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October 4th, 2011
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Best Blender System!,
I received this as a Christmas gift, and so far, I love it. I currently own a Krups blender, which was only about $30, and I was preparing to buy something like a Viking Blender – something that has a much more powerful motor system, for around $150, when my parents got me this. The great thing about it is that it’s not necessarily a blender. I mean, it is by definition, but there’s a couple key differences. Blenders have an inherent flaw of only blending what’s at the bottom, especially when it’s something thick like a shake. I always ended up with big chunks of ice cubes in my shakes even after 3 minutes of blending. The ice just never reached the bottom. Not a problem with this system. Even if the blender carafe didn’t have 3 sets of blades, it already works better than a blender because the blades aren’t embedded in the bottom of the carafe. Which allows me to point out another awesome thing – don’t you hate trying to scoop out your drink from the recessed blade area of a blender? And sometimes it just never gets clean? Or it leaks if you don’t screw it on tight enough, or, God forbid (this happened to me once) the whole carafe unscrews itself while it’s blending and crap flies everywhere? I love the design of the Ninja system if for nothing else than just to avoid all of that!
I haven’t used this system for too many things yet, but let me tell you one thing it excels at – chopping ice. And I don’t mean those dinky ice cubes that you get in the plastic trays. If you know anything about silicone ice molds, it makes the cubes huge and square. I looked at the ice cubes, and then at the Ninja and thought “let’s give this a whirl”. Boy was I surprised. Not only did it pulverize the cubes, but it did so in less than 30 seconds. Unlike my Krups blender, which would get hot and almost smoke if left on too long to try and pulverize the ice cubs, the Ninja motor didn’t even get warm.
Now, onto the cons, which really aren’t that bad. The whole system itself does take up a lot of space. I honestly don’t think I need 3 carafes with 3 separate sets of blades and 3 lids. I have used the chopper, and it’s definitely nice, but I don’t know if I’ll ever use the middle one. Maybe if I needed to chop something big like carrots or celery or something, I don’t know. Another con is the obvious inability to allow it to sit there and blend something because you have to hold down the button for the motor. Now, this might not be so bad because it is extremely powerful, the blades are VERY sharp, and it doesn’t take long to pulverize anything. But, it would be nice to be able to set it, and walk away for 30 seconds to do something else, even if it’s nothing more than preparing to put more ice cubes in, (which, is another flaw – you have to remove the motor and the lid before adding any solids). But, I think the flaws in the system, the way it’s designed, allows the user to avoid dealing with the problems a normal blender has, and that’s worth it to me.
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|Best Smoothie Maker,
I really enjoy this product. I got it as a Christmas present from my in laws and it is the BEST blender I have used. Honestly, I’ve only used it for smoothies but will try to make sauces and such soon. Before I’ve always had to add ice to make my smoothies frothy. I like my smoothies well blended and smooth, but a little frothy. If I wanted it 100% smooth or liquid I would drink juice. If you blend for long enough though – it will become juice. Not that that’s bad – just depends on your taste.
Best aspects of this product (*for me*):
1. easy to clean (take motor off, take the lid off, pull out the blade, wash)
2. easy to reassemble (put the blade in, put the lid back, place motor on top and go)
3. safety – the blade comes out right after you’re done blending
4. nothing gets wasted – because you can remove the blade it’s really easy to scoop out all the goodness. Before I would always have at least 1/2 C of smoothie wasted because I couldn’t get to the bottom of the blender. (It wouldn’t slide out because there would still be chunks of whatever I was trying to blend left anyway – never happens with the Ninja!)
Like I said – I haven’t tried anything else with the Ninja yet but I do like it for smoothies. Perhaps I will try to make a vegetable juice and I’ll update this review!
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|Great design…mediocre blender,
After going through two low-end Oster blenders in as many years, I decided it was time to step it up a little. I love that the Ninja does not have a base – the thing that was the demise of my two previous blenders – and so there is no digging crud out of the bottom of the blender, and no awkward cluster of parts to take apart for cleaning and reassemble. It is SO easy to just rinse the blades, pitcher, and top, and leave them on the counter for tomorrow, or pop them in the dishwasher if I forget.
However, as a blender it’s not so great. I use blenders for two main things: grinding flaxseed, and making smoothies. My old Oster blenders could grind flaxseed to a fine powder, and make perfectly creamy smoothies. So I was more than a little disappointed to discover that my fancy Ninja blender could only barely grind flaxseed, leaving many seeds still whole even after extended blending, and most others only half ground. The smoothies it makes are okay, but I am drinking one right now and I have to chew it. Not quite what I expected from a blender I thought would be better than my $20 Osters.
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