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Is A Nutri Bullet Just A Fad?

KevinPotts

KevinPotts

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I had a good look at one of these in our John Lewis in Sat and nearly picked one up, but my daughter-in-law just asked the question "is it an expensive fad?"

Is it?


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We've had one for a year and find it to be an excellent blender, in fact we use it as a cooking implement far more than we use it for smoothies. It depends on whether you cook...
 
KevinPotts said:
I had a good look at one of these in our John Lewis in Sat and nearly picked one up, but my daughter-in-law just asked the question "is it an expensive fad?"

Is it?


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Yes!
 
tim2000s said:
We've had one for a year and find it to be an excellent blender, in fact we use it as a cooking implement far more than we use it for smoothies. It depends on whether you cook...
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Thanks. Yes, in fact I cook more than ever since my T2 diagnosis.


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I agree that it is a fad! A good blender does the same job, for a fraction of the price.
 
RoseofSharon said:
I agree that it is a fad! A good blender does the same job, for a fraction of the price.
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Thanks. I already have a blender (25 years old) and still going strong but I don't have a milling blade. So if you were trading in my old blender would you go for another blender or Nutribullet?


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KevinPotts said:
I had a good look at one of these in our John Lewis in Sat and nearly picked one up, but my daughter-in-law just asked the question "is it an expensive fad?"

Is it?


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Being ever the pedant; it's only a fad, if you only use it a few times, then it clutters up a worktop or cupboard.

Personally, I don't care for smoothies, so it doesn't have enormous appeal from that perspective. I had always used the various attachments for my Kenwood Chef to blend, mince and so on. Earlier in the year, I decided to have a decent food processor, for a smaller footprint, plus I really wanted a decent glass or metal spice mill. I eventually settled on another Kenwood, in the professional range. It may have been a little more than a blender or nutribullet alone, but it makes my home made coleslaw chopping or Cauli ricing exceptionally quick and easy. I'm happy I did the right thing for me.
 
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Nosher, do you say that born out of experience?


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I was going to be sarcastic, but I haven't got the wit!

All I believe is there is always something new on the market that is faddish, when you already have something similar in the back of the cupboard!
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Thanks Nosher


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AndBreathe said:
Being ever the pedant; it's only a fad, if you only use it a few times, then it clutters up a worktop or cupboard.

Personally, I don't care for smoothies, so it doesn't have enormous appeal from that perspective. I had always used the various attachments for my Kenwood Chef to blend, mince and so on. Earlier in the year, I decided to have a decent food processor, for a smaller footprint, plus I really wanted a decent glass or metal spice mill. I eventually settled on another Kenwood, in the professional range. It may have been a little more than a blender or nutribullet alone, but it makes my home made coleslaw chopping or Cauli ricing exceptionally quick and easy. I'm happy I did the right thing for me.
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Now that's got me thinking AndBreathe.


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I wanted to buy one but did not for the following reasons.
To make flour you need to push few times with a spatula...in a nutriblender you have to remove it unscrew and do that many times....so for me it is not good at all.
Plus that I make butter from almonds , coconut desiccated, and sesame. Nutribulet is useless for that. Any blender with high power motor will do a much better job than the nutribullet.
I bought last week Omniblend, and it is the same as Vitamix but much cheaper.
But i have a old blender looking Philips which I suspect was at one time a juice extractor, or smoothy maker that does wonderful job, of the same tasks.
 
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Now that's got me thinking AndBreathe.


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Expensive, cheap, I've had a variety.
It came down to the one that cleaned the easiest.

If you spend longer fishing bits out of the blender than you do blending, it's a waste of time.
If you can stick it under the tap, without worrying over what gets wet, that's my choice.

I've got an american KitchenAid mixer somewhere, it cost more than it should have done. All singing, all dancing.
It never comes out as it needs a 240/110 transformer hauling out to use, and then it's too hard to clean.

My fall back is a stick blender, that can get thrown in the dishwasher, or occasionally an old Hinari multi blender, that's a good few years old now. Cost about a tenth of the price of the KitchenAid. (admittedly, it can't mix, but then again, I'm not making cakes or bread)
 
Thanks all !!


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KevinPotts said:
Thanks. I already have a blender (25 years old) and still going strong but I don't have a milling blade. So if you were trading in my old blender would you go for another blender or Nutribullet?


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Possibly look for a food processor or blender that has the blades your looking for. Each one has a different assortment of blades.

What I have is a food processor (inherited from my mother, can't remember how old it is), a cheap blender bought from Asda (15 quid if I remember correctly) and a juicer a friend gave me. I don't need anything else. Hand bladders are ok, but not great in my experience, I prefer my blender, which sits permanently on my kitchen counter.
 
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I would say that absolutely anything can be a fad.
Been through many of them myself. lol.
But they all come in useful because they add to your repertoire.

We have a killer blender on the counter. Use it regularly. Think it is wonderful. Bless the day I fell for the glorious sales pitch. Think it is marvellous.

And if it ever dies (please no!) I would probably go for a Bullet style blender as a replacement. Slightly more limiting, but a good buy nevertheless.

But, of course, it only justifies itself if you use it.
 
Anything with 'Nutri-' at the beginning of the name was always going to be a fad.
 
Oh folks my wife says "you're a marketers wet dream" ....gone and bought a Nutribullet pro......sucker....I know, I know :)


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We picked one up in the January sales, it's been used everyday since, both for fruit and green smoothies, so it really has been a great investment, but as others have said its only going to be a fad if you don't use it.
 
Ooh, @KevinPotts

Just thought of a use for your Bullet which will guarantee that it never languishes - use it to make garden fertiliser.

You just throw in all your veg and fruit peelings, with water, blitz them to a runny soup, and tip around your plants. Works like a charm. Creates a kind of thin mulch AND breaks down 10x faster than a compost heap.
 
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