Ninja Kitchen System Pulse Bl201

Perfect for Smoothies
Although it comes with various blending and dough-making attachments, I very specifically purchased this item to make smoothies, and it does this extremely well.

The Ninja Kitchen System Pulse comes with a power base, pitcher, two single serving containers, and lids and blades for all three. I find the single serving containers the most useful. You simply put your ingredients into the container, screw on a lid that holds a small blade, and place the container on the power base. Press down on the top of the container and within a minute or two you have a very nicely made smoothie.

Even so, the Ninja Kitchen System Pulse has a few drawbacks. You can't simply turn it on and walk away for a moment: you have to press down on the container to operate the power base. No pressure, no power. It is also extremely noisy and sounds a bit like a jet is about to take off from your kitchen counter top. But I have used it several times a day and find that it holds up well...

Hssmiles
I was given a Ninja last year for my birthday. Love it. I am able to grind up beets to juice, hard to find a machine to do. I put in chunks of beet and water and looks like baby food when it's done.
The juicing of the beets helps me daily get my vegetables drinkable. Would recommend this machine.
When doing just a smoothie ice takes a lot longer to crush up, sometimes ending up with large ice in the drink. That would be the only problem I have found.

Does not work better for fruit & kale smoothies than a $39 Oster blender
This item was touted highly by others to chop up anything. I do fruit smoothies for breakfast, and add a cup of chopped kale to make it healthy.

This item has not done one bit better job of chopping than my previous Oster blender that I bought on sale for $29.
You have to use baby kale or the kale comes out in tiny chunky bits whose texture ruins the smoothie. Hardly smooth.
It's also bigger and bulkier for storage and use. If you take the lid off to pour, the blades will pour right out, if you have to turn it up to pour the entire contents out. The one I bought does come with an extra cup you can use and take and carry with you. The cup I use has a straw and is much easier to use than this one that came with it, that you blend and take and drink all from the same cup. Some people like it, but I don't use it.

Save your money unless you're making more than smoothies. Don't spend the money. Its $100 I could have saved. Now you can too.

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