Will this blender blend fruits/vegetables into smoothies like a nutribullet?
2070061
Absolutely! In a much better way. That is actually the reason why I purchased the blender and I'm extremely satisfied with its performance. Speaking of, I have a batch in the fridge. Throw in nuts it's awesome.
2070062
I love mine. I have only used it with frozen fruits cut up and frozen or bought frozen. I haven't tried any vegetables so I can't answer that, but as far as the fruit goes it is great. It isn't a commercial grade by any means and I am the only one using it here so it isn't getting heavy use. The motor seems strong enough for my use. I don't think it would work that well on fibrous vegetables or veggies that aren't cut up first. Hope this helps.
2070063
I typically blend peaches, blueberries, and strawberries. It does a good job overall, although I sometimes need to let it run on high for a bit. I do notice some small pieces of the blueberry skin. The pieces are about the size of ground pepper. I don't notice it when drinking the smoothie. I'm not sure how it does with leafy greens...
359906
Yes - we have used the blender for carrots, turnips, and making tomato paste from our own vegetables. The process takes a while at several speeds. My wife also has a dedicated food processor that she prefers for "soup work".
1215271
I threw mine out because it started leaking and sprung for a Vitamix (reburbished--5 year warranty). This blender blended fine while it worked but it does not puree hard vegetables like you describe. Vitamix is the the one you want to smoothies, using whole apples, etc. Whiz kid!
694705
No, it only squeezes juice out of fruits or vegetables. If you want smoothies, get a blender instead.
1975900
No. The blades spin too slowly, it purees, I guess you can approach something like a badly blended smoothie if you run it for a long long time, risking burning the cheap motor. For fruits and smoothies its all about rpm, and this is a chopping device, not a blending device. And don't even think about throwing ice into this, food processors only handle what you can cut with a knife.
1531078
Yes! I use the immersion blender attachment for smoothies with frozen fruit. I use a lot of frozen fruit but I often steam for a few min before I use the food processor.
1037245
No, it only juices the fruits and veggies. You need a blender for that, some fruits like berries you can just throw in blender with the ice and whatever else.
2281878
Absolutely! I've been drinking green smoothies for 4 or 5 years now and using this same blender. I had one this morning with frozen spinach and frozen blueberries and oatmeal in it, among other things. I use smoothie straws, but I've used regular straws, too. I prefer the clear thicker ones if I can't get the smoothie straws. I can't speak for others, but this has been a great blender for me. I've been using it since 2009, I believe. A GE one blew up on me after one day of use. Make sure you put enough liquid in if you use this one. It labors if there isn't enough which took me a few days to figure out. I use about 1.5 cups of pure liquid (combo of water and almond milk) and that usually does the trick.
1499246
It's better than a juicer, it blends everything. I put vegetables and fruit and it blends them with ease...
769979
I have only used my blender for smoothies. I love the texture of my drinks with this blender. I also own the Breville elite juicer. I would recommend this juicer to any one. I don't like those chunks in my drink so I tend to juice my vegetables.
602960
No. It's a blender. I use it to mixcake mixes, make smoothies, blend gravy, soups, etc.I also use it to make fruit and vegetable purees.
1868715
No. When you select the smoothie option the blades automatically start in one direction and then they will reverse to spin In the other direction. This way any food that falls under the blades will spin back out to be blended. It's really a fabulous feature.
1067642
No, and never try to make such smoothie where other cheaper machines can do the job. Smoothies are blocks of ice crushed with fruits in a high power (750 watts or higher) blender.
2281576
I have a Vitamix and a Nutri-Bullet, The Nutri-Bullet smoothies are almost as smooth as the ones from the Vitamix.However the vita mix will do a lot more, like make soup, blend dough for pizza and a list of other things the Nutri-Bullet won't do. But the Vitamix is alot more expensive than the Nutri-Bullet, so if what you want to do is make smothies go with the bullet, if you want to do other things then the Vitamix is a good investment. FYI, Qvc.com has the Vitamix on easy payments.
1545853
This blender was not powerful enough for me. I purchased the nutribullit 900 and love it.
1670458
I have my doubts it would have enough power to mix anything with ice involved.I ended up donated my blender to a charity. Not of any use for making protein smoothies with frozen berries either!
878962
yes, but it's not that sharp. after like a week that i started using it My blender would leave big pieces of food.