NutriBullet? Is it any good?

[Fritzo]

Show me where on this doll the Nutri Bullet touched you.

Seriously - that's a lot of vitriol/emotion over an inanimate object, whether it's a blender or some magic enzyme extractor.

We use one of the higher priced Omega masticating juicers at the Jeeebus household. Probably 3 - 4 breakfasts per week consist of kale, spinach, mint, carrots, apples, pineapple, etc. My wife likes to experiment with what veggies she throws in the juicer, which occasionally means I run outside and pick some miracle fruit so that I can tolerate it.

Synsepalum dulcificum, also known as the miracle fruit, is a plant with a berry that, when eaten, causes sour foods (such as lemons and limes) subsequently consumed to taste sweet. This effect is due to miraculin, which is used commercially as a sugar substitute. Common names for this species and its berry include miracle fruit,[2] miracle berry, miraculous berry,[2] sweet berry,[3][4][5] and in West Africa, where the species originates, agbayun,[6] taami, asaa, and ledidi.

::mind blown::

 

[smackababy]

I am still awaiting some scientific explanation on how chopping up a fruit or vegetable into very small pieces removes the vitamin content.

 

[Renob]

got me a Ninja for Christmas and love it lol able to sneak all kinds of vegie stuff into the kids nice little product not sure about the NutriBullet

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

my nutribullet has gotten me laid 3x as much as my vitamix or my blendtec has.
true story.

 

[surfsatwerk]

I am still awaiting some scientific explanation on how chopping up a fruit or vegetable into very small pieces removes the vitamin content.

Because it's got what plants crave.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

my nutribullet has gotten me laid 3x as much as my vitamix or my blendtec has.
true story.

3 x 0 = 0

Yep, the math checks out.

 

[smackababy]

Because it's got what plants crave.

Electrolytes?

And, for the record, I actually have seen plants grow in a toilet!

 

[Jeeebus]

::mind blown::

It's pretty awesome - really does change/mask the flavor of stuff. You can bite down on a lemon/grapefruit and it's actually sweet.

Sometimes I misjudge a juice that is actually sweet to start with, chew on a miracle fruit, and the result is somewhat sickening sweet.

 

[NutBucket]

Not true. Blenders tend to get hot which destroys the fruits or vegetables nutrients. The nutribullet doesn't get that hot so the nutrients don't get lost.

1st statement: True, if you let it blend long enough.

2nd statement: Proof please.

 

[SP33Demon]

1st statement: True, if you let it blend long enough.

2nd statement: Proof please.

How long? An hour? I'm calling bullshit. If you pour cold milk + refrigerated or frozen fruits/veggies you would have to blend for a long ass time to get it to warm up. Most redonkulous shit I've ever heard.

 

[zanemoseley]

Anyone tried a Cuisinart CPB-300 to compare it to? I might sneak into Walmart to see if the Nutribullet is on sale there, the downside is I'll have to go into Walmart lol. I'd hate to fill up my Walmart visit quota by mid-February.

 

[Kaido]

Electrolytes?

That's what plants crave!

 

[Fayd]

Please learn to follow along, it's much easier on everyone that way. The vitriol is not directed at the inanimate object, it's directed towards the animate (barely) objects who have been fooled into believing that the inanimate object is something special and want to argue to help themselves get over their buyers remorse.

well, there is the convenience factor of the thing doing single-size smoothies and making cleanup really simple. breaking out the blendtec for a breakfast smoothie seems really excessive. breaking this out seems appropriate.

It's similar to the appeal of keurig over the standard drip coffeemakers.

 

[NutBucket]

How long? An hour? I'm calling bullshit. If you pour cold milk + refrigerated or frozen fruits/veggies you would have to blend for a long ass time to get it to warm up. Most redonkulous shit I've ever heard.

Throw frozen stuff into a VitaMix and it'll freeze. If it's semi warm it will get rather hot fairly quickly.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Would be interesting to see a thermal imaging camera view of a blender in action to see if this heat statement is true. It sorta makes sense though, the friction of the blades probably creates intense heat in a very small area, but at the molecular level it could perhaps have some kind of impact. Would be interesting to see an actual scientific study on this to see if it's true or if it's BS. Maybe the mythbusters could do it.

I suppose one test would be to blend ice cubes in sub zero temperatures to see if any water comes out.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Sounds dumb, but different units do process foods differently. Between mine and my roomies blenders things come out different. Taste and color wise. Even more so between our Juicers. You can put 2 halves of a piece of fruit in both and it will look totally different and have a very different taste. I don't know exactly how to explain why this is, so the review you quoted, for all I know has some merit to it.

No I get that (to an extent, I'm a bit worried that you're getting such drastically different results as you describe though). But that is what causes the problems. Its like people just rave or say something is garbage without really explaining much. We don't really get analysis that could be meaningful, like this one is better because it has a better quality motor, or has a bigger variety of blades for specific uses, or better quality blades, or has better modes. Its "OMFG this blender just gave me a fucking orgasssssssmmmm oh my god yes yes yes yes!!!!! FFUUUUUUUCCCCCCCK!!!!" or "this blender sucks, don't buy!!!" or "This blender uses ancient Chinese secret paired with voodoo to make the perfect glass of water, by separating and altering the electron balance differential and then combining hydrogen and oxygen which has been scientifically proven to be the best way to make water". The latter is especially annoying as it sounds like its some real thorough scientifically sound explanation when its just as much nonsense as any of the rest.

Having owned several blenders, I've found that they don't all work the same like you'd like to think they all do. One was bad crushing ice. Another due to the shape of the blender container didn't do a good job making smoothies b/c the blades were up too high in the container.

Absolutely, and that's the issue. We're not getting much real objective analysis, which is much more helpful. When its something that wouldn't take that much effort to actually objectively consider, I mean a blender has just a few components that could looked at in a fairly simple and rational manner.

I make no association with the heating of food and nutritional value.

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My point is it's a super powerful food processor that's super easy to clean and the clever design makes it better than most competing products at its price point.

ATOT- the only place in the US where you're not allowed to like something.

I assumed as much and I think your post was ok other than it kinda read like it was just bullet points from an infomercial. I think that's what rubbed the other person the wrong way, it came off like a scripted marketing response.

Ok, thanks for the clarification.

The other issue is trying to separate the people that are raving just because the device enabled something that most devices that offer that would satisfy or if the specific item is worthy of the praise. For instance is it that people are so enthralled with the single serving blender setup that that is what they're actually praising or are they praising this specific model of blender for some reason.

Sorry to be a dick, but its annoying to try and figure out what is going on. I had no knowledge of this brand so seeing the responses in this thread I was a bit baffled. I googled and noticed that some places were talking about people raving about it simply because of it being single serve, and/or it was so cheap (even though you can easily find single serve blender setups for cheaper), so I was just trying to understand what was going on.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Would be interesting to see a thermal imaging camera view of a blender in action to see if this heat statement is true. It sorta makes sense though, the friction of the blades probably creates intense heat in a very small area, but at the molecular level it could perhaps have some kind of impact. Would be interesting to see an actual scientific study on this to see if it's true or if it's BS. Maybe the mythbusters could do it.

I suppose one test would be to blend ice cubes in sub zero temperatures to see if any water comes out.

Some heat is made just from the friction, but the issue is if that actually has any meaningful impact on what's in it. I say no as the temps are not going to be meaningful (and unless the blender is total garbage things will get cycled around so the part experiencing the heat will be constantly changing) and the timeframe is so limited. If it ruined the nutrients of food so much then people would not be cooking food at all (as that's orders of magnitude more severe of heat treatment than a blender and for much longer period of time).

Its kinda like the claim about how a microwave destroys nutrients in food and so its worse than cooking in some other manner. It sounds scientifically rational but its actually total BS.

 

[SP33Demon]

Some heat is made just from the friction, but the issue is if that actually has any meaningful impact on what's in it. I say no as the temps are not going to be meaningful (and unless the blender is total garbage things will get cycled around so the part experiencing the heat will be constantly changing) and the timeframe is so limited. If it ruined the nutrients of food so much then people would not be cooking food at all (as that's orders of magnitude more severe of heat treatment than a blender and for much longer period of time).

Its kinda like the claim about how a microwave destroys nutrients in food and so its worse than cooking in some other manner. It sounds scientifically rational but its actually total BS.

I agree.

 

[Fayd]

How long? An hour? I'm calling bullshit. If you pour cold milk + refrigerated or frozen fruits/veggies you would have to blend for a long ass time to get it to warm up. Most redonkulous shit I've ever heard.

For our blendtec blender (the one from the will it blend? series)

To go from room temperature to serving temperature (~150) = 3 minutes.

delta(t) = 150 - 72 = 78.

delta(t) from from near frozen (32) to serving = 118.

118/78 = 1.51

1.51 * 3 =~ 4.5

To go from near freezing (32) to serving temperature will take around 4.5 minutes.

 

[SP33Demon]

For our blendtec blender (the one from the will it blend? series)

To go from room temperature to serving temperature (~150) = 3 minutes.

delta(t) = 150 - 72 = 78.

delta(t) from from near frozen (32) to serving = 118.

118/78 = 1.51

1.51 * 3 =~ 4.5

To go from near freezing (32) to serving temperature will take around 4.5 minutes.

Exactly, how many people blend for 4.5 minutes? I blend frozen fruits and veggies for 20 seconds in my shitty Oster and it comes out perfect.

 

[Fritzo]

Exactly, how many people blend for 4.5 minutes? I blend frozen fruits and veggies for 20 seconds in my shitty Oster and it comes out perfect.

Yeah, the Nutribullet you only have to do like 4-5 seconds. If my ingredients are room temperature I will add some ice though.

 

[Jeeebus]

Decent juice this morning.

Kale, carrots, ginger, orange, apple, passion fruit (fresh picked).

Edit... forgot to mention pomegranate.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Some heat is made just from the friction, but the issue is if that actually has any meaningful impact on what's in it. I say no as the temps are not going to be meaningful (and unless the blender is total garbage things will get cycled around so the part experiencing the heat will be constantly changing) and the timeframe is so limited. If it ruined the nutrients of food so much then people would not be cooking food at all (as that's orders of magnitude more severe of heat treatment than a blender and for much longer period of time).

Its kinda like the claim about how a microwave destroys nutrients in food and so its worse than cooking in some other manner. It sounds scientifically rational but its actually total BS.

It is not the heat from the blades that are the issue, it is that there are blades at all. Juice that is squeezed via a masticating juicer can simply last longer if you are greens juicing than juice created by a blade.

 

[MetalMat]

My GF has been using one for a while and I recently decided to give it a shot for making fruit smoothies. It works well for a single serving which is I like. For whatever reason I would often make too much in my old blender and the leftovers mix would just sit in the fridge.

 

[Fritzo]

My GF has been using one for a while and I recently decided to give it a shot for making fruit smoothies. It works well for a single serving which is I like. For whatever reason I would often make too much in my old blender and the leftovers mix would just sit in the fridge.

That's what distinguishes it from a blender. It's mostly the really smart design that makes it more useful. We leave ours on the counter and I make my morning protein shake in it. Then the kids come home and load up on fruit and yogurt smoothies.