Hi! It's Blender Babe Tarashaun here and I am
going to show you some of the stuff we do behind the scenes at Blender Babes
some of our testing of the different types of blenders that you guys have been asking about
and want to know about.
I'm having a lot of fun doing them all at once.
I usually just do them indvidually.
Getting to look at how they compare with
some of the top blenders which of course are Blendtec and Vitamix.
I have the Blendtec Total Blender here,
and I have the Oster Versa 1100,
the Oster Versa1400,
which this is 1100 watts (Oster Versa), 1400 watts(Oster Versa), 1560 watts (Blendtec)
and the little new Vitamix s30, it's the personal blender
This one is actually only 790 watts
and the newest Nutribullet RX, which is 2.3 HP and on the box says 1700 watts.
Which I find a little confusing because the Blendtec is 1560 watt and a 3 peak HP motor
So I'm gonna have to research that a little bit later.
But I like to go by watts because there is a little discrepancy with horse power.
But anyways, that's another story.
So today we're gonna make Dr. Oz's green juice.
It's one of the most popular juice recipes on our site
if you want to know the ingredients just go ahead search on BlenderBabes.com
I chose it because it's got leafy greens, there's spinach, parsley, there's hard
apples, there's ginger, cucumber, and water
and it's just a really good detoxing, cleansing, green juice that you can make.
There is also a little bit of ice.
So I just kinda want to tell you a little big about these blenders,
when I took them out of the box and their price points.
The Oster Versa 1100, it's $150
and it comes with this eight cup jar that you see here on the blender.
It also comes with a food processor, which I thought was really cool.
I'm not gonna lie, I did cut my finger on sharp blade
so you know, you just got to be really careful with stuff like this.
It also comes with two of these blend-and-go cups.
So kind of like a nutribullet, that you would fill your jar with what you want to blend
and then get this on here and then you can stick it right here on the
blender. And blend and go!
So I haven't played with this one yet,
I've been going with the 8 cup one
but I think that's really neat that it has these little additions.
Some people are into that, especially if you have a family
and each kid can make their smoothie that they want to make
and take it to-go with them to school.
It has a little screw top here that you would put on and take it to-go.
That's pretty cool.
It is $150 with those pieces
there's also an additional accessory that is four cup small jar
that comes with a tamper, that is used for nut butters, and it's used for grinding and
that would make this a $200 package.
And I did some price comparisons, and that is about how much it is on Amazon as well
that would be $200 for that, everything. And I personally I would want that
little jar, I do like to make nut butters,I do grind
but if that's something that you don't do then I would say stick with the $150 package.
So this one is the Oster Versa, it's the 1400 watt
it's pretty powerful.
I've been having fun playing with it.
The MSRP is about $250.
But I've seen it on Amazon for $200.
It comes with it's own tamper
very similar to a Vitamix.
And it's got an eight cup jar as well.
It also has some programmed settings, this one too also has programmed settings.
It also has a LOW, MEDIUM, and HIGH, manual control.
The Oster Versa 1100 does as well.
And the Oster Versa 1400 is just more powerful
the blade doesn't come apart from the jar very similar to a Blendtec or Vitamix
which I love, it's easier for cleaning
I hate taking all that kind of stuff apart and having all these pieces
This one is one of those were you do have to take it apart and clean separate blade and jar.
So then we have our little Vitamix S30, which I think is really cute!
It's also great for travel and great if you have a really small space.
Or if you're just a single person and you make enough smoothie for just you
You're not really making it for more people
But it can do everything
I've done sauces in here, I've done other blender drinks
besides smoothies.
And I really like it!
Considering the power, it actually can do a lot of stuff
it can't do everything that a standard Vitamix model can do
that's 2 horse powers or more. But the Vitamix S30 can do grinding and all that kind of stuff.
It does have the kind where you pull apart the jar and the blade to clean
but it does also come with a blend-and-go cup.
Similar to the Oster Versa.
It's really really high quality.
I don't actually have it here with me today but I have it at home
but I've been using it and I really like it.
This one is the NutriBullet RX
which is pretty awesome.
It's very different.
I haven't played with this kind before
where you stack your ingredients with the hard stuff at the bottom
because you're gonna turn it around
and stick it on the base.
This particular one
I actually want to not have it plugged in
Once you put it in, it's going to automatically start blending.
So you actually want to either already have it in and then plug it in
or plug it in first and then add this.
And it's on a one minute timer.
So it's a one minute automatic setting for smoothies.
And then they have this thing called the super blaster mode
and it blends for seven minutes
with a little bit of intervals, it goes up and down to move the ingredients around.
I'm excited to try that out so
this is actually the special jar for soup when you want to make
hot stuff because it has a special lid that's gonna release the steam and the heat.
So you don't hurt yourself.
It also comes with this smaller jar,
which is just a smaller version of this one.
And this is a special pitcher cup.
It's kinda neat.
And then it also comes with these other accessories.
Which is a lid, so say you wanted to blend it and go, you could just screw this lid on
and I'll show you guys more of this in a more in depth review
but this is something I'm doing at home and I just happened to record it
I've never recorded my behind the scenes stuff.
This makes it a blend-and-go!
And this little inner lid here, does the same thing
it's basically making it so that you're not drinking off the side of this
threaded cup. So is just supposed to make it easier on your mouth to drink.
That's kinda neat.
There are a lot of pieces here.
I'm very used to, your motor and your jar and that's it.
Which is good for me, because I loose pieces and I have to find pieces
That's for me, but I know some people like that.
This is also a jar extractor blade tightener
which makes it really tight because otherwise it can leak.
It will also loosen it.
As well, it kinda takes a little muscle to do.
I'm sure you guys got that.
Okay so we're gonna make some green juice.
I'm actually gonna do the Blendtec Total blender first.
and then do the rest.
Because these two are going to possibly need my help with the tamper.
The Oster Versa and NutriBullet don't come with a tamper
and technically wouldn't need it.
So I'm using the Blendtec as a control.
I've made this juice 100 times in this Blendtec blender.
I know the texture, I know the quality
So I know it's really really good.
And I'm going to kinda test these ones in terms of taste
and texture and straining and pouring out, seeing if theres any chunks
or you know, just the quality of the juice.
Okay so I'm going to do a little taste test.
Alright so, with the Vitamix, I did use half the recipe as I did with these other ones
because it's a smaller jar, I cut up the apple though and the celery exactly the same
Which for me means a lot less prep work.
I kinda chop things up, not as small you'd normally do with a regular blender
because I'm trying to save time.
With the Vitamix S30, there's actually a piece of celery and apple.
I've used this several times before, in my other testings and everything was fine.
I think that ideally you just want to chop things up slightly smaller than you would with
any of these guys. This is a smaller jar, it is a smaller blender, with half the power of a regular Vitamix.
That is the conclusion for the Vitamix S30.
So the Blendtec Total blender is definitely by far the smoothest.
This has some texture to it.
It's very typical for a green juice
again, it's not a smoothie.
So, when I do green juices
You know, a lots of leafy greens, carrots, things like that,
I actually blend for about a minute and a half
So I only did a minute there, so I'm probably going to do this test again.
Probably not on camera.Where I do it for a minute and a half.
I'd like to see the difference then to do a real comparison.
I'm going to do the smear test.
You can see how there are pieces here. This is the Oster Versa 1100.
So you can see that there's a lot more texture than what the Blendtec has over here.
Because it's not fully homogenized.
The Oster Versa 1400 is better than the 1100.
But it is not as smooth as the Blendtec.
The NutriBullet RX, taste wise, you can still taste the texture, but you can see here
that it's definitely more blended, better blended, than the Oster Versa
I'm just going to do a really quick test here too,
We've got some green smoothie foam,
so that actually comes from, the insoluble fibers in certain fruits and vegetables
and leafy greens.
There's an article about it on BlenderBabes.com/GreenSmoothiefoam
If you hate green smoothie foam, It will help you get rid of it.
But I usually do this a more professional steep at home.
There's definitely a lot more left here
in the Oster.
I know you can't see this guys, but I will do a better video at home
where you guys can see it in the studio and we've got lots of help.
So that one is also pretty thick.
I've got to edit this video down because it's gonna be a long one.
So the NutriBullet is actually very, very thick.
It's not much of a juice here
I don't know if you could see this here.
It's almost like it was more blended in the larger pieces, but there is still a lot in here.
I would say in conclusion, if you're interested in
the Vitamix S30, it's still a great blender. But you just want to chop things up into smaller pieces
You know, the Oster Versa, I'd definitely reccomend the 1400 over 1100
from what I've seen so far.
The NutriBullet, I still want to play with it some more.
We're going to be doing a berry seed test and the soup test
grinding, I think I'm going to make a frozen treat, nut butters, milk substitute,
all the stuff I always do with blenders when get them to try out.
You'll find all of the results on BlenderBabes.com
If you have any questions, leave them in the comments
and we'll see you next time. Thanks for watching!
So dad, what's your conclusion?
One and two.
Blendtec #1 and NutriBullet#2?
I like the NutriBullet, yup.
Thicker, but it's not chunky,
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