If I was getting $16.34 off it, then this is the one I'd buy.

Robert Plant endorses this one.

I looked at that, essexjan, but it had a lot of bad reviews. Maybe the reviewers are unrealistic. I'm probably not going to use this too often anyway.

For years a fork and a firm grip seemed to get most of the juice, but I found out there was a lot more juice to be had once we bought a lemon squeezer. Rather than buy a "fancy" brightly colored squeezer we picked up a no-frills metal one for four bucks at a local Mexican grocery store. It seems like all of the Mexican grocery stores around us sell them for under five bucks, so if you have one nearby, that could be an option.

I heartily recommend my wooden lemon reamer. Low-tech, but very effective and safe for the wrists. Also, cheap.

Yeah, I have this from Ikea and think this is what mudpuppie means by a reamer. It is super low-tech but works great. To avoid seeds I just use a strainer.

I've got a raging case of RSI that has left me unable to open any jar larger than jam. I have, at one time or another, owned all of the above types of citrus juicers with the addition of this kind and this kind. The one I ended up keeping and use daily is this one: it requires absolutely no wrist movement or strength at all. It doesn't even require grasping the handle, just push down on the lever with the flat of your hand and the gearing does the rest.

WS's pricing is nuts. I got mine for $4 at a garage sale but have seen less shiny variations in stores for ~$25.

For non-daily use, the wooden lemon reamer is fine. It does require one to grasp, twist and push all at the same time but if you're only doing a few lemons/limes occasionally, it's OK.

Idly browsing Amazon, this Black & Decker electric juicer is very cheap and seems to have rave reviews.

Dewd. As a long-time bartender who had the opportunity to squeeze a buncha lemons, I advise that unless you want to invest in a stupidly specific piece of single-purposed equipment, you should take mudpuppie's advice. Cheap, simple, easy to clean, though it may require slightly more work.

I love love LOVE my citrus press. It doesn't look exactly like the ones you've linked to, but I say go ahead and get the Macy's one. Easy to use, strains out the seeds. I LOVE IT.

If you've got wrist injuries, I'd actually suggest maybe going for something electric, because any of the manual ones is going to apply some sort of pressure to the wrist, so it depends on what kind of range of motion you can make I guess. But I will say that something like the Martha Stewart press you linked to works mighty fine. I also happen to have "fond memories" of being in the trenches with one of those, though the preferred ones were of clunkier, just barely brushed metal. The shiny painted ones usually get kind of slippery. There were a couple makes and models of juicers going and the beast-like Sunkist commercial juicer was king for speed obviously, but the citrus press works surprisingly well and produces a very good amount of juice. It's just fine for day-to-day home juicing needs. Just remember, the open half of the citrus will face the bowl part with the holes in it. The domed "reamer" looking part actually presses down the rounded part of the citrus that still has the rind. You know you did it right if the citurs half is flipped inside out. And don't juice cold citrus. If you get really good at it, you can juice, empty "shells," reload in a continuous fluid motion like Arnold Schwarzenegger with the shotgun in Terminator 2. Also works out the triceps, biceps and pecs.

Microwave the lemon for 15 seconds on high, then just cut and squeeze. No special equipment required.

(well, not counting the microwave....)

Robert Plant endorses this one.

Hee!

I was going to recommend a wooden reamer (used over a sieve to catch the seeds), but mudpuppie beat me to it.

*shakes fist*

Or I could just buy lemon juice. It's what I've done before. It would certainly be more cost-effective than an ultraexpensive press.

Whatever device you buy will eventually pay for itself...I'd rather have fresh lemon juice than something full of preservatives.

Alton Brown claims that the double lever presses (ie, scaled up garlic press) are junk. I've always used a reamer.

Huh. I'm kinda surprised I can't find an image of the simple household juicers that are ubiquitous here. They are basically like this:

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except they have a metal spike extending up from the center, and you spear the orange or whatever onto the spike and down onto the spherical bit, then a third "cover" piece is placed over top of that (sheathing the spike, with a rounded indention that fits over the top of the fruit), and this serves as a grip to twist the fruit around.

This works pretty well for any normal juicing tasks, though I've always lusted after one of those chrome bar-style dealies.

Here's something cute:

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and something scary:

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OW!!! Need to be careful walking around the kitchen.