I’ve been testing the Puraflows Auramist Cold Press Juicer, and I wanted to love it for its cheap price tag — but here’s what I really think

The Puraflow Auramist Cold Press juicer is an affordable option for juicing newbies, but I can’t recommend it as one of the best juicers. The controls are easy to use, and all of the components are dishwasher safe, which can make the cleanup process quicker, but ultimately, it clogs too frequently.

Considering it’s supposed to be ultra-quiet, the machine makes a whole lot of noise, which is annoying, and when it’s juicing, the top half moves around so much it almost looks like it’s dancing. There are also no variable speed settings, which could put off a lot of people who want to use a variety of ingredients to make more complex juices.

To find out more about the juicer and what it can do, you can keep reading this full Puraflows Auramist Cold Press Juicer review.

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Puraflows Auramist Cold Press Juicer review: Specs

Puraflows Auramist Cold Press Juicer review: Price & availability

The Puraflows Auramist Cold Press Juicer is available for $249 at Amazon. It comes with one filter for juicing as standard, but if you order from the Puraflows website for $259, you can purchase a version with three different filters so you can also make pulpy drinks, sorbet, jam, and smoothies.

This is cheap for a vertical juicer and is half the price of the Tribest Slowstar AI Vertical Hopper Juicer, which costs $599. But like with most things that are a fraction of the price, you’re trading off on build quality and ease of use.

If saving money is your main priority because you’re new to juicing and you just want to see what all the hype is about, then I’d recommend the AMZCHEF Cold Press Juicer for $129. This has minimal components and is perfect for beginners.

Puraflows Auramist Cold Press Juicer review: Design

The Puraflows Auramist Cold Press Juicer looks good with its brushed silver finish, but feels unstable due to the plastic body and hopper. When the juicer was powered on, the top of the juicer moved around, which I haven’t had happen with any other juicer I’ve tested.

It has a vertical hopper design, so all of the components slot on top of one another. This was a tricky process. For instance, the hopper will only lock onto the bottom if the lid is unlocked. It takes a bit of jiggling around to get everything else to fit into places, too, even when aligning the arrows with the dots as instructed.

For safety reasons, you can only juice when the hopper lid is closed, but the chute at the top of the hopper is pretty small, so if you want to add in chunky fruit, you need to stop juicing and lift the lid. I didn’t have to do this with the Tribest Slowstar AI Vertical Hopper Juicer. But the hopper is six inches in diameter and can fit a lot of ingredients in anyway. I was able to fit five quartered apples in at once, and this is a lot bigger than the Kuvings Auto8 (£450).

The pre-cut blade is made from stainless steel, but it didn’t do the best job of cutting up the ingredients smaller, and at the end of each batch, I had some leftovers in the hopper. Instead, the ingredients were pushed to the side, which is annoying. And even when using the included tamper, the ingredients wouldn’t move down.

It comes with two 33.8-ounce containers, one for the pulp and one for the juice. The container for the juice also has a small filter with teeth to catch any large pieces of pulp that get through (although there shouldn’t be any).

The controls are easy to use and basic — it’s just turning a knob to the right to switch it on and to the left to reverse. There’s no variable speed with this, which can make pulping certain ingredients tricky, depending on the result you want. The Tribest, on the other hand, has different settings for different ingredients.

Puraflows Auramist Cold Press Juicer review: Juicing performance

Now onto the best part: the juicing. Puraflows says the juicer operates at less than 60 decibels… that’s not the case, but I’ll get into that later.

Apple juice

Firstly, I made some apple juice to test how the juicer coped with hard fruit and small seeds. I cut six apples into quarters and fit them into the hopper. The first thing that stood out to me was how slow the process was. It took about four minutes, but the Tribest juicer, for example, is incredibly fast and took less than a minute, so it felt like I was doing a lot of waiting around here.

Thai produced 20 ounces of liquid that was smooth. It gave me great results, but there were some fragments of the seeds that made it through.

Citrus juice

Next up, I made orange juice. I cut six oranges into quarters and put them in the hopper. Again, I was waiting around for about four minutes for the process to finish. When it was finished, there were still a few pieces lingering in the hopper, and even when I used the tamper, I couldn’t get them through.

When I cleaned the juicer later, I could see a buildup of pulp, which made it harder for the other oranges to move down.

As you can see, it produced lots of pulp and gave me 400ml of liquid. Unfortunately, this didn’t taste good, and it let through far too much pulp, making it feel thick.

Celery juice

Finally, I put eight stalks of celery into the juicer. This took the longest to juice, and the celery fibers tangled in the blades. This meant I needed to stop the juicing and untangle everything. I haven’t had to do this with any other juicer I’ve used.

I got 6.8 ounces of juice from the celery. And even though it was refreshing, it was such a task to clean up afterwards, I don’t think it was worth the hassle.

Noise level

The Puraflows site says that the juicer is ultra-quiet and operates below 60 decibels. But I’d like to beg to differ.

Let’s play a game of “Guess the Sound”.

If you guessed Chewbaca, shockingly, you’d be wrong. It’s a juicer!

While obviously not as loud as a blender, it sounds like a creaky door being opened, which is annoying, especially when using it for long periods of time.

Puraflows Auramist Cold Press Juicer review: Cleaning

The Puraflows Auramist Cold Press Juicer is easy to clean if you have a dishwasher. The components (with the exception of the motor base) come apart and can be washed in the dishwasher on the top or bottom rack. But if you want to unclog any built-up pulp first.

As I mentioned in the juicing section, when ingredients became trapped in the juicer, it took a while to detangle for cleaning. And if you’re washing by hand, then this process is arduous, and there are a lot of components to clean. Cleaning any juicer is a daunting task, but this one from Puraflows was the toughest I’ve cleaned.

But to make this easier, there’s a small double-ended brush included, and this helps to scrub away any stuck pulp and get into the tighter spots of the machine.

Puraflows Auramist Cold Press Juicer review: Verdict

The Puraflows Auramist Cold Press Juicer is an affordable option for anyone starting their juicing journey, although the amount of effort it takes to clean is enough to put anyone off. But it has its perks, like the large hopper, which can hold a lot of ingredients, the easy-to-use controls, and its ability to make a half-decent juice.

But while it’s dishwasher safe, it’s difficult to clean by hand, with most of the ingredients becoming tangled and clogged. It’s also incredibly loud while operating, and the top of the machine moves around while juicing, so it doesn’t seem stable. And for anyone who likes to adjust their juicer depending on the ingredients they’re using, there’s no variable speed.

I think this juicer is a great option for juicing newbies, but if you want something more advanced, you’re better off opting for something a little more expensive, like the Tribest Slowstar AI Vertical Hopper Juicer, which is easier to clean and more reliable.