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Main difference is what it does with veggies... A juicer will turn carrots, kale, celery, etc into a liquid without pulp. Same thing with fruit I believe.A ninja will basically turn them into purée.
Same. I've had a smoothie for breakfast every day for about 4 years now. The Vitamix makes it really easy.
Same here. I was going to buy one of those blendtec blenders when my wife said she just bought a ninja during black friday. The ninja works great. I'm sure glad I didn't drop all that loot.
If you run it through the Vitamix on high for a few minutes, it comes out pretty darn smooth. It also starts to get hot, so then you have to refrigerate it or add ice if you want to drink it cold. (I haven't tried a ninja, but it should be similar.)
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The way the Vitamix heated up what you put in it was one of the main reasons I went with a Blendtec. The design of the Blendtec doesn't heat up the contents. It sucks the food down and pulverizes it. The Vitamix basically slices it and pushes everything up. No plunger needed with the blendtec. Put cold stuff in and it makes a cold whole juice.
Yup. I run frozen fruit and whole carrots with a bit of water in the Vitamix for probably 30 seconds and it is pretty much juice.
I don't mind the pulp from the veggies.
Blendtec cleanup is put a little water in with a drop of soap, run it for a second or two and rinse.
Don't think you can go wrong either way. I make a veggie smoothie thing of some sort pretty much every morning, with cleanup it takes less than 5 minutes.
Had a Breville blender and tried to do what I make in a Vitamix and it would not blend / get stuck all the time. Think it must bet the horsepower.
The blenders are geared more at smoothies (although feedback here says they do both well) and juicers only do juice.
Juicing is best for simply looking for the vitamins and minerals that the food provides. It's quick, easily/readily digestible, especially first thing in the morning on an empty stomach.
On the flip side, the blender retains everything including the pulp as some others in this thread already mentioned. I returned my Breville juicer because most of the ingredients ended up being wasted. I think a juicer only makes sense if you are trying to lose weight or going on a cleanse. If you want all the nutrients, get a blender.
I'm mostly a use-what-we-got guy with my smoothies. I buy a couple big bags of frozen fruit every couple months from Costco - blueberries, mango, strawberrys, papaya, pineapple, etc. Then I just use the spinach/kale that wifey buys weekly at the grocery store, along with whatever fresh fruits she also gets, think apples, bananas, grapes etc.
I'm up in the air between a high end Ninja (which is in the low $200's) and Vitamix (which is in the $5's)...
The higher cost is a feature, not a bug. I bet the usage rate on Vitamix is much higher due to cheap mofos like me who make sure we get our money's worth.
First infomercial thing I've ever bought and it's freakin' awesome. Works well as a blender and food processor too FWIW.
Never used a Vitamix, but have never had cleaning problems or even pulp for that matter in drinks we create. The ninja absolutely obliterates the fruits, don't have to worry about "skins" or seeds ever. The only thing I prep is oranges. Apples go in as large chunks, grapes, strawberries, everything. Don't have to worry about it.
Do you make juice with it or strictly smoothies?
If I don't use ice for a smoothy I use a juice of my choosing...usually apple juice. It ends up being very similar in texture to those naked juices. I know it's adding juice to make more juice, but it seems to work just fine as I usually add some veggies as well.Do you make juice with it or strictly smoothies?
