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Question: Does this blender create air pockets around the blade when blending thick ingredients?
Document: I wish someone would combine the programmed cycles of the Breville with the vertical blade system of the Ninja. I love not having to "pulse, pulse, pulse", but I don't like how this blender gets bogged down so easily. The Ninja almost never bogs down, but it also doesn't last more than six months. I know it's not a power problem. I believe It's a matter of air pockets forming around the small blade system, when mixing smoothies of thicker consistancy.
One of the reasons for purchasing this blender is to make VERY THICK milkshakes.. the kind that you almost have to spoon out it's so thick. I tried making lemon/vanilla ice cream shake in this, but the ingredients were too thick to move down to the blade area, so it just whirled around nothing while all ingredients above it.
Great blender. I had a Vitamix 5200 blender for about a year (roommate's), so I can compare this to one of the best blenders, as well as review it on its own merits. I think this is an excellent alternative for a better price.First, the shape of the pitcher and blade seem pretty effective at thoroughly mixing/blending the contents of the pitcher. I don't have air pockets forming nearly as much as I've seen with other blenders.
The six blade feature claims to pull down top ingredients for more even blending, and it works like a charm. No more stopping your blender to stir everything up when it gets stuck. This blender powers right through the heaviest ingredients for perfect blending. The blender offers preprogrammed settings, a LCD display timer, auto pulse and 5 speed settings.I think the blender is extremely quite and the bottom of the motor offers a wrap around cord storage, so you can use just the length you need. I love that!
This one is BIG. The blade design allows for a big pitcher with a wide base, and still blends properly and keeps ingredients from clumping around the bottom. The blade has an extra set that "sweep" around the bottom of the pitcher and keep ingredients from hiding there, forcing them back up into the other blades to be crushed with the rest.I usually start my day with a fruit smoothie. We put fruit and basic ingredients into freezer bags and store them in the freezer.
The blades are a six-blade system, with one set being wide and straight, another has a serrated edge, with medium teeth, and the last set with small teeth. The blades are attached to each other and to the cup. The blades so far have been strong and fierce, blending up many thick smoothies with little trouble.
The blender container is ALL ONE PIECE, so you cannot remove the bottom blade area to clean easily. It did seem to rinse out well from my failed shake, but hard to dry around blade area by hand with towel.I love my Breville Smart Oven and think they make quality products... so I have higher hopes for standing blending.
This blender is great for liquid consistency material but I struggled a lot with creamy / semi solid food. As soon as an air pocket forms around the blades you have to stop the process, take the lid off, push the food down with a spatula and start over, sometimes having to repeat this process 15-20 times. If you add enough water to reach a semi-liquid consistency the machine can handle it just fine, but I did not want to water down my recipes.
Yes, it really does that! I like to make snow with it, then throw in a peeled orange and a teaspoon of sugar and make a fruit ice. It also makes a nice slushie, lassi, or daiquiri.It will turn out a frozen smoothie or shake as long as there is enough liquid and the mixture doesn't get too thick to drink with a straw. Otherwise, an air pocket will form and it will continue spinning the blades without actually doing anything to the contents.
This is new in the box. Been using since Christmas and works great. Great for smoothy and turning ice to snow. Controls work fine and easy cleanup. Power cord stores on bottom and plug is 3prong. Lid is soft and seals well. Great swirl action and does not create air pocket above the cutting blades. I would. Hy again.
Answer: We use it mostly for smoothies. It has a special setting for smoothies that pulses the contents and throws them up the side, so I suppose the answer in that case would be "yes." We have pureed a couple soups in it using a constant speed, and I don't recall seeing air pockets/volume increase in a fairly thick cream of broccoli and potato. The blade design is unusual compared to the sub-$100 blenders we had used before.