Nutri ninja or nutribullet 600w

Terry5135

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.

Terry5135

If anyone happened to catch the above appeal for help, please ignore. I discovered the problem - and yes, I feel a bit stupid.

I examined the blade/lid today carefully, which I thought was sparkling clean. I discovered a bunch of flax seeds had lodged inside the lid, within the outer ring of the lid's inner surface. I got a brush and cleared those, thinking this was probably it - I couldn't tighten the lid down properly because of the seeds.

When I finally tested it tonight, it worked perfectly.

Sorry about that. And I still love the machine.

Tedious Bore

Where else besides Currys sells the Nutri Ninja?

rubadub

Tedious Bore wrote: »

Where else besides Currys sells the Nutri Ninja?

argos, 1 of them is on sale
http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10152&catalogId=14551&langId=111&searchTerms=nutri+ninja&authToken=

Terry5135

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

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

Terry5135

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.

rubadub

Big reductions on both in argos

the nutri ninja is 77euro and nutribullet is 83euro

more info here

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057505752

I think there may be other ways to maximise it, like getting vouchers or buying argos vouchers in tesco which get you points.

bluecherry74

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.

bluecherry74

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.

DarkoT

I just bought Philips blender twice the price of the Nutri Bullet but with more power. In my opinion I got better blender for better price

DarkoT

Leakpotato wrote: »

How easy is it to clean?

It's very easy, all you need to do is to remove the the cutters with simple twist, and than you can wash them... It's basically the same like the nutri bullet in cleaning

Mars Bar

DarkoT wrote: »

I just bought Philips blender twice the price of the Nutri Bullet but with more power. In my opinion I got better blender for better price

Do you mean half the price of double the price?

DarkoT

Mars Bar wrote: »

Do you mean half the price of double the price?

Sorry for the misunderstanding, I mean half the price of the NutriBullet.

jobless

got one of these the other day and very happy with it, breville blender

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DGLUW4E?keywords=breville%20blend%20active&qid=1445433752&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

Makes very nice smoothies, chops up ice frozen fruit etc very easy for a quarter the price of a nutribullt

Hi everyone

On sale again today

Nutri Ninja BL450 Blender with Pulse Technology €77.99
http://checkargos.com/?search=3796586

Nutribullet graphite €82.99
http://checkargos.com/?search=1463237

longshanks

I gave in and bought one, made some interesting juices.

_Whimsical_

I want one so much!!

Be careful with the fruit smoothies, it's a great temptation to think you're being "good" by loading up with several pieces of fruit at once in a blender. However you're actually dumping a load of sugar into your system in one go which is not good for general health or weight loss as it causes a big insulin spike. Better to try and load up with veg and try adding smaller amounts of fruit. Spinach for instance is completely tasteless in smoothies, the taste of kale is neutralised by lemon to the point of disappearing. They're good,very healthy veg to start adding in without compromising on taste.

magicmushroom

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

I want one so much!!

Be careful with the fruit smoothies, it's a great temptation to think you're being "good" by loading up with several pieces of fruit at once in a blender. However you're actually dumping a load of sugar into your system in one go which is not good for general health or weight loss as it causes a big insulin spike. Better to try and load up with veg and try adding smaller amounts of fruit. Spinach for instance is completely tasteless in smoothies, the taste of kale is neutralised by lemon to the point of disappearing. They're good,very healthy veg to start adding in without compromising on taste.

Got myself a Ninja today! I'm delighted, my old blender was awful.

Loads of veggies are yummy in smoothies - Kale, Spinach, Carrot, Beetroot, Cucumber, Celery, avocado...some veggies like Carrot still carry sugar but less so than fruits.

Good advice you've given above; I used to think I was great drinking my banana, raspberry, blueberry and strawberry smoothies every day u till I learnt about the sugar content! I now use mainly veg.

PopTarts

Anyone know anything about the Texet brand sold in Tesco? Looks pretty much the same as NutriBullet and 600w. €39.99 at minute, down from €99.99 apparently.

PopTarts

Is the rubber part (the seal gasket) attached to the blade important?

Mine kept falling out and today it fell out and was sliced in half!!!

Can it function ok without it?