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aturnis 01-03-2014 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Omaha (Post 10331168)
I would skip the extractor type juicers & get a Ninja. It pulverizes everything we put in it. I love that thing.
This. I have a Vitamix. I think it was a waste of money. It jams up too often and doesn't handle certain things real well. Personally, if I were to do it again, I'd get the Ninja Pro or whatever. I think the sharp blades would make a huge difference. I think you can make digg with it too, something I'd like to do.

Thinking about it, anyone want to buy a Vitamix?

Fire Me Boy! 01-03-2014 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by aturnis (Post 10333704)
This. I have a Vitamix. I think it was a waste of money. It jams up too often and doesn't handle certain things real well. Personally, if I were to do it again, I'd get the Ninja Pro or whatever. I think the sharp blades would make a huge difference. I think you can make digg with it too, something I'd like to do.

Thinking about it, anyone want to buy a Vitamix?
If it's jamming, you're doing something wrong. Sharp blades won't make a difference unless you're trying to use it as a food processor. As a blender at the high RPMs either machine is running, you don't need sharp blades. The VM is the better blender. Now, is it $200 or $300 better, that's debatable.

aturnis 01-03-2014 09:57 PM
Cut stuff up, put it in, blend. Stops blending, turn off, slowly ramp back up. Constantly. Carrots give it hell.

aturnis 01-03-2014 10:14 PM
I do prefer the blender to the juicer. Juicy requires HUGE amounts of produce. That would be extremely expensive. Then again, I'm not altogether sure those who juice, do so to replace their regular diet, our to supplement it.

If you're only having a juice a day, it might be alright financially, but anymore would be too expensive for me.

As for the blender, getting all the fiber is certainly a plus, and the produce goes a lot further, so it is cheaper, and a viable option for a full on smoothie diet.

Jakemall 01-03-2014 10:23 PM
Omega Juicers are amazing...but I hate cleaning any juicer and they remove all the fiber.

Just get a Vitamix and blend it into a smoothie with Ice.

I have both and I almost never use the Omega anymore.

GloryDayz 01-03-2014 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Jakemall (Post 10334113)
Omega Juicers are amazing...but I hate cleaning any juicer and they remove all the fiber.

Just get a Vitamix and blend it into a smoothie with Ice.

I have both and I almost never use the Omega anymore.
I think I may get there over time, but not right now. And it seems as though it's Vitamix or nothing, so I'll have to make sure this is something I'm willing to do long term if I'm going to drop that kind of coin...

Buzz 01-04-2014 12:23 AM
I was 13, had a girl so juicy I pulled out with web fingers, true story, prolly should not have shared. I think about her often.

Iconic 01-04-2014 01:14 AM
Brevile juicers are expensive but worth their value. Especially if you can't stand lumps of fiber in your juice like me.

Fire Me Boy! 01-04-2014 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by GloryDayz (Post 10334363)
I think I may get there over time, but not right now. And it seems as though it's Vitamix or nothing, so I'll have to make sure this is something I'm willing to do long term if I'm going to drop that kind of coin...
This is a good call. I didn't get one until I'd beem doing a smoothie for breakfast almost every day for a year or more.

GloryDayz 01-04-2014 11:20 AM
The nine-year-old is loving this (too bad he's not part of the cleaning!!!), we made Creamsicle juice drink (Apple, Oranges, pears, celery, sweet potato) and it is awesome...

Bowser 01-04-2014 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy! (Post 10331464)
Not sure what you mean by too much... and is that 1/4 to 1/2 cup of EACH, or in all? Of each, that's a lot. You've got double creaminess going on with the banana and the peanut butter, so you could probably cut back on one or both and have the same flavor and creaminess aspects. I've only got about 200 grams of fruit, 30 or so grams of spinach, and a couple teaspoons of flax seeds.

I use the pineapple because citrus is especially effective at cutting the flavor of the greens, and I go for the spinach because it's pretty mild to begin with.

EDIT: And how does the Ninja do with the blackberries? Do you still have seeds?
Yes, I meant of each. I may start rotating them from day to day instead of all of it each day.

And yeah, the blackberry seeds are present, but not a deal killer. However, the Ninja just refuses to chop flax/chia seeds.

Fire Me Boy! 01-04-2014 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Bowser (Post 10335158)
Yes, I meant of each. I may start rotating them from day to day instead of all of it each day.

And yeah, the blackberry seeds are present, but not a deal killer. However, the Ninja just refuses to chop flax/chia seeds.
That's what eventually sold me on the VM. I like the flavor of blackberry, but I absolutely loathe the seeds. The VM makes them not present. First blender I've ever had that totally destroyed the seeds.

penguinz 01-04-2014 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by aturnis (Post 10333917)
Cut stuff up, put it in, blend. Stops blending, turn off, slowly ramp back up. Constantly. Carrots give it hell.
Do you have the correct container? Vitamix has one for dry and one for wet. If you are blending fruits and vegetables in the dry you can have 'jam ups'.

Fire Me Boy! 01-04-2014 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by penguinz (Post 10335176)
Do you have the correct container? Vitamix has one for dry and one for wet. If you are blending fruits and vegetables in the dry you can have 'jam ups'.
Good call.

redfan 12-23-2021 12:54 PM
I've started having smoothies for breakfast (making an effort to eat healthier). Some protein powder, spinach, frozen fruit, honey, lime juice, coconut and almond milks. Blast away on the blender of your choice. Been using the same Ninja for over 10yrs.

btw, whatever happened to NaptownChief?


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