Need recommendations for a blender for smoothies

I also have a ninja that works well. I add just a little liquid and blend and then continue to add a little more liquid and blend until the smoothie is the consistency I want.

I have a Nutribullet. It's great for smoothies. My larger Ninja seemed too big and wasted a lot of the smoothie on the sides of the blender.

I have two Ninjas, one for home and one for work. The home one is the Ninja professional that comes with a regular blender cup plus two smoothie cups and a separate blade to use with those to make the smoothies directly in the cup.

Ninja family here. We love ours!

Ninja pro here. I’ve used it every day for smoothies for three years. Works wonderfully.

Just saw the Ninja 40% off on Amazon. I don't remember what I paid for mine, or if this is really a good deal, but I thought I'd pass it along. It looks like what I have, and my Ninja works great, as several other peas have mentioned.

www.amazon.com/Ninja-Kitchen-BL770-Processor-Smoothies/dp/B00939I7EK?pf_rd_r=TSGF8SV8HP96G769N7S3&pf_rd_t=Events&pf_rd_i=deals&pf_rd_p=f27d8419-e4ac-4bb5-95eb-9abc2fd749dc&pf_rd_s=slot-14&ref=dlx_deals_gd_dcl_img_10_1d7c66d1_dt_sl14_dc

With frozen fruit?

My immersion blender would never be able to handle whole frozen strawberries.

Vitamix here too. I use it everyday for so much more than just smoothies. But it does make the perfect smoothie. It is expensive but worth every penny.

Vitamix

I have an Oster my blend blender. It works well.

I don't drink enough of them to justify a high priced blender yet

I am on my second Vitamix.  Well, it isn’t that my first one broke in any way, I gave it to my parents.  I wanted to buy a new one for them and they wouldn’t let me.  I would make smoothies for them when they came to my house and I knew they would use one, but they were stubborn about allowing me to spend the money.

I finally came up with a tricky way to get them to take one.  I told them that I wanted to buy a new one in a different color, but felt guilty because my existing one still worked just fine.  If they would agree to take my current one, I would buy the new color and not feel bad.  That did the trick and they agreed to accept my existing Vitamix.

Yes, it is an expensive blender, but it does such an amazing job.  Not only can you make smoothies, you can put onion chunks into it and fill it with water and buzz it a couple of times.  Drain the water and you have finely chopped onions without any tears.  This worked very well for those times that you want really small bits of raw onion.  You could also do this with cabbage for slaw.

I make a lot of soups and when my son was younger, I used to take the vegetables that I knew he didn’t want to eat and purée them into the broth base.  It increased his vegetable intake without him being picky about eating them.  I also used to do the water trick with carrots, onions, and kale or spinach and add that drained vegetable mix to taco meat.  It made the meat tender and again, increased vegetable intake. He said my tacos were much better than his step mother’s tacos.  She actually called me to ask what I was doing to mine because he talked about them tasting so good.

So even though a Vitamix is expensive, you will use it often and probably never need to replace it.  When my father died, Mom made me take the Vitamix back.  I now use it for craft projects instead of using my good one.  It is still going strong and must be over 20 years old now.

There is nothing in the world as good as a Vitamix. Worth every penny!