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11370559 No.11370559 [Reply] [Original]

what is a good small blender? I only need it to puree peppers for chili and maybe making a milk shake now and then.

>> No.11370578

>>11370559
Magic Bullet?

>> No.11370584
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11370584

Vitamix with a 32oz container. It's pretty handy in that size.

>> No.11370589

>>11370559
A good blender is going to have a bigger base because it has a more powerful motor. There isn't really any getting around that. You can buy different sized pitchers for most brands.

>> No.11370608

>>11370559
just get a cheapo one
they last for 1-3 years easy and honestly they don't work if you over stuff them, so just make smaller batches

>> No.11370617

>>11370608
>they last for 1-3 years

I still can't wrap my head around how anyone would accept this. Appliances can last 20 years if they're not made like shit.

>> No.11370625

That thumbnail looks like Jeb with a blender full of guacamole

>> No.11370648

>>11370559
I got a used vitamix, old model for $150 from someone local. I can make smoothies, peanut butter, coconut butter, soups, etc. If you're low on cash a used vitamix or ninja will do you good.

>> No.11370653

>>11370648
that second vitamix should be replaced with nutribullet

>> No.11370680

>>11370653
I got a 900 watt Nutribullet
Great for smoothies

>> No.11370703

>>11370617
>I still can't wrap my head around how anyone would accept this.
at $20 each, you could buy 10 of them instead of a vitamix or blendtec. if they each last 3 years, which is entirely possible with light duty, that's 30 years of blenders for the same price.

>> No.11370729

>>11370680
Once you use a high powered blender it's hard to go back to a regular one.

>> No.11370763

>>11370703

When did "For the same price you can buy 10 pieces of shit" become an endorsement?

>> No.11370845

>>11370703
But it also does a worse job. So in general I think you'd want the more expensive blender.
That said. A cheapo blender seems perfectly acceptable for what OP wants to use it for.

>> No.11370863

>Buy Vitamix for $75 off eBay
>Send to Vitamix for free warranty reconditioning
>It comes back fixed and with a brand new container

Why exactly should I be buying cheapo blenders again?

>> No.11370871

>>11370863
>buying used kitchen supplies
I'm too paranoid that the previous owner might have used it to make cum smoothies or something

>> No.11370887

>>11370871
Never heard of washing?

>> No.11370901
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11370901

>>11370559
ninja pro

>> No.11370910

>>11370559
kino

>> No.11370915

>>11370871
As the other anon said, wash it. Letting a mixture of vinegar, lemon juice, water and salt sit for a day in any plastic container then another day rinsed dry and sat in the sun will guarantee kill any odd smell in them.

>> No.11371062

>>11370915
you can wash away bacteria but not shame

>> No.11371065

>>11370559
Wolfgang puck’s pretend commercial blender. Was 50$ at HOBO.

>> No.11371091

>>11370901
Garbage

>> No.11371096

>>11371062
>afraid of another man's cum
>on 4chan

You're in the wrong place pal.

>> No.11371558

>>11370680
>>11370653
>>11370578
Do. Not. Buy. Magic/nutribullet.

These blenders harbor a dark secret that nobody ever talks about because people are just pleased as peach with the performance.

The blade section traps decaying food material under the gasket, and the gasket is hard or in some cases impossible to remove and reinstall.

Over time the blade section will begin to smell like a rotting carcass from all the trapped organic matter. Gasket gets stretched out or tears from you fuckign with it so much? Well, tough shit, because bullet *doesn't sell replacement gaskets*. You can buy a pack of new entire blade sections though, because why not waste as much manufacturing capacity as possible while simultaneously saying fuck you to the consumer!

>> No.11371567

>>11370617
If you only have the budget or room for a small blender, it doesn't make sense to inconvenience yourself just to have a blender

It's a blender
If you only want to blend peppers and make the occasional milkshake it doesn't make sense to spend upwards of $300 dollars on an appliance that you don't use all of the time

There's literally nothing wrong with buying a small blender

>> No.11371579

>>11371558
I completely forgot about that ring thing. I had a nutribullet before the vitamix and it was gross cleaning it out. It sucks because if I recall correctly, the company refuses to accept the fault in their product, leaving many online reviewers angry.

>> No.11371586

>>11371062
I laughed.

>> No.11371588

>>11371579
>the company refuses to accept the fault in their product

They absolutely do. I contacted them on facebook because my blade section ended up smelling like a dead cow and they said basically "removing the gasket is not supported"

So they more or less want you to have speckles of decaying organic matter from the last blend in everything you make. It's disgusting, and despite the products selling so well they are simply inherently flawed.

>> No.11371600

>>11371588
Yea it's too bad, because besides the gasket thing it's a solid product. But if they made an updated version that solves the issue they'd in a way be admitting that they were wrong to the customers and it would look bad on them.

>> No.11371604

>>11371600
on the plus side, i got a new blade for free that i now feel too disgusted to use.

just buying a vitamix soon.

>> No.11371640

>>11371604
>just buying a vitamix soon.

Wanna buy one? I'm selling some of mine at good prices.

>> No.11371657

>>11371604
You're going to love the vitamix. It's easier to blend stuff since you have a hole at the top of a blender instead of having to open the jar to scrape stuff then reattaching to blend. Making nut and coco butters where time consuming on the nutribullet.

>> No.11371705

I’m a chef on a private yacht. Waring pro blade 2HP. It’s about 100 bucks but it works practically as well as a vitamix. Fuck miniature blenders, you can do everything you need in a bigger one and then you have room if you ever need it for bigger portions of purees and sauces.

>> No.11371750

>>11371640
i am absolutely sure you would blend a big load of cum and a dump and a bladderfull of piss together before sending it to me

>> No.11371753

>>11371705
>It’s about 100 bucks

200 on amazon

>> No.11371769

>>11371753
Shit, looks like the exact one I ordered in sliver is out of stock. WAS about 100 bucks. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01CNFRR9Q?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_pd_title

>> No.11371774

>>11371769
its out of production. wouldve been a good rec.

>> No.11371780

>>11371774
Yeah too bad, it’s been about a year and I’m really happy with it. Even at 200 it’s not too bad of a deal when you consider it does pretty much everything a new vitamix does at double the price. Still a bit pricy for an everyday home use blender.

>> No.11371783

>>11371780
you can get reconditioned vitamix 750 pro for 250 though with 5 year warranty, and that kills this thing though.

>> No.11371791
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11371791

>>11371750
I wouldn't do that unless you paid extra. My cum ain't free.

>> No.11371802

>>11371783
You’re right. When I got it it was only 80 bucks on sale though so I can’t complain. I have found that it’s quieter than a vitamix for some reason so it’s definitely nice when guests are sleeping. Probably doesn’t matter for most folks though.

>> No.11371805

>>11371791
why do you have 5 vitamixes?

ok heres whats stopping me from buying one right now anyway

my girlfriend wants to make a smoothie, put it in a bottle next to an ice pack, go the gym, and then drink the smoothie at work after the gym

she says when she does this with the nutribullet it separates and gets really gross and she can't shake it back into the same consistency. I said with a vitamix it would probably help because everything will be smaller particle size so it'll be easier to shake it back up

Maybe she just needs a shaker bottle honestly?

>> No.11371840

>>11371805
>why do you have 5 vitamixes?

Because I sold two of the 7 I started out with.

What's in her smoothies? If the ingredients have different specific densities they will separate out of the initial emulsion with time. tl;dr: smoothies don't keep.

>> No.11371874

>>11371840
>tl;dr: smoothies don't keep.

couldn't you just use a shaker bottle though? smoothies are not an emulsion

>> No.11372025

>>11370559
is that Jeb!?

>> No.11372896

>>11371705
I don't have the space for a big blender. I need something that will fit on top of my microwave.

>> No.11372904

>>11372025
please blend

>> No.11372934

>>11370763
A long-ass time ago, by people far more intelligent than you.
Not paying 10x for Snap-On when I can buy ten entire Hyper Tough sets for the same price.

>> No.11373199

>>11372934
>A long-ass time ago

No, this is a recent thing. 50 years ago people expected stuff to last and would pay for it. Something cheap that falls apart would be considered a waste.

>> No.11375040

I was reading in a lot of places that a food processor is a much better buy in the cheap range (sub $100) because it can do everything a blender can, but more power for your money. It just doesnt pour as nicely as a blender.

Any truth to that?

>> No.11375051

>>11375040
I'd argue that at nearly any price a food processor is better than a blender, unless you only want to use it for smoothies. Hard to beat that mass veggie prep

>> No.11375120

>>11375051
do they make good small food processors then?

>> No.11375128

>>11375040
I suppose. But they're so much work to clean, and stuff gets stuck to the sides easily, causing you to constantly stop, open scrape and resume.

>> No.11375281

>>11370703
>>11370763
Capitalism is a fucking blight on this world.

>> No.11375298
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11375298

Just get an immersion blender. Then you can blend small or large amounts in whatever container you want and its about 10 times easier to clean and take up less storage space.

>> No.11375313

>>11375040
>Any truth to that?

I disagree. Anything you can do with a food processor you can do with a knife. OTOH, the real strength of a blender--making a really smooth puree--is either impossible or extremely labor-intensive to do manually.

I use my food processor maybe once a month. I use the blender several times a week: soups, sauces, marinades, you name it.

>>11375051
>Hard to beat that mass veggie prep
That makes sense if you're cooking for a LOT of people and you're making dishes like stew or chili where the consistency in the veggie chopping doesn't matter. For reasonable size batches of cooking a knife is faster than getting out the food proc and cleaning it when you're done.

>> No.11375335

>>11375313
Are you implying that you can't puree with a food processor?

>> No.11375401

>>11375298
Those don't really work well for milkshakes

>> No.11375479

>>11375298
damn I didn't even think of that. is there a good one I can get for under $50?

>> No.11375733

>>11371558
i've had a nutri bullet for years and mine doesn't have any smell...

>> No.11375768

>>11370559
That guy looks like a Trump supporter

>> No.11375799

>>11375313
>Anything you can do with a food processor you can do with a knife
You can make nut butter with a knife? Please explain your process.

What can you do with your blender that a food processor cant do? Does it leak if you make soup in it or whats stopping you from using it for that, other than not having an easy pour?

>> No.11376005

>>11375799
I can make nut butter without a blender but I'm not putting a knife anywhere near the process either