Disappointed in my new Nutri Ninja
Alisande
8 years ago
As I mentioned on another thread, I found pieces of hard plastic in the first drink I made in the Nutri Ninja. I looked through some Amazon reviews, and found a couple of references to the same thing. One reviewer said not to worry--it happens only with the first drink. How reassuring!
Since I bought the unit mostly to make fruit popsicles for my grandsons, I didn't want to risk that happening again. I called the manufacturer to see what they had to say about it. Predictably, the response was that the plastic must have come from one of my smoothie ingredients.
On the possibility that the reviewer was right about this being a one-time event, I filled the cup about a third of the way with water and turned the unit on. The result was not good. My nice, clear water had turned grey and cloudy, with tiny black and grey specks in it. I photographed it, and then dumped it out and took a picture of fresh water. Although you can't see the specks in photo #1, the difference between the two is pretty clear. Or should I say cloudy?
I'll include these photos with my return request to Amazon.
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Comments (28)Susan, I had a good laugh over your reply, imagining tiny floats and teeny tiny umbrella drinks. Now I feel bad about wanting to get rid of them, hehe. Jolana, thanks for the link, that orange oil looks like it might work!! Nice and non-toxic too, so no problem for the herbs. Txgardenlady, I bet that's why they took up residence, that halfbarrel is firmly on the ground! I wonder if dumping everything out and putting it on supports before re-planting would solve the problem....See MoreTried Out My New Nutribullet Today
Comments (12)Enjoyingspring, you got me intrigued, so I looked up the Nutribullet and started watching YouTube videos. All the videos were very positive, giving high marks to the Nutribullet. But I was struck by the small quantity of vegetables that went into their drinks. I'm sure this is because I'm used to juicing. Typically, I put 4 carrots, a small beet, 2 large stalks of celery, loads of romaine or kale, a chunk of ginger through the juicer, which comes out to one pint of juice. I realize that the juicer leaves behind a fair amount of solids behind. But I felt the chief advantage of juicing is that it enables you to consume a lot more vegetables than you could possibly eat whole. And the liquid is said to contain 95% of the nutrients. I know when I was juicing every morning I had dramatically more energy in the afternoon. The people in the videos were putting a couple of handfuls of greens--usually spinach--in their Nutribullets, less than I'd put into a typical salad for myself. A few mini-carrots, or a half a regular carrot, went in too. Then, typically, lots of fruit. Berries. A whole banana. And water. I wasn't expecting the water at all. I guess if I think about getting one of these I'll have to think of it completely separate from juicing. I wish I could talk to someone who does both....See MoreI just ordered a Nutri Ninja . . .
Comments (27)Yes. Because in saying "The health benefits can be remarkable", you're suggesting an outcome that hasn't been shown. IE, no evidence. Nutrients beyond what your body needs mostly just pass through. You need a sufficient amount of a long list of things, or close to it. A balanced and varied diet mostly provides them, with a very few exceptions. Some things, very little is needed. More isn't better, you just need "enough". I think you know that. I'm glad you're feeling well, that's what matters. You know that personal health ebbs and flows anyway. Maybe smearing bacon grease on your arms every morning instead of drinking your conconction might have anecdotally coincided with a time when your health improved. There's no way to know. There's also no way to know if doing nothing would have also had the same "effect", because you didn't do "nothing". So no "with" versus "without", no "with this" instead of "with that". No more proof of one than another. It takes the study of thousands of people over many years, with controls, to even suggest any type of observed effect. That's all.....no biggie. I hope your good health continues for a very long time, thoughtful people to toss around ideas with are always in short supply....See MoreSmall Personal Blender
Comments (20)Costco's return policy is legendary. People have returned half-eaten pizzas and dried out Christmas trees (in the new year!). I have personally seen somebody trying to return a 30 year old VCR. The Costco sales person was pretty sure that Costco never even carried this brand, but they still tried extremely hard to issue a refund. The only thing that stopped them from doing so was that they couldn't figure out how much the VCR happened to have cost when it was originally purchased. They have since changed their policy and electronics have a limited return period. This is mostly a response to electronics being so extremely short-lived that every half year a new model appears on the market. Other product categories don't suffer from the same problem and still have unlimited return periods. Also, if this is an older piece of electronics that was bought before the policy change, Costco will generally honor their former policy. Home Depot is similarly generous. I have heard this chain referred to as the "power tool lending library". I don't like that a small number of consumer abuse these policies. But companies have discovered that a small amount of loss is acceptable, when it overall results in more customer satisfaction and more return business. And it works. Places like Costco have many happy regular customers who do most of their shopping there. In fact, even Amazon has partially adopted some of these tenets. They don't have the same overly generous return policy, but overall their customer service is pretty amazing. It's one of the reasons why I buy so much from them (and why I usually try to avoid buying from their third-party market place vendors)....See MoreAlisande
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