BLACK DECKER Counter Top Blender VS. Ninja BN701 Professional Plus Blender

Blend dairy, fruit, and ice for creamy and healthy smoothies.

3 preset Auto-IQ programs allow you to create smoothies, frozen drinks, and ice cream, all at the touch of a button.

72 oz.

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You can make hot soups in this blender without worrying about the impact it has on the blender. You can add hot ingredients to the pitcher and have hot results thereafter.

The pitcher is BPA-free and dishwasher safe, making cleanup just as simple and easy as using the blender.

The powerful motor and huge blending capacity make this blender a heavy-duty blender.

With 72 oz. pitcher and 64 oz. max liquid capacity, you can make drinks, smoothies, and more for the whole family.

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It has a commercial-grade motor.

The 1400 watt base is made with strong and sturdy materials which last longer and withstand high-powered blending situations.

It features 3 dedicated variable speeds.

1400-watt base with 4 dedicated blending speeds puts the power and control in your hands.

Ninja Total Crushing Blades give you perfectly crushed ice for your smoothies and frozen drinks with 1400 peak watts of professional power.

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110 Volts

1400 watts

1400-Peak-Watt Motor Base, 72-oz.Total Crushing Pitcher, Stacked Blade Assembly, Lid, Recipe Inspiration Guide, Instruction Booklet & Quick Start Guide.

• It is powerful. • It is great that it has three blades for making large quantities. • It is easy to clean. • Easy to clean because of the removable blade. • The design and pouring mechanism are nice. • Ice crusher button is a nice feature and works great. • This is a DRINK blender and it is exceptional at making perfect smoothies, turning ice to snow, and pulverizing most wet ingredients to a perfect consistency--no chunks. • Alcohol drinks with crushed ice and fresh fruit such as margaritas, etc. turn out FABULOUS and restaurant-quality consistency. • Smoothies are perfect and powders of any kind completely blend into drinks without chunks of ice or powder sticking to sides • It's decently quiet (for a blender) and I think it runs slightly quieter than most blenders. • It has suction cup "feet" that keep it from sliding around or vibrating excessively while in use. The unit is still easily lifted off the counter or moved to the store without effort. • The preset buttons for "smoothie/ice crush/ice-cream" take the guesswork out of everything. It turns on and off and stops at the right time automatically to avoid overheating and melting your ingredients.

• Standing at nearly 17 3/4" tall, you likely won't be able to fit it assembled under your kitchen upper cabinets. • Power cord is only 32" long which is short. • This Ninja blender is for drinks or wet ingredients. If you are mixing dry ingredients or making HOT soups, you need to spend the extra $300+ for a Vitamix. This Ninja blender specifically indicates it is "NOT for hot liquids and DO NOT process dry ingredients" in it. • The lid is needed to operate this blender and is pretty clunky and awkward • The machine will not grind up the seeds from strawberries. So the little seeds are part of the drink when you are finished. • The lid gets stuck sometimes when closing. • The blender is louder than many blenders. • It can often take a long time, multiple cycles, to make smoothies • It’s a full-size countertop blender, it’s quite heavy and bulky • Can’t make hot soups • If you’re new to the Ninja family it may take some time to get used to • It’s a little loud • 1-year warranty. • This machine is quite complicated to assemble/disassemble and operate. • It comes with a very sharp blade and has BAD DESIGN from a safety perspective. • Blades usually become significantly dull within a few months of use which seriously reduces the quality of blending.