what is the best blender?

[rhino56]

im wanting to buy my g/f a nice blender for christmas and have no idea what a good one is. she uses it pretty much daily for smoothies and drinks.

 

[BigJ]

http://www.blendtec.com/

May be a little out of your price range though

 

[rhino56]

nice, ill try to find a decent deal on one.

 

[TheNewbie]

lol... Are you serious? you haven't seen any of the will-it-blend vids?!!!!!???

 

[rhino56]

Originally posted by: TheNewbie
lol... Are you serious? you haven't seen any of the will-it-blend vids?!!!!!???

no

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: rhino56
im wanting to buy my g/f a nice blender for christmas and have no idea what a good one is. she uses it pretty much daily for smoothies and drinks.

if you're interested in making hot tortilla soup using nothing but a blender, then by all means get a blendtec or a vitamix. otherwise, the original is still the best

 

[cw42]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NdD54rG9oQA

 

[rhino56]

got the blender yesterday , gonna be a great gift i hope

 

[steppinthrax]

I seriouslly don't think he is going to be blending Ipods, pennies and marbles. I have a kitchen aid blender. You know the one with the cast iron base. 5 speed. Electronic push button. I got it a couple of years ago. Works wonderful. It's got a glass container. Just recently kitchenaid is not using glass but plastic. Which I don't really agree...

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: rhino56
got the blender yesterday , gonna be a great gift i hope

what brand did ya get?

 

[steppinthrax]

Oster use to make good blenders. My mom bought one in the 80's and it still works. It has a powerful motor and a plastic base. Now Oster is sold at walmart. It sucks now.

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: cw42
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NdD54rG9oQA

LOL, nice special effects!

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: rhino56
im wanting to buy my g/f a nice blender for christmas and have no idea what a good one is. she uses it pretty much daily for smoothies and drinks.

Dude, you're going to buy your g/f a blender for Christmas? How romantic...why not just get her a vacuum cleaner? :laugh:

 

[rhino56]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: rhino56
got the blender yesterday , gonna be a great gift i hope

what brand did ya get?

blendtec hp3a

 

[MrWizzard]

After just reading in the ?Sex and Marriage with robots? thread, I was going to say one that has sex with you but on second thought, blenders and sex..... I'll abstain.

 

[imported_Section8]

Originally posted by: steppinthrax
I seriouslly don't think he is going to be blending Ipods, pennies and marbles. I have a kitchen aid blender. You know the one with the cast iron base. 5 speed. Electronic push button. I got it a couple of years ago. Works wonderful. It's got a glass container. Just recently kitchenaid is not using glass but plastic. Which I don't really agree...

I also got the KA blender and it will grind your arm off. I was using a heavy wood spoon to (foolishly) tamp stuff into the blender and it was like a pencil sharpener.

 

[Squisher]

Consumer Reports

 

[AMCRambler]

I don't know about good ones, but if you're lookingto chop ice to make frozen drinks the Magic Bullet sux. Girlfriend got one for her b-day. The commercial makes them seem so awesome. Zap, zap, zap and your stuff is chopped, pureed, whatever. We tried doing Daiquiri's and it couldn't chop the ice completely. We tried making pesto and it couldn't chop the basil or the pine nuts completely. It's pretty craptastic. For things like fruit smoothies with some liquid to them I think it might be ok, but no substitute for a good blender.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: rhino56

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: rhino56
got the blender yesterday , gonna be a great gift i hope

what brand did ya get?

blendtec hp3a

OMG you actually got a Blendtec? PICS!!!!

 

[Doodoo]

Calm down there...its just a blender...

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Doodoo
Calm down there...its just a blender...

JUST a blender? Blasphemer!

 

[cdmccool]

Originally posted by: AMCRambler
I don't know about good ones, but if you're lookingto chop ice to make frozen drinks the Magic Bullet sux. Girlfriend got one for her b-day. The commercial makes them seem so awesome. Zap, zap, zap and your stuff is chopped, pureed, whatever. We tried doing Daiquiri's and it couldn't chop the ice completely. We tried making pesto and it couldn't chop the basil or the pine nuts completely. It's pretty craptastic. For things like fruit smoothies with some liquid to them I think it might be ok, but no substitute for a good blender.

Maybe you overfilled the blender? I use a Magic Bullet and it's the best blender I've ever owned.

 

[rhino56]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: rhino56

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: rhino56
got the blender yesterday , gonna be a great gift i hope

what brand did ya get?

blendtec hp3a

OMG you actually got a Blendtec? PICS!!!!

she said it was the best gift she has ever gotten. it is a really awesome blender for sure. it makes slushy type drinks so perfect, they are really smooth and consistent. she has been using it everyday making stuff. ill take some good pics of how awesome this thing is.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: cdmccool

Originally posted by: AMCRambler
I don't know about good ones, but if you're lookingto chop ice to make frozen drinks the Magic Bullet sux. Girlfriend got one for her b-day. The commercial makes them seem so awesome. Zap, zap, zap and your stuff is chopped, pureed, whatever. We tried doing Daiquiri's and it couldn't chop the ice completely. We tried making pesto and it couldn't chop the basil or the pine nuts completely. It's pretty craptastic. For things like fruit smoothies with some liquid to them I think it might be ok, but no substitute for a good blender.

Maybe you overfilled the blender? I use a Magic Bullet and it's the best blender I've ever owned.

Everytime I see the Magic Bullet blender at CostCo and LNT - I wanna buy it!

What have you made with it?

 

[conehead433]

Originally posted by: rhino56

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: rhino56

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: rhino56
got the blender yesterday , gonna be a great gift i hope

what brand did ya get?

blendtec hp3a

OMG you actually got a Blendtec? PICS!!!!

she said it was the best gift she has ever gotten. it is a really awesome blender for sure. it makes slushy type drinks so perfect, they are really smooth and consistent. she has been using it everyday making stuff. ill take some good pics of how awesome this thing is.

Marry her immediately.