Nutri Ninja Blender BL450 [Energy Class A]

Great bit of kit although not really a Juicer per se... This is my first take (I've received 5days ago, will update it i find any material difference in the coming weeks).I'm very happy with the purchase as this "little" £69.99 gadget is replacing £200+ worth of other kitchen tools that occupy at least 7-8x the space/weight. I got rid of my Philips HR1861 juicer and my kitchen-top blender which I probably had used no more than 10-12x over the last 3 years. I've used this 5x in the last 5 days!! The main advantages over the juicer/blender solutions are:1. incredibly easy to clean. i put a drop of dish soap and bit of warm water and then give it a 5 second pulse. most of the stuff comes right off but i just give it a wipe with a soft dish pad and voila'! It's done... don't even put it in the dishwasher. The juicer, although dishwasher safe, was a real pain to clean. little debris of fruit and vegetable would stick to the filter and you had to scrub it with a special brush. plus the sheer size of it made it hard to fit entirely in the dishwahser2. it's a single tool that smashes, grinds, blends, crushes and you can sip directly from the same cup. with the previous solution i had to first extract the juice from fruits/veggies with the juicer and then use a separate blend in softer ingredients (like bananas and avocados) or harder ones like ice, seeds, nuts etc. which meant an even greater mess to clean and more space occupied in the kitchenThis may be obvious to you (as it was to me) but the main thing to point out is that this is a blender not a juicer. There's a lot of reviews/tests/recipe books that refer to this as a juicer but that's not really accurate. it's a very powerful blender that will create fantastic smoothies with all sorts of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and other ingredients but the result is quite a bit different from a juice. The main difference is that the pulp (and skin if u leave it) of the fruit/veggie is blended and you consume it. That's fine, maybe even healthier but you should make sure you're ok with that.I did a bit of research on this products vs the NutriBullet and thought this was a more attractively valued solution (materially cheaper than the 900W NutriBullet) although the design, in my opinion, is a bit less refined than the NB. This looks more like something you would find in a smoothie store rather than a designer, modern kitchen. It's also a bit bigger than the NB but really not that noticeable. It's got a permanent place on my counter next to the kettle (which is still bigger than this).One thing that I would point out, not a big draw back for me but a clarification to some of the reviews I found: the NN doesn't COMPLETELY liquify certain seeds and nuts. For example, I had specifically heard in a youtube video review that this would completely crush the little seeds in raspberries so that you don't get them stuck in your teeth when you drink a smoothie with the berries. I've found it to be untrue. I've used raspberries often in my smoothies and the little crunchy seeds are always there. I'll try to experiment with different blending lengths and consistency fluids to see if that holds true but for the moment it doesn't look like it ill completely dissolve them in the liquid. I've blended a few almonds and they get almost completely liquified although you still get a bit of texture. Again I will experiment a bit and come back if there I find out how to get them completely liquefied.But so far so good... I give it a full 5 stars given the price/performance ratio is great. Would recommend this over a NB given the cheaper price and more powerful motor (compared to the more basic version of the NB).

My husband bought me this as a christmas gift. I have used it every single day and am overjoyed with it. I use it for making fruit and green smoothies every morning.I use frozen fruit with skin still on and haven't found anything it cant blend. Plums, peaches, pears,, apples, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries apricots, pineapple, mango, spinach, carrot and kale. As well as a variety of nuts and seeds.I find it blends everything smooth but does leave behind some seeds especially the small seeds which come out of strawberries. Iv also used it to blend cooking sauces and it completely pulverises tomato skins,Cleaning is such a breeze. Twice iv overfilled the cup a little and ended up with some leaking into the base. All you need to do is get a damp piece of kitchen roll and wipe it round. For the blade all I do is rinse it the minute i finish and leave it on the drying rack. Sometimes small seeds get trapped in the rim of it but the bristles of a standard size scrubbing brush with reach down into it.Overall I love this product and think its excellent value for money and it takes all the hassle out of smoothie making.There are just a few niggles i have about it. It is EXTREMLEY loud. My neighbour upstairs actually woken up by it. However it is a powerful motor and you cant expect breaking up ice and frozen foods to be quiet. A plus is it blends things so quickly you only need it on for between 10 and 30 seconds. On average it takes me 20 seconds to blend my smoothie.The other issue is it needs a lot of liquid if you are using frozen foods. For this reason i find the smaller cup of no use. If i want to blend a standard sized smoothie I cant fit all my fruit and enough liquid into the small cup. I suggest using the big cup and transferring it into the smaller cup for when your on the go. The small cup fits into most of my standard sized handbags.