I've been reading about the Nutribullet 900 as I'm thinking of starting a heavy green smoothie regime every day while I'm at work - I'm not big on eating my greens but together with bits of fruit and ginger I reckon I could have no trouble guzzling it down. Would also come in handy for soups and milkshakes.
However I'm now torn between which blender to go for. There's obviously the Nutribullet range but then there's so many more out there. I just need something that is suitable for 1-2 people, easy to clean, powerful, reliable with blades that don't break after a week and not too expensive (somewhere around £150 or so would be my absolute limit). Throw us your suggestions people.
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Mostly settled on wazzing up a banana/spinach/almond milk thing with added fruity bits as and when, and it's great.
I don't do more than a sprinkle of seeds and the like though as it tends to come out a bit claggy.
As long as you clean it as soon as you’ve used it, otherwise it will go smelly and scummy.
I generally replace the blade every 6 months ish.
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i like a glass jug as I'm generally plastic-phobic when it comes to food & drink, but if you are carrying it around maybe that's not practical.
i think a lot of the fuss being made about the nutribullet & clones is just hype. i read the side of the box on the bullet & it was saying ridiculous things like 'smashes through husks, destroys seeds, etc, etc".
it's all just advertising noise to reframe mushing up vegetables as a 'macho & heroic' pursuit. even the name 'bullet'. what next, the AK-47 yoghurt maker?
bottom line: you're making baby food for grown-ups. carry on...
for example, tomatoes, carrots, broccolli are all generally considered better cooked than raw.
you need to heat most veg & legumes to 'burst' the cell walls to get the insides out.
actual physical grinding can't compete with that. it's purely a scale thing. trying to split cells with a metal blade is not very efficient.
& if you are talking cooked vegetables than any decent 300w handblender will do that.
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Spinach
Carrot
Banana
Then chuck it in the bin and have a Ginsters pasty.
Looks like I'll plump for the NB900 then...cheers folks.