruit, vegetables, greens and fibrous produce.

The term “slow juicer” refers primarily to the rotational speed of the juicing mechanism. It does not mean the machine is necessarily slow to use, nor does a lower RPM automatically make one juicer better than another.

Don’t Choose a Juicer on Wattage or RPM Alone

Motor wattage and RPM are easy specifications to compare online, but they tell only a small part of the story.

Auger geometry, gearing, torque, motor quality, screen design, feeding system, materials and overall engineering all affect how effectively a juicer handles produce and separates juice from pulp.

A larger motor wattage figure therefore does not automatically indicate a better juicer. This is particularly important when comparing horizontal machines with larger vertical or self-feeding models because the systems use different approaches to feeding and extraction.

We recommend choosing according to what you want to juice, how often you intend to use the machine and how you prefer to work, rather than selecting a model purely from its specification sheet.

Sana, Kuvings and Hurom Juicers

EcoHub stocks several specialist juicing brands because different designs suit different customers.

Sana is a major focus of our range. The Sana 707 and Sana 727 offer versatile, easy-to-clean horizontal designs with excellent capability for celery, leafy greens, ginger and fibrous produce. The Sana 929 Ultimate takes the same horizontal concept to the premium end of the market with extensive stainless steel construction. For customers who prefer a self-feeding format, the Sana 818 and Sana 878 provide modern batch-hopper alternatives.

Kuvings remains one of the most established names in premium vertical cold press juicing. Its self-feeding models, including the Kuvings AUTO6 and AUTO10, are compelling choices for customers who prioritise hopper capacity, reduced hands-on feeding and convenient batch preparation.

We also offer selected Hurom juicers and other specialist models where they provide a worthwhile alternative for a particular style of juicing.

Our objective is not to claim that one brand or design is right for every household. It is to help you identify the machine that best suits the ingredients you actually want to put through it.

Buy Cold Press Juicers in South Africa

EcoHub has supplied specialist health and kitchen equipment to South African customers since 2012. We select juicers with consideration for performance, build quality, ease of use, cleaning, warranty, spare-part availability and long-term support.

Whether you are looking for the best juicer for celery and leafy greens, a versatile Sana horizontal slow juicer, a premium stainless steel juicer, a convenient Sana or Kuvings self-feeding juicer, or a reliable cold press juicer for everyday fruit and vegetable juice, you can compare the available options above.

Still deciding? Read our 2026 Juicer Buyer’s Guide for more help choosing the right juicer for the way you want to juice.