We analysed the Amazon.co.uk subcategory Manual Juicers and kept only products with at least 200 reviews and 4.3 stars. Ranked by estimated monthly revenue, five of the ten places go to one brand, four of them the same cast-iron lever press in black, red, orange and green at £69.34 to £81.99 — and seven of the ten listings got dearer during the observed period.
The revenue leader by a wide margin at 2,769 units a month — a handheld metal squeezer at £11.99, and the only entry in the top three whose price has not moved.
Check the price on AmazonThe revenue leader by a wide margin at 2,769 units a month — a handheld metal squeezer at £11.99, and the only entry in the top three whose price has not moved.
The countertop lever press in the least costly of its four colourways at £69.34 — still a 15% rise during the observed period, and the version most buyers pick.
The handheld Zulay at the same £11.99 as the leader, with two nested bowls so one tool takes both a lime and a lemon — its price jumped 53%.
Six kilos of cast iron at £75.99, sold for cafés and bars as much as kitchens — it also takes pomegranates, which the smaller presses will not.
The identical press to rank 2 in red, £4.65 dearer for the colour alone, and up 32% during the observed period.
The most expensive listing in this ranking at £81.99 — the same press again, £12.65 above the black one for nothing but the paint.
The fourth colourway of the same press at £74.99, and the least bought of them — 100 units a month against 219 for the black version.
The storage answer at £15.95: a squeezer that folds flat into a drawer, in the lemon size, and one of the few listings here that got cheaper.
The traditional glass reamer with a moat around the cone, at £6.99 after a 27% drop and still selling over a thousand a month.
The cheapest juicer here at £4.13 and the second highest seller at 1,740 units — though its price rose 54%, the sharpest increase in this comparison.
| Product | Score | Stars | Reviews | Feature | Material | Price | Offer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01. Rekix Hand Press Lemon Squeezer Best seller Rekix · Rekix |
8.4 | 4.4 ★ | 2,747 | hand press · metal | Aluminium alloy | £11.99 | Amazon › |
| 02. Zulay Kitchen Cast Iron Citrus Press, Black Top rated Zulay Kitchen · Zulay Kitchen |
9.2 | 4.5 ★ | 57,057 | cast iron · black | Cast iron | £69.34 | Amazon › |
| 03. Zulay Metal 2-in-1 Lemon & Lime Squeezer Top rated Zulay Kitchen · Zulay Kitchen |
9.2 | 4.5 ★ | 57,059 | 2-in-1 · handheld | Aluminium alloy | £11.99 | Amazon › |
| 04. CO-Z Cast-Iron Citrus Press, 6 kg CO-Z · CO-Z |
8.5 | 4.4 ★ | 4,568 | 6 kg · commercial | Cast iron | £75.99 | Amazon › |
| 05. Zulay Kitchen Cast Iron Citrus Press, Red Top rated Zulay Kitchen · Zulay Kitchen |
9.2 | 4.5 ★ | 57,057 | cast iron · red | Cast iron | £73.99 | Amazon › |
| 06. Zulay Kitchen Cast Iron Citrus Press, Green Top rated Zulay Kitchen · Zulay Kitchen |
9.2 | 4.5 ★ | 57,057 | cast iron · green | Cast iron | £81.99 | Amazon › |
| 07. Zulay Kitchen Cast Iron Citrus Press, Orange Top rated Zulay Kitchen · Zulay Kitchen |
9.2 | 4.5 ★ | 57,059 | cast iron · orange | Cast iron | £74.99 | Amazon › |
| 08. Dreamfarm Fluicer Fold-Flat Citrus Juicer Dreamfarm · Dreamfarm |
8.7 | 4.6 ★ | 2,520 | folds flat · lemon | Plastic | £15.95 | Amazon › |
| 09. Dexam Traditional Glass Lemon Squeezer Dexam · Dexam |
8.8 | 4.6 ★ | 4,160 | glass · 14.5 cm | Glass | £6.99 | Amazon › |
| 10. Joie Citrus Juicer with Built-In Strainer Lowest price Joie · Joie |
8.4 | 4.4 ★ | 2,523 | strainer · yellow | Plastic | £4.13 | Amazon › |
A countertop lever press does a bag of oranges without tiring your hands, but it weighs up to six kilos and never goes in a cupboard. A handheld squeezer costs a tenth as much and lives in a drawer, at the price of one fruit per squeeze and real effort by the fifth lemon. That single decision separates the £70 half of this list from the £12 half.
A lime squeezer will crush a lime beautifully and refuse an orange. The 2-in-1 at rank 3 solves it with nested bowls; the big presses take oranges and, in one case, pomegranates. Check the quoted bowl diameter against what you actually juice rather than assuming citrus is citrus.
Handheld squeezers push juice through perforations that hold most pips back but let fine pulp through. The glass reamer here works the other way round: a moat collects the juice and a raised ridge traps the seeds, so you decant rather than filter. If you want juice with no pulp at all, look for a listing that names a separate stainless strainer.
Six kilos of cast iron is a permanent resident of the worktop, and it needs the depth for the handle to swing without hitting a wall cupboard. Measure the arc, not the base. At the other end, one juicer in this list folds flat specifically so it takes no fixed space at all.
Citrus juice is acidic and finds every chip in a painted or enamelled cast-iron press, so those are wipe-and-dry tools rather than dishwasher items. Glass and stainless steel do not care. Aluminium handheld squeezers are the ones to rinse immediately, because juice left sitting in the bowl dulls the finish.
This is the volatile category in our comparison: the same cast-iron press ranges from £69.34 to £81.99 depending only on colour, and seven of these ten listings rose in price during the observed period, one by 54%. Decide on the model first, then check every colourway before adding to basket.
Only if you juice in quantity. For a squeeze of lemon over fish, a £4 to £12 handheld squeezer is the whole answer and takes no space. A press earns its £70 if you make jugs of orange juice, run a bar, or have hands that struggle with a hand squeezer — the lever does the work instead of your grip.
Because Amazon prices each colourway as its own ASIN, and stock levels move them independently. Ranks 2, 5, 6 and 7 are the identical Zulay press in black, red, orange and green at £69.34, £73.99, £81.99 and £74.99 — a spread of £12.65 for the same machine. Pick the size and model, then buy whichever colour is cheap that day.
Zulay Kitchen groups up to 34 variants under one review pool, so the handheld 2-in-1 at £11.99 and the four cast-iron presses all display roughly 57,057 ratings. That figure describes the brand family, not the individual product, and it is why a £12 squeezer and an £82 press show identical star ratings. We report it as Amazon publishes it.
The products are ordered by estimated monthly revenue per ASIN, not by star rating and not by bestseller rank. Only products with at least 200 reviews and an average of 4.3 stars were included, from 177 that passed the filter. Revenue is price times units, which is why four colourways of one expensive press occupy four places while the £4.13 juicer selling 1,740 units a month sits last.
The score is not our own hands-on test. It is calculated transparently from public Amazon data: 75% from the average star rating and 25% from the number of reviews, weighted logarithmically. The ranking order itself comes from estimated monthly revenue per ASIN. Prices, ratings and review counts were retrieved from Amazon.co.uk on 22 July 2026 and can change at any time.
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