Smoothie blenders?

[steve-in-kville]

We had a Ninja blender but one of our children claimed it when they moved out. I really liked. I googled the idea and there seems to be blenders for such an application. I see there is one called a Nutribullet. Can anyone recommend one over the other?

[Ken]

We had a Ninja blender but one of our children claimed it when they moved out. I really liked. I googled the idea and there seems to be blenders for such an application. I see there is one called a Nutribullet. Can anyone recommend one over the other?

We have a nutrabullet. Works great. I use it about 10x more frequently than the regular blender. Much quicker and easier to use.

As I recall, my wife bought it on sale at Costco.

The blender blade part does eventually need replacing but inexpensive spare parts and accessories are readily available on amazon.

[violet]

Pricey, but amazing, the Vitamix

[Somebody]

We have a nutribullet. My husband has a 'bullet' for breakfast every morning. Easy clean up.

2 of my sister-in-laws have Vitamixes. I'd like one someday.

[ohio jones]

My husband has a 'bullet' for breakfast every morning.

Reminds me of the time my grandpa was a little more than half asleep and put gunpowder in the coffee pot.

Easy clean up.

Boom! It's done.

[steve-in-kville]

We have a nutribullet. My husband has a 'bullet' for breakfast every morning. Easy clean up.

2 of my sister-in-laws have Vitamixes. I'd like one someday.

I'll have to check these out.

[steve-in-kville]

This better be the best $100 I ever spent

[Signtist]

Vitamix. Amen. It's one of those versatile appliances we felt we were splurging on. Hopefully we'll never be without one. 2 friends borrowed it and immediately bought their own. Fantastic when making cheese sauce, smoothies, homemade ketchup, soup, and a much more. And yes, it will make a steaming hot soup or sauce. It truly is a great investment.

[Ken]

The Nutribullet and Vitamix are two completely different tools.

The Nutribullet is simply a smoothie-making tool. Much quicker and easier to use than an ordinary blender, and easier to clean up and toss in the dishwasher so great for daily smoothie and juice making. They come with various size cups depending on the size of smoothie you are making so easy to toss on the top rack of the dishwasher, or make multiple smoothies. You can also use them for blending soups and other foods but the capacity is smaller than an ordinary blender because they are more designed for smoothies.

The Vitamix is a very high-end (and very expensive) blender with much higher speed cycles and more powerful motor than ordinary blenders which allows one to liquify foods and produce absolutely smooth creamy results with a lot of foods that can't be obtained with more ordinary cheaper blenders. But it is still a big bulky blender that is going to be more of a hassle to disassemble and clean on a daily basis than the Nutribullet because it is so much larger.

Both are good products but they serve two different purposes.

[Signtist]

No disagreement on the fact that they are completely different tools. I would say that one reason we have a Vitamix as opposed to a Nutribullet is it's versatility. We don't have space for single purpose tools, and we would rather have one bulky blender than 2 blenders. Cleaning is a cinch if done right away, you don't disassemble it.

You are right, they are expensive. My wife saved until she found one she could afford,NIB, from a private seller. We have no regrets, and we enjoy a wide variety of smoothies. Actually, that's probably what we use it for more than anything else.