Ninja BN801 Professional Plus Kitchen System, 1400 WP, 5 Functions for Smoothies, Chopping, Dough & More with Auto IQ, 72-oz.* Blender Pitcher, 64-oz. Processor Bowl, (2) 24-oz. To-Go Cups, Grey

Performs Well Despite Its Design Flaws. I purchased this blender to replace a much older (and cheaper) Ninja blender I’ve had for what seems like a million years now. It still works, but it just never quite had the power needed to blend ice into a texture that wasn’t gritty and crunchy. I’ll be honest, purchasing this new Ninja blender was definitely an impulse buy. I was literally at home drinking a Starbucks Frappuccino when I said to myself, “I sure wish I could make these at home”.Long story short, this blender DOES have the power to replicate your favorite frozen drinks in terms of texture. No grit. No sand. Just smooth ice. It’s fantastic. I’ve used this blender to make smoothies, slushies, and frappes that always come out amazing. But here’s the thing: I ended up returning it and getting a Vitamix instead. And there are a few reasons why:What really bothered me about this blender was the container design. Almost everything about it is frustrating. My old Ninja blender container, nearly 10 years old, had very similar issues because the fundamental design is nearly identical. The plastic pitcher has a long blade attachment that loosely fits inside and takes up an enormous amount of room. Getting everything you want blended in the container at once can be challenging if you are using big chunks of things like ice cubes or pineapple. Oftentimes I had to blend my ingredients in segments to make room for more.This type of blade design is also annoying if your ingredients end up compacted at the bottom. There’s no ability to tamper. And if you pull the blade out when stuff is in there, it’s not going back in until you’ve loosened up that area. To reduce the likelihood of getting ice or other ingredients compacted, it’s necessary to ensure you have plenty of liquid in the container before blending and add frozen things (including ice) last. Chopping ice first and adding liquids after is a big no-no.Which brings me to another concern I had regarding the blade, and that is longterm durability. You see, there are typically two types of blades you can find in a blender: ones that chop/slice and ones that pulverize. These long blades are designed to slice through ingredients and over time, especially with hard ingredients like ice, the blades will start to dull. I have no doubt the machine itself will last a long time, but the blades will wear out quickly depending on how often you use it. If you only blend OCCASIONALLY then I think you’ll be ok. But if you blend ice daily I think it’s worth investing in a blender with a better blade design and better warranty (like Vitamix). Otherwise, you’ll need to sharpen the Ninja blades yourself (or replace them) as they dull in order to ensure consistent performance.For comparison, Vitamix blades are dull by design; they sit at the bottom of the container and pulverize from below. It also allows you to fill the entire pitcher without this annoying obstacle in the way. Unlike the Ninja they cannot be removed, but Vitamix offers a 5, 7, or 10 year warranty depending on the model. It sounds dumb, but I compare these different designs to washing machines: the Ninja would be a top-load machine and the Vitamix would be front-load. The two drums are very different. In any case, I decided I did not want to deal with the Ninja blade long-term since I blend daily.The other thing that really bothered me was the handle design. It’s just like my old Ninja. It has a black plastic cover that is screwed onto the clear handle. This creates a hollow, and NOT airtight space where water gets trapped when cleaning. Regardless of whether a blender is dishwasher safe or not, I only wash them by hand. So to constantly see a clean, dry pitcher that has water drops trapped in the handle bothers me to no end. Sure, you can unscrew the plastic cover to dry it out, but who wants to do that every time they wash it? Not me!At this price point, this is a solid blender and does a great job. But I only recommend it for casual use. Daily use I think will benefit greatly from a better quality blender that, while initially more expensive, will likely save money longterm since blades will last longer and pitchers won’t get water trapped in them.

Que les puedo decir, desde que probé los electordomésticos de esta marca, no me han fallado. Son un poco caros, pero valen la pena. Seguire comprando esta marca.

Like everything about it except the suction cups. This is my first Ninja blender and I am very pleased. It blends great smoothies in the smaller cups and terrific margaritas in the big pitcher. The 3 Auto-IQ programs work perfectly for everything I have tried so far.The only thing I don’t like about this blender is the suction cups as the two front feet of the base unit. They are really strong suction cups so you can’t just casually lift up the base to move the blender a bit nor can you easily slide the blender under the cupboard and slide it out again when you want to use it. It’s a real nuisance and not all that easy to have to tilt the base of the blender in one direction or other to release those strong suction cups before you can move the blender.I would have preferred the plain old sticky rubber feet on all four corners that have always been strong enough to hold my blenders in place while mixing, but other than that the functions of this Ninja blender are very nice.

First Fancy Blender, Loving It. Over the years I keep buying like cheap 30$ blenders from WalMart to make smoothies in, as an easy way to eat more fruits and vegetables, but I get tired of those because they make more of what I like to call “chunkies”. Kind of hard to hide broccoli in a fruit smoothie when you all of a sudden start chewing on a broccoli stem.I was going to get Vitamix, but they are just too expensive for me to justify at this point in my life. I talked to a couple of different people and they suggested the Ninja brand. Looked into them and picked this one, mostly cause of the IQ setting and the Smoothie button, because I don’t want to have to sit there and pulse and guess, I just want a smoothie! Settled on this model and I’m so glad I got it. It’s not that expensive but it works amazingly! I want to try some of the other things too like soups and stuff, probably look into that more in the winter.Also I like that it’s really easy to clean, that was another issue with cheaper blenders. You have to like take so much apart on cheap ones to make sure you clean it all and let it dry. With this blender it takes me less than 10 seconds to clean it out, and worse case if I wanted to I can put all the parts into the dishwasher.

So nice. Really built well. Does everything around the kitchen well. Chops ice great