A Blender Question.

Right now, I have a really pathetic blender that doesn't do much. So I'm spending a ton of money on protein smoothies because I'm obsessed with them. Payday is Friday, so I want to get a good blender that will make good fruit smoothies. I'd prefer to spend less than $100 on it. Any suggestions?

I was going to suggest Vitamix, then I saw your less than $100 limit.

As someone who just received a Vitamix for my birthday, I would say save up something from each pay period - say $25 - if you can and buy a decent blender. Could be Vitamix or Blentec, you will not regret it.

In the meantime, use the pathetic blender - Rome was not built in a day.

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San

That's true and the OP could buy a Ninja blender.

I love love love my vitamix. Its probably a blender that will last me a super long time. Definitely
worth saving for but my friend got one after I got mine and she said if you
buy from vitamix directly they will let you do monthly payments when
ordering thru customer service.

I have a ninja. It was 200+ in Saskatchewan. More than likely cheaper in your area. It has the regular blender and a single serve cup option. I like it. I make myself a smoothie about 5 nights of the week, so I'll probably wear it out sooner than someone who would use it casually.

I have the Wolfgang Puck and it is awesome. I put in 1/2 an Adkins drink, 1 cup of ice and a handful of fresh fruit. This ice is no problem for this blender and I have been doing this for a year now so it's pretty durable. When I make too much I freeze and pretend I have ice cream.

I love love love my vitamix. Its probably a blender that will last me a super long time. Definitely
worth saving for but my friend got one after I got mine and she said if you
buy from vitamix directly they will let you do monthly payments when
ordering thru customer service.

I have been wanting one for years, finally go the surprise this year. Bought from Amazon but had to return as the box was open. Looked online and found out that Williams-Sonoma was doing a special with the new Vitamix Professional Series 300 Blender, they were offering:

Limited Time Only! - $50 Bonus Vitamix Container with purchase of any Professional Series Vitamix Blender*

I have been making smoothies every day since receiving my blender, best purchase to date. Also this new blender fits under the kitchen cupboards.

I love my ninja blender. We use it nearly daily for the last year now and I did have to replace one part ($25) because it cracked, but IMO worth it completely because we have gotten so much use out of it. Mine came with two single serve cups which we use way more than the main blender because you can portion out easily and then just pop the sippy lid on it and go. Mine is the "mega kitchen series"

Try a hand blender for smoothies around $40

I also have the Ninja with the individual cups. It does pretty good, but I'm not as enthralled as the pricetag indicates I should be. The blade base is hard to clean because it's difficult to get in to some spots. I also had a big problem with graphite or whatever it is dropping out of the base and leaving black flecks in my smoothies - I had to train myself not to flip the lid over anywhere near my drink. The blades/lid also have a tendency to unscrew and leak if you have to do any serious blending, leaving a sticky mess in the blender base which is hard to clean and makes the "on" mechanism stick or become harder to engage.

Don't get me wrong, it's a decent blender, but these aren't things I expected to deal with. I would have been fine with using my immersion blender but my husband can't be deterred from buying crap once he decides he needs it.