I had ninjas and bullets for years, and then I picked up a reconditioned Vitamix a couple years ago when it was pretty low on Amazon. Pretty amazing for making large smoothie batches, which I do 3-4 times a week. Good customer service, too. Different strokes right?

Haven't had one in a decade or more. Found my Breville in the garage, because it was taking up too much counter space. It no longer worked from lack of use even though it was rarely used before and still relatively new.

Breville is always a good brand for such things though. But I hear Vitamix is excellent, does so much more than a mere blender such as smoothies. You can even make soup in them. Though it has a steep price tag.

I mostly use my NutriBullet especially for smoothies or grinding up flax seeds, nuts etc.

They wind up taking too much counter space and really many aren't even needed because you can do many things with simpler kitchen tools. And I'm a kitchen gadget freak. Anything to make cooking easier. But many are a pain to clean-out afterwards. So into the garage they go to be forgotten until one day I clean it out and say, "Oh that's where I put that thingamajig."

For large ones, I buy a cheap blender because I routinely break the glass. But I use them to make malts and to blend ingredients for sauces.

For small things, I use a magic bullet. Those work really well. Small and not a large cleanup. I also have a hand-blender that I use for sauces, particularly vinaigrettes and hollandaise-based sauces. For the hollandaise-sauces, put in everything but the butter and whisk. Then slowly incorporate melted butter. Sauce thickens up and you don't have to keep whisking the sauce over the oven. Very easy. Bearnaise sauce is really simple: make your reduction in a pot. Let it cool then add it and your egg yolks to the hand mixer.

Yeah I always thought maybe he sold those once lol.

My sis has an old Vitamix. She cooked me broccoli and cheese soup in it. She threw in fresh broccoli cheese and veggie broth turned high pretty soon you could see steam. Poured it in bowl steam was rising it was good. The only thing is I felt like a 80 year old needing my food strained. I suppose any blender can do that though.

I lost mine in the house fire and have not replaced it. I miss my chocolate malts.

Yes. A heavy duty hand blender with a sharp blade can do many (not all) things a standard blender can and they are so much easier to clean

My Kitchenaid hand blender has no problem with things like mango smoothies.

GD you now I'm hungry for a chocolate malt. I haven't had one in years. Not a shake, has to be a malt.

I have the ninja blender/food processor. It is a beast.

get off your ass and go by the ninja, titty!!

bought mine a few years ago. $75 or so, i don't use it as much as i thought i would, but its the best blender i've ever used. i'd recommend it to a friend or an enemy.

Same. And there's always that rush to use up the malted milk before it turns to stone.

Whoppers and Hersheys syrup make a dandy milkshake. Even better is the peanut butter covered malted milk balls and chocolate syrup for milk shakes.

Ha. Forgot about that part. Carnation malted milk in the glass jar. Crack the lid and you might as well keep buying ice cream before it turns to rock.

Sorry, but Vitamix blows em away