Just the upgrade I needed. Very powerful blender. I had an older version that lasted me a while it still works but I wanted a new one. Caught it on sale Mother's Day weekend and couldn't pass it up

Finally, an economical blender that is powerful enough to completely pulverize even frozen fruit into the smoothest of smoothies. And it doesn't give the usual impression that it's about to blow up. Its suction cup feet really work on a smooth counter top. I'm totally okay with just the 3 presets. Having 10 like some others has never been useful. It's built-in on-off sequencing was a surprise, but it makes sense after seeing it work.

An excellent in-home blender that’s perfectly balanced between simplicity and ingenuity. This series is both easy to use, yet not as haphazard and boring as most other models. Your ingredients will be expertly broken down in the blink of an eye. Fruits, veggies, ice, you name it it’s getting sliced and diced by the sharp blades of this Ninja. The only drawback is that it’s pretty noisy, but that’s a minor inconvenience when you think of how much power the Ninja Duo packs to get your ingredients broken down. The smart IQ feature makes it easy to push a button and watch it go. Definitely my favorite purchase of my household appliances thus far.

So far I really like THIS Nina blender. This is my third blender in less than two years. The first still works it just wasn’t great at making smoothies. The second, a quiet blender, had all kinds of issues. I’ve now used this one about 10-15 times to make smoothies. Positives- It is not as loud as some. Because of the three tier blade it blends super quick. It is easy to secure the blender to the base and remove. I have yet to have any issues with leaks. The lid secures easily so I am not concerned with food coming out the top. It has a safety feature that if not assembled properly it will not start. Rinses off easily. Less positive - though it does have a pour spout that opens on the lid, pouring smoothies can be challenging, especially if they are kind of thick. The blender is all plastic which so far has not been an issue. I worry that it could crack or have premature wear.

My nutribullet just stopped working after several years of faithful service and I decided to give the Ninja a try. Well, it is absolutely fantastic!!! It is powerful and surpassed my expectation, The increased capacity is awesome, now a blend a large batch and can refrigerate for later. Love it!!

This is the second NINJA I've purchased- I accidentally broke my pitcher on the first one and a replacement cost was more then it should be. It was a better value just to replace the whole thing. That said- It's the best blender I've ever owned! You won't be disappointed if you decide to buy this Ninja.

I replaced a 9-year-old Vitamix with this blender. I use it primarily to make smoothies and sauces. I think it does a great job. It doesn't crush ice quite as finely as the Vitamix, but it only costs about 20% of what it would have cost to replace the Vitamix. You also don't have to use a pusher to get everything to reach the blades, and the Ninja blades and containers can go in the dishwasher, which is not an option with the Vitamix. Both are noisy, but the Ninja is slightly less noisy than the Vitamix.

I bought this primarily to make smoothies, it does not liquefy the ingredients. Has many chunks and grit.

Waste of money! I thought this was going to be a great blender for the amount of money it cost. Boy was i wrong! Even with the blades going up the length of the carafe it still left chunks of fruit in every smoothie i tried to make. I tried all different kinds of fruits, but all of them ended up with chunks. I was so dissatisfied i returned it. I was already on the fence with it being plastic for $80, but not even blending, no thanks. I'll stick with my glass $30 black and decker that actually blends.

Based on an excellent price, I purchased to have a blender at the lake. It operated very different than my older Ninja. The ice crush, which I use for slushy drinks, pulses. It does not run continuously. The other settings run for 60 seconds then turn off. To get slushies and blended ice drinks such as a daiquiri, super smooth, I run the blender for several minutes. I don't want to stand by the blender to constantly restart the blender. I returned the blender.