Where is it made? Anyone been making smoothies where ice needs to be crushed daily? If so, please, how long has it been performing under pressure? Thx
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"The blade is made in Japan and the container in the United States. The rest is made and assembled in China," according to an email the company sent me in response to the question.
751870
Hey there! I know there are blenders out there that impressively make "snow" from the ice cubes you put in it, but I have never even tried that with this blender. This blender has a 1200 watt motor and has made the creamiest smoothies from frozen fruit, frozen yogurt, and about 8 oz of liquid base, so simply grating ice to the consistency you are hoping for seems a task this blender would rise to. The NativeJuicer website has recipes and blogs that may be more helpful to you in answering this question, and I highly recommend you visit there before you buy!
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It's Ok crushing ice if the pieces are small enough; however, it keeps locking up on me when I try to make smoothies with frozen fruit pieces, even when I cut them up quite small. Once it locks up you can't do anything else with it until quite a bit of time has passed. I have become very frustrated with this appliance even though I orginally gave it rave reviews!
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I have had this blender for almost 2 months and make green smoothies with ice daily without any issues. It's the best blender I have ever had!
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Yes, I'm finding it better made, heavier and the motor is a lot stronger, I'm not worried at all about it breaking. Thought I'd let you know, on ALL models not all the fruit goes through and there is quite of bit of waste left in the blades. I LOVE this though! Try freezing cubes of soy milk or coconut butter in ice cube trays to add to the fruit. I use a lot of vanilla and cinnamon too. Hope you enjoy it.
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I couldn't find where it was made anywhere on the growler but it's definitely not a Chinese creation.. Maybe Danish or some other country that takes pride in their products. You can't go wrong with this growler.. I can fill mine up all the way with ice then fill it with refrigerated water (or beer if you like it in ice) and three days later there's still floating ice inside. I'm sold on this growler.. Best drinker ever.. I am a bit disappointed in it not having a saddle or something to use as a handle.. To pick it up you'll find yourself using the plastic loop (as full can weigh a bit heavy) the loop is made with heavy material but like anything with wear and tear I expect it to separate from the neck loop eventually.. The cap is very durable and made almost air tight. A great buy. I would say it's completely lead free since it's chrome but unless it's a false apperance I'd say no.
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Yes, I would recommend this for smoothies! I could not believe after 3 days I still had ice water in this thermos. To make the smoothies stay thicker longer, you may just want to put some ice in the thermos for 10-15 minutes to get it cold then remove the ice and put the smoothie in, should stay firm pretty long. These thermos' are great, best I've ever used and highly recommended for hot OR cold ;&gt;) Enjoy your COLD smoothies ;&gt;)
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Hi I have this blender but have never made anything hot with it. My Blender is over a year old and is still good with no breakage it was only used for cold juic smoothies. Also I cannot fill it to the top. Only seems to work okay and mix and puree best at half full. so you may want to consider that as well
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Mine crushes ice very well, but the first time I tried to make a smoothie with just powder and ice it didn't do so well. It took a long time to get it smooth and then there were still some tiny chips of ice in the drink. It works great if you have a bit of liquid or fruit in with the ice (like half a cup of something).
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I LOVE this ice crusher. The ice comes out hard for me b/c I use my own frozen ice cubes. If you go to the gas station and buy their ice, it's softer and smaller cubes. I love this machine, it has a five star rating from me. As another person said in a review, not to over stuff it w/ ice cubes. If this should happen just rock the machine side to side gently. I hope this helps you.
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What's the rubber issue? I have owned my blender for a number of months, use it almost daily and have no issues. I'm extremely happy.
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Sorry to say it is made in China but so far so good. It works great for what I need--mostly slushies and it crushes the ice really nice. if I were you I'd take a chance.
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I work in a bar. We have waring xtreme commercial blender. We make 20-40 smoothies, milk shakes and margaritas per day. We have had this thing for 4 years. The only thing that broke was the jar. Replaced it and works fine. DO the math 30 uses a day for 4 years. Yea I would say this is a blender worth 300 bucks.
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I'm not sure but I used it starting at 5pm on a very warm evening and there was still some ice in it the next morning. It kept the drinks really cool and everyone loved it and wanted one! :)
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I haven't used it to blend frozen...only fresh strawberries...bananas...peaches and ice. Ran it for 3 days straight and made approx 250 smoothies each day. It still works great. I would recommend you let your fruit soften a little if possiblehope this helps
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I use full ice cubes when blending smoothies with the Ninja, and I use the system at least 5 times a day (we are bodybuilders and make shakes frequently). It literally demolishes the ice cubes in seconds. I can't give Ninja a higher recommendation---love it.
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I don't think it would last long if you did. We only used it a few times. It was difficult for the blender to crush ice for slushies.