Ninja - Blender DUO Table Top Blender - Black
Model: IV701
SKU: 6357661
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Customers consistently note the Ninja Blender DUO's ease of use and powerful performance, highlighting its ability to easily create smoothies and other blended beverages. Many appreciate its strong motor and versatile functionality. However, some users mention that the blender is quite loud during operation.
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There's quite a few different ninja blenders around the same price point. I did a little research and decided to go with the Duo Micro-Juice Blender. Its a large capacity, plenty of settings, a nice front interface, has sealing tech, juices, and came with the blender cup. Its pretty loud, its pretty tall, but its built well and doesn't leak doesn't shake seals tight. I have nothing to compare it to but I am happy with my purchase.
Posted by cogito
We have had an expensive juicer, and two blenders before this, one was less expensive and one was more. The first day we got it, the Ninja Blender surprised us and quickly became our favorite. Design I'll start at the base and work up. - One of the first things we noticed was the base has suction cups on the feet. What a great idea. Our previous blender would tend to move around and may have been more noisy because it wouldn't stay in place. The suction cups work well to hold the Ninja in place. - The front face, where the controls are is flat, so it's easy to wipe off any liquid. - There is also a small display. This will count down, often more than once, depending on what you make but it gives you an idea of how long you have to go. For instance it will time a pulse cycle down to 0 and then start over again with another cycle. I love having a timer. You'll get used to how many cycles there are for different modes too and it only seems to be a few. - The pitcher twists and, with an easy snap, locks into place. It stays attached and it will be correctly connected every time. There are easy to see arrows to make sure you are putting it on the right way. - The lid also locks in place. Our previous blenders either needed to be held down at least sometimes when blending or they seemed like they did. With the Ninja Blender Duo, that's not a problem. The lid will stay firmly in place. It's easy to work with but attaches firmly. Very well designed! Not only that, but you can't even use the blender without the lid on correctly. In fact, depending on what attachments are on, different buttons light up on the front, showing you which options are available with the given attachments. To me all of this makes it a very impressively engineered piece of equipment. Features You'll find the following "Auto-IQ" settings on the front panel: Extract, Smoothie, Frozen Drink, Puree, Ice Cream, and Dressing. There is also a Drink Saver button I'll talk about later. Along with those there are three buttons for the standard Pulse, Low, and High options. I'm going to highlight the three key features that I see this device having. It can behave as a Blender, a Juicer, or a Single Serve drink maker. - As a Blender, it's my favorite I've used. I get a consistently smooth blend every time. Please see the attached picture that shows the thickness and consistency of the texture that I get when making my favorite, banana, strawberry, and orange juice smoothie. I've made this with our older blenders but neither one got it so perfectly, consistently blended through and through. Here's how I make it: - Start with ice (I don't measure) - Put in half a container of frozen OJ concentrate (the smaller cardboard can size if you know what I mean) - Put in a banana - Add 5 strawberries - Add some water, maybe 8oz - On the Ninja Blender Duo use the "Smoothie" Auto-IQ setting You'll see the result of the above in my picture to the show texture. It's thick and though it may look lumpy it's perfectly smooth in the mouth. - As a Juicer we were happily surprised. When we did juicing for a time we liked it but it was so expensive because it took so much fruit to make a lot of juice and with most juicers you end up throwing out a lot of the actual juice. This basically turns everything in to a liquid. This is great because then you're not losing the fiber from the fruits that you do with conventional juicing. It does make a thinker juice but it's smooth and you could always water it down. We made orange juice by the recipe included in the box and it was fine. It wasn't very sweet, probably because it had water from ice as well as all the fiber mixed in with it. It was also sort of thick but not like orange juice with pulp. You may or may not like it but to me this was good because you can consume more of the fruit or fruits this way. Of course for some they need to juice to get the highest concentrate of vitamins possible. If that's you, you probably don't want to use this as a juicer as you'll get all the fiber with it. - As a Single Serve drink maker it's excellent because not only do you get great blending right in a single serve cup with a nice lid but this has the advantage of the "Drink Saver" button. This activates a vacuum to remove the air from the cup so your drink will stay fresh longer! You can also use the Drink Saver with the pitcher. I'm sure this you can do far more with the Ninja Blender Duo but that's what I wanted to highlight for you. Value This doesn't just do a lot. It does a lot well! We were happy with how it blended everything. We did lots of different combinations of fruit, veggies, frozen fruit, and ice. The results were always excellent. Well, some of our concoctions were less tasty than others but the blender blended them just as perfectly:) The price for this blender is incredible considering everything it does and how well it does everything. I'm not sure you could get more bang for the buck from any blender! One last note, while it's sort of a 72oz blender, the liquid fill line is at 64oz. We didn't realize that until we opened it and actually read that on the pitcher.
Posted by hotice
My friends and I love drinking organic drinks. I had a few friends over and we decided to make a frozen drink, smoothie, and then juice. First, we made a non-alcoholic beverage consisting of mango, cucumber, apple, ice, water, and cinnamon. The instructions say that when placing the pitcher on the blender, it will be able to identify when the pitcher is secure. When placing the pitcher on the blender, I had done it incorrectly. Once secured, the blender was able to identify the corrected position and the settings appeared. When the item is not secure, the settings will not light up. I pressed the Frozen Drink button and the Ninja began to blend. There is a timer that comes on counting down to when the drink will be ready. All you have to do is press the pulse, low, or high settings and the Ninja will continue to do the work for you. All the items blended pretty well. There were a few pieces of the mango left in the frozen drink, but it wasn't that noticeable and it tasted pretty good. The next item we made was a smoothie. The smoothie consisted of cucumber, blueberries, tropical kiwi, spinach, yogurt, ice, water, and cinnamon. We used the on the go cup. I would recommend cutting the pieces down smaller in size when using the on the go cup. The final item we made was juice. The juice consisted of spinach, cucumber, apple, ice, and water only. I pressed the extract button when making the juice and Ninja blended it fairly quickly. No remnants remained, it was pure juice. My friends and I enjoyed the beverages and agreed that this would come in handy when going to work, school, or just having a gathering at home. Pros: Can tell when the pitcher or on the go cup is in place. There is a timer that lets you know how long it will take to blend. The machine does most of the work, with a few simple touches of a button. The Vacum Seal button helps to keep the drinks fresher for a longer period of time. That is a bonus! Cons: Slightly loud. Other than that, I will continue to use it for myself and when having guests over. Can't wait to try the icecream setting!
Posted by TayTay