According to the manual, the blender isn't meant to be used as an ice crusher without adding liquid to the jar. She believes that living a healthy lifestyle and eating for your health isn't meant to be complicated -- it's meant to be simple, enjoyable, and judgment-free (with room for dessert). Take your nutrition extraction to the next level with the power, precision and versatility of the NutriBullet Blender Combo 1200. The personal jars and lids are also dishwasher-safe, but unfortunately, the blade assembly for the personal jars needs to be cleaned by hand.

Unlike when making a single-serve blend, you need to run the blender manually for about half a minute on 'High' after using the 'Extract' program, but it's still a very easy process. Ninjas generally outperform NutriBullets in our tests, scoring significantly higher for ice crushing and kale processing. Also chilled liquid such as spring water, herbal or ginger teas, almond milk can help to make the smoothie cold without over watering.The Smart Touch Blender Combo has a touchscreen control panel with manual and preprogrammed settings. It performed excellently across the majority of our tests – blending soft food, crushing ice, chopping carrots, making a green smoothie, dry milling nuts and parmesan cheese all produced excellent results. In our blender reviews, our kitchen lab experts tested the NutriBullet Pro 1000, Pro 1200, Select 1200, Smart Touch Blender Combo and Blender Combo 1200. It has a wider range of speed settings, more automatic programs, and a digital blending time indicator. With an incredibly powerful 1200 watt bullet capable of turning the ultra-sharp, Japanese steel NutriBullet extractor blade an incredible 25,000rpm.

But honestly, I’m very glad I didn’t shell out for an upgrade because I don’t think it is really providing extra value.

Be kind to Mother Earth with this refreshing, fortifying, and ultra-hydrating Cactus Cooler Smoothie . It received a good rating for yield in our orange, apple and green leafy juice tests, but was only OK for carrot juice yield. Each monthly edition features Kent’s best events, fashion, dining, accommodation, businesses, travel, days out, entertainment, celebrities, interviews and more. The KitchenAid K400 has a much better build quality and offers a better performance for processing fibrous ingredients, making nut butter, and crushing ice. If this opinion changes after I have used the machine for a while I will come back and alter this post, but for the moment I would say that if you already have a Nutribullet of any kind you should stick with it and not bother to upgrade.

While traditional blenders have a large jug with a lid that sits on top of the base, single-serve NutriBullets have a cup which locks into the base to activate the blender. If you come across another version, please let us know in the discussions, and we'll update our review. Its main jar has a 64-ounce capacity, and it comes with a pair of personal jars for single-serve blends like smoothies.

When she’s not dishing out nutrition tidbits, you can find McKenzie visiting her local farmers market, hiking her favorite trails with her husband, and chasing after her daughters. There's an 'Extract' program you can use to puree ingredients for something like a smoothie, as well as a 'Pulse' button that you can hold down to pulse continuously. The NutriBullet Blender Combo and the Ninja Professional Blender 1000 have different strengths, and you may prefer either, depending on what you're looking for. Three iconic bullet cups: Nutribullet Blender Combo comes with three of the classic bullet shaped blender cups for delicious and nutritious smoothies.