The wife wants only a new blender for her upcoming birthday and I need to find one. Any ideas? She mainly uses it to make smoothies so I guess it needs to be a heavy duty type one.

And no, we just had a baby so one of these fancy schmancy $500 Vitamix jobs or whatever they are called ain't happening.

Any ideas for under a hundred bucks?

Kitchen Aid.
I bought mine at a dept. store several years ago, and it's been awesome.
I don't remember the exact price, but it wasn't too bad.

I had to replace our blender about 2 years ago. We had a Cuisinart that lasted 10 years. Got it as a wedding gift. It finally crapped out. I searched, asked here, researched elsewhere. Ended up going with a Breville blender. It looks as if they have come down in price since we bought. I paid $200, but just searched and found a few from $150-$160 on Amazon. I know that's not under $100, but I'm not sure how long those under $100 would last.

Waste Kang!

Oh, wait...

Get up early on Sunday and surf the channels to see whats available in the infomercials.

I bought a Ninja from Costco. Among other attachments, it came with three individual sized cups to make single servings of smoothies. I use it every day to make smoothies for my kids. I think I paid around $160.00 but it is worth it.

Ninja kitchen system

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d...quXGbW0PL&ref=plSrch

Yeah: Those Vitamixers are expensive upfront. I paid $325.00 for a reconditioned one 21 years ago. Use it nearly everyday,some times twice.

Would buy another one in a heartbeat if I could kill the first one.

The Ninja is by far the best bang for your buck. I used one almost every day for a long time to make smoothies. Works great - not a bit of difference in the end product from one of those thousand dollar jobs.

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The CSM has used a Nutribullet for a few years, works great. She has a smoothie almost ever morning. We did have to replace a blade because it started leaking. You can get it for about $60 and it comes with a couple different cups.

Shendid have me buy her a Vitamix, she is about to have surgery and will be on a liquid only diet for a while. She says the Vitamix will pulverize the smaller bits better. Haven't used it yet.

Ninja for sure

My wife bought "us" a Vitamix a couple years ago for "our" Christmas present. It gets used every day for her breakfast smoothie, plus other chores, like making peanut butter, some soups, etc.

It's industrial grade & I could probably use it to grind fallen tree branches into mulch. I consider it a good investment, because it gets used hard.

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Originally posted by BigSwede:
Shendid have me buy her a Vitamix, she is about to have surgery and will be on a liquid only diet for a while. She says the Vitamix will pulverize the smaller bits better. Haven't used it yet.

A Vitamix will liquefy anything. If you run it for a while it will grind up strawberry and blackberry seeds until the pieces are so small you can't tell they are there.

They are also powerful enough that you can make soup in them by putting a bunch of raw stuff in and running it on high for 6-10 minutes. The friction from the blades will heat it up enough to cook it and it will come out steaming.

Ninja on the Cheap but Good tip, Vitamix for the buy once cry once lifetime Blender.

Vitamix
- The GF has one, and I have one. Both are great and can't be beat. Steel drive and blades, so it won't strip out.

- use mine for smoothies post work out. Usually just frozen fruit and protein powder or hemp hearts, works like a charm.

the issue with the knija is that blades are really sharp. Good luck cleaning them.

Both Vitamix and Blendtec have dull blades and use speed and power to do the work.

You can usually get a good buy on a Vitamix at Costco $250 or so. Alternatively I've seen them in outlet mall kitchen stores, usually reconditioned for a lower cost.

Blendtec are A+ as well. I was all in on Blendtec before the GF got a Vitamix. I went Vitamix due to Costco deals.

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Originally posted by 46and2:
Ninja on the Cheap but Good tip, Vitamix for the buy once cry once lifetime Blender.

This is the bottom line right here. The Vitanix is the better blender by far, but the price reflects that.

If you stuff smoothie ingredients plus a huge handful of spinach into a Ninja you get a somewhat smooth smoothie with green fiberous flecks throughout. Take the same ingredients in a. Itsmix and then double the spinach and you end up with a milkshake smooth uniform green with no trace of a fiberous fleck smoothie. It really is better.

Heck, I make things like butter and mayonnaise with mine. I'm not sure the ninja is up to that.

Comes down to budget.

I was going to recommend a Vitamix, but otherwise, I like my KitchenAid.

If you can get a Vitamix for under $500, go for it.

I got a Ninja as a x-mas gift, mainly does smoothies but, the occasional gravy and soup also gives it a workout. Hasn't had a hiccup in 5-years, keeps on humming.

Certified Reconditioned from Vitamix. They have the old model Standard Program for $279 on the Vitamix Website. I prefer the tall skinny pitchers ro the short fat ones.

I'd watch out if I were you. When the wife says she wants a blender or a new vacuumn for her birthday or Christmas, what they are expecting is a shiny ring, diamond necklace or few days paid for a body massage.