Nutri ninja or nutribullet 600w

Have had and used my fair share of juicers and blenders over the last 20 years, from hand mills to trituating juicers . I've just bought one of these nutri Ninja IQ's because I simply don't get enough veg or leafy greens in my diet and i'm interested to see if keeping all this plant fibre in the drink (unlike juicing) has a positive effect on my flaky digestive system.

It's loud as all hell but the power is welcome, the drinks are smooth and it's ridiculously easy to clean up. In the past, i've found lenghty "clean up" has been the most significant barrier to establishing a consistent routine.

I hope to replace my breakfast with this most days and this is where the speed of preperation and subsequent easy cleaning is a bonus. We'll see...

I don't eat much if any fruit and veg at all and I have been looking for something like this for a while, I like the idea that its just blending up the ingredients and nothing is left out.

I'm a very fussy eater but would manage to wolf down a pint of liquid alright without being too worried about the taste.

I'm going to try and pick up one of these Nutri-Ninjas after hearing that they liquidize everything well and are easy to clean.

groovyg
That's scary, thanks for the info

I have ninja. I like it. Good blender will work just as good

Got the Breville Active Blend from Amazon a few days for £20. Its got the same system of blending in a cup as the Nutribullet though arguably the sports bottle shaped containers are better to drink direct out of than the cups that the Nutribullet comes with. Power in them is obviously a lot less at 300w but it is capable of crushing ice which is good. Frozen berries were no problems either. Pretty happy with it and also the small footprint means I can leave it on the kitchen counter all the time whereas blenders I had in the past were often very cumbersome so spent most of their life in the kitchen press.

I did consider a Nutribullet but found it hard to justify the cost. That said I haven't tried the smoothies from it, do users feel there is a big jump up in the quality of smoothies made over using a 300w machine?

Johro wrote: »

I keep it simple, last one I had I put in a peeled and quartered kiwi,

I don't even bother peeling kiwis in it. I read to make sure the skin was OK to eat and apparently the skin is very good for you. I wash it and cut off the top and bottom bits. I thought the weird furry skin would be noticeable drinking it but I could not sense it in the drink.

I love my nutribullet, have had it about a month. As said before, the two main selling points are that it is ridiculously easy to clean compared to a normal blender (the blades are their own little segment that clips onto the 'cup' part), and the ridiculously powerful motor that reduces nuts to nothing in a few seconds.

The fact that you use the same container for blending and drinking only adds to how easy it is to clean up.

Anyone saying to just use a normal blender obviously hasn't tried one of these - they're similar but the nutribullet is in a whole league of its own in terms of how well designed and easy to use it is.

Can these handle all nuts?

Bought my nutribullet today, dying to try it!

Also I've been buying a lot more fruit and veg, and actually using it.
I bought a whole watermelon and cut it in six pieces rather than quartered it, keep it in the fridge. Watermelon is great if you prefer your drink a bit thinner, not smoothie-like.
Today I put in one of those pieces of watermelon, without peel of course,and scooped out the seeds), a slice of peeled pineapple cut into pieces, splash of orange or grapefruit juice, (just because I had some, optional) and a piece of red chili, about a half inch or so, to give it a bit of a spicy kick. Was lovely.
Kiwi is good also. I just try different stuff each time. I find fibrous fruit like apples make the drink much thicker so I add more fluid or real juicy stuff like melon.

Perhaps someone who's familiar with Nutri Ninja can help me with a question. I bought the Ninja recently, started using it regularly almost a week ago. Love it, I must say. Tonight, blending up some cucumber (with pulses, initially) along with other regular ingredients, I encountered a problem after:

When I started using it, it required only a very light pressure to activate pulses and blending. But as of tonight, it still works, but it requires much more pressure to activate than it has before today.

Has this happened to anyone else? Is there a problem? Is there a remedy? Do I need to see if I can get it fixed?

Any insights at all would be most appreciated, thank you in advance.

Where else besides Currys sells the Nutri Ninja?

Tedious Bore wrote: »

Where else besides Currys sells the Nutri Ninja?

rubadub beat me to it, but yes, Argos, which is where I got mine.

Actually, any number of Irish retailers sell it, which you could find easily by doing a google search for "Nutri Ninja Ireland" but Argos had the cheapest price.

There is also a pro version or deluxe version, whatever it's called for around 130 to 150 euro, but the basic version as of a couple months ago in Argos was only 99 or some such.

I never did locate a retailer in Ireland who had the full Nutri Ninja Food Mixer set, which would run somewhere around 250 euro or more. I never had any intention of buying one, but I can see where it could be especially nice - even for blending smoothies, because, in my case at least, after checking out recipes on youtube and such, I always end up with too much stuff in my drinks, even for both cups that come with it. There would be other advantages too for food preparers.

I love the basic model, however. It works fantastically well. The deluxe version, one step up, will automatically start off with short blends to break down things like ice cubes initially before going into continuous blending. But you can do that manually quite easily. Beyond that, I never needed anything like a full minute to blend things completely. I doubt if I ever went over 30 seconds.

Tedious Bore wrote: »

Thanks to you both for that link and the info. Might this be the over 250euro kit you're wondering about?
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/4085746/Trail/searchtext%3ENUTRI+NINJA.htm

No, I never saw that one before. Seems very expensive to me. The auto IQ version I remember was around 150 euro, but I see here it's on sale for 125:

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/3388932.htm

I see the one you found is 1200 watts instead of 1000, but I don't see that 200 watts being worth the extra money.

The one I was speaking of is this one here below, but I've never found it online in this country:

http://goo.gl/I2Wopy

It's 1500 watts. (You can see how much cheaper these things are in the US.) That description doesn't seem to have as many cups as I remember, but maybe that's part of why it's so cheap and maybe the details are just not i the Amazon description.

There is another one that is similar, but less wattage - the Ninja 2-in-1, but I can't find that here either. Or couldn't a few months ago. Here's the Ninja page on that:

http://www.ninjakitchen.com/nutri-ninja-2-in-1/QB3000/

Had the first one I mentioned in this post, the auto-IQ, been only 125 several months ago when I bought the standard model, I might have considered it. But maybe not at the same time, since I never really cared about the 'auto' part. I'm not sure, but the basic model I have might be 900 watts. The basic nutribullet is 600 watts, the 900 watt version is much more expensive.

I've seen a number of youtube vids on these. The Nutri Ninja is not only cheaper with greater wattage than the Nutribullet, but apparently it is more durable as well, with fewer problems. Who knows? Each person will swear by the one that has served them well.

There are cheaper blenders and juicers around. I have no idea how they compare in practical terms.

Thanks for the heads up on the bargain alert. I got a Nutri Ninja in Argos at €76.99. It's a seriously impressive bit of equipment, right down to the quality of the plastic beakers. I just made a smoothie with spinach, carrot, frozen mixed tropical fruit, flaxseed and water and it's lovely and silky - no lumps or fibrous bits. You'd know you're drinking whole fruit/veg as it's quite pulpy, but I don't mind that. My previous smoothie maker was a Magic Bullet and it would have died trying to make this.

I'm not normally one to drink my food, but I reckon 2 or 3 of these a week can only do me good. I plan on making them mostly with veg, with just a little fruit for sweetness.