can I just use for making juice? I don't want smoothies.
1292366
It's not heavy duty enough to juice, for example, an apple. So I'm going with a no.
1292367
I would say no, you have to add water which makes smoothies. A juice extractor makes pure juice.
1628124
It depends on how frozen they are. We are smoothie drinkers here, but if the ratio of frozen fruit to juice & unfrozen is 25% or so you should be fine. If you make it without frozen at all you're golden.
1400671
It can be used the same way you use any other blender or kitchen appliance. My habit I unplug my kitchen appliances when not in use. I truly enjoy my vitamix and you will also. Hope I answered your question.
2224153
Sure, you can make any kind of a smoothie! :-) My Mom makes green ones all of the time with hers. It is super convenient to drink right out of the container you blend it in too.
903645
I don't know. All I've ever done was blend & make smoothies. Maybe you can look up the brand and see if that's one of its capabilities. I'm sorry I couldn't give you a definitive answer.
1972495
Am not sure exactly what you're looking for...but I learned quickly that the Vitamix is NOT a juicer. If you want all the pulp REMOVED and be left with a drinkable liquid, you need to get a juicer. But the Vitamix does a good job of grinding up hard fruits and vegetable to a pureed texture. You can add water or other liquids to end up with more of a "juice" consistency. That's been my experience!
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.
499996
Exactly. The Vitamix is great and I love it but it is not a juicer. If you can afford it it is great to eventually have both.
1727858
It's just a thick syrupy flavoring so I suppose you could. I'd test it out on a small amount. Can't help thinking there are better ways to flavor a smoothie than these.
1515237
I think that a lot of people think there's a drastic difference between a smoothie and juice in terms of texture. The reason the "juice" is so thin is because it has NO fiber, NO pulp, NO nutritional value. You can put in more water in your smoothie to thin it out. But if you want a juicer, buy a juicer. IMHO, you will waste TONS of money. I had a juicer, not only did I waste money because of all of the pulp and fiber that wasn't in my drink, but I wasted time from the extended clean up.
1037244
I'm not sure if smoothies can be made with it since I specifically bought it to juice. I would recommend purchasing a Bullet or something in that order for smoothies.
940139
Yes, I honestly never use the juicer attachment, I just needed it to make larger quantities for smoothies. But yes, you can remove the attachment and use it just as a pitcher.
1168213
Not a good idea...when you make the smoothie, after a period of time there will be a separation of the heavy/light ingredients.you can probably remix with a very short mix again
1986170
Basically you are able to juice nearly anything besides banana. I would definitely google for a list of what not to juice. I personally have since upgraded to a different juicer because this one broke on me and the feed tube was too small and inconvenient.
1408438
Yes. I use it to make smoothies. It makes short work of frozen strawberries and frozen bananas as well.
537870
I'm sorry, do not know the answer to that. I don't use it that way, only for my smoothies, fruits and spinach or kale and whatever I toss in. But I do not use it as a juicer.
500001
I have an older vita-mix. I know there has been some debate between blending and juicing. I think juicing is the way to go. I rather have veggie juice than anything made in the vita-mix.