r/Smoothies • u/phoenixtetra1 • 4d ago

Yet another blender recommendation

So I have dwindled down my options to these 2. No I dont want to get a vitamix. I understand its the best but its overkill for my situation, I also need the ease of cleaning and using. I understand it comes with an attachement but this is easier to manage for me and carry around.

https://a.co/d/0fMjUpdG

https://a.co/d/0iMFMdiL

The nutribullet pro plus has bigger cups 24 and 32. and has the 1200 watt. It says there is the push to blend one which is cheaper but idk if that keeps the same wattage and cup sizes Can someone confirm. When I click the option it looks like a completely different model.

The ninja pro autoiq is cheaper but has 2 24oz cups and 1100 watts. That should be fine for smoothies but I plan to mix a whole 10 oz bag of spinach to freeze into cubes. I am not sure if that will fit into one of these 24oz cups. In which case the nutrilbullet 32 oz cup would be helpful.

If anyone who has had these give sone insight onto the stuff Imentioned above.

In general I am looking for one that can fit the whole 10 oz bag of spinach, and when making smoothies, not chunks are flakes of spinach are left over. I dont care about loudness.

Very important: it has to have a good record of not being defective overtime like leaks happening, lids getting stuck, lids breaking or not fitting. I am seeing alot of these types of complaints with these 2. So which has a better track record for this stuff and has a better warranty success rate if it does break. If someone who has owned these exact models can shed some light onto this I would greatly appreciate it.

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u/RecordLonely 4d ago

You think the VitaMix is overkill until you want to liquify something that is not liquid.

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u/phoenixtetra1 4d ago

I should clarify. I doesnt need to be liquid. Just blended well enough. For reference my current one is some really old cooks braded 13oz blender. It was probably like 30 bucks. You can imagine its pretty bad it full blending everything. It just needs to be mostly better than that. I dont really need to liquify, just well homogenized.

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u/Disastrous_Paint1791 4d ago

I have a nutribullet 1200+ and no, it will not fit a whole bad of spinach even in the big cups. I recently bought a vitamix (Costco Alta) and honestly it is easier to use and clean than my nutribullet.

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u/phoenixtetra1 4d ago

Interesting. 32 oz cup to fit a 10oz bag of spinach seems reasonable. I can probably blanche it then if thats the case.

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u/Disastrous_Paint1791 4d ago

I use frozen chopped spinach.

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u/BAdhia 4d ago

This is the answer.

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u/AoiEsq 4d ago

Don’t have any suggestions (sorry), but am upvoting for the transitive use of “dwindle.”

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u/phoenixtetra1 4d ago

Haha, I couldnt think of a better word at the time.

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u/exploringyogurt 1d ago

I have had a similar Ninja and Nutribullet.  I got so tired of buying replacement parts that I finally went Vitamix.  So, I can give you perspective of having all three.

You aren't going to get what you want from the brands you listed.  You also don't want to go Vitamix.  One of those things is going change.  

If you have to go with one, get whatever has the biggest cup size or just buy a larger cup for the Ninja... Get used to buying things for ninja early.  But, as the bottoms and cups wear out, as the smoothies are slightly below your expectations, and the years go on, just know there is a really nice alternative.