Side by Side Comparison of: Ninja vs Hamilton Beach

wow what a great product. I have a large food processor for larger quantities but find this is my 90% go to when I need to process anything. I have a son that makes homemade pizza every Friday so when we visit him for the summer we know Friday is pizza day. He often purchases fresh pizza dough from the supermarket. However there are times when he makes NY style pizza dough from scratch. Since mom was visiting there he decided that making the dough was mom's job. (don't ya just love kids LOL) I saw that this Ninja made pizza dough. So, after making pizza dough for weeks I decided to give it a try. I was so worried I'd ruin my Ninja and was very Leary. Well, it made a perfect pizza dough. I have chopped, minced and it works perfect. I blend my smoothies in it perfectly. The only thing is I wish the cup for smoothies was larger and I don't see where I can get a larger one. I highly recommend this Ninja to everyone. I love it.

Amazing! I've had other blenders that I have to constantly mix up with a spoon to get all of the ice/frozen fruit to be blended. Not with this blender. I put all the ingredients in, pushed the handle down, and it blended everything so perfectly in just a few seconds. So far I've only made fruit smoothies in this so I don't know how it works for other ingredients but it is amazing for fruit. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for a quick, easy blender.

I've been using this to make my own hot sauce and it's been working awesome for me. It's so easy to assemble and clean! I just love the ease of it and how light it is comparing to blenders I used to own. I haven't tried using it for anything else, really. I'm loving this though! It's not too loud for my kids sake either. The pulses at my control was certainly a great idea!

Apart from the slight learning curve on how to use the machine, I love it! It is awesome for smoothies, and can grind frozen fruit and vegetables smoothly without any trouble whatsoever! The travel mug is the most convenient part of it! It is also awesome as a food processor, and I could grind my spices to a very fine powder, something not all blenders can do! I'm very happy with my purchase.

I purchased this as I am a smoothie person and wanted something that would make great smoothies and minimize my clean up time. I must say I am not at all disappointed. This makes GREAT smoothies and cleanup is a breeze. My smoothies aren't gritty, I'm not sure if it's because I blend all the other ingredients before adding the ice or not but everything is very smooth. I'm very happy I bought this.

It is powerful and looks great too! I made awesome hummus, and my smoothies are ready in a flash. Everything is mixed in well, and the system is easy-to-use. I am a very satisfied customer. Thank you!

It is very easy to use and my daughter and I love it. Recommend for everyone!

I do not use a blender often, but when I do this is probably the very best for the money!

Good quality and well powered.

My daughter has stomach issues and we started blending and preparing her formula for the next day, the night before. This blender has worked great for us. She hasn't been spitting up as much. I haven't used all of the settings yet, but compared to my last blender, I am impressed. It also comes with different recipes you can make with it so that is cool also. I'm satisfied.

I know what you're expecting from this blender, given the price. Don't be too quick to judge!While this blender is not one of those several-hundred-dollar, fancy-shmancy, pulverize your keys and silverware blenders, it can make some amazing things for you at home!There are two different pulse settings, making chopping more evenly a breeze. The milkshake button makes a smooth shake! Ice crushing is no challenge.No burning motor smells.Super easy clean-up with a self-cleaning button!For the price, this blender really has it all!I love it!

So far I've made frozen white russians, milk shakes, frappacinos, lasagna sauce and mole sauce. This blender performs GREAT with everything. Chops ice, blends, purees, I really don't know what else anyone wants from a blender. It is not loud, my old blender was at least three times louder. It has plenty of power. It is a beautiful appliance to the eye as well. The only thing I had trouble with was the lid. I had a problem taking the lid off the first few times I used it, but it loosened up slightly with use and is now easier to take off. I guess it's a good thing to have a snug fitting lid on a blender anyway. Yeah, I think this blender is well worth the $30 I paid.

Wanted this to make frozen cocktails at home. Doesn't quite get the ice totally chopped up. A few stray ice chunks remain after running it a few cycles. Not the end of the world after more than one of my awesome pina coladas.

I have an older model Ninja that is PERFECT. I ordered a second machine for my summer home, different model, and it is almost as good as the original. The older model wasn't available apparently. The second machine works so much better than the NutriBullet it replaced but takes a bit more effort to totally emulsify the frozen fruit.

For the price, this is an awesome product! Does what it's supposed to and is easy to clean. The only reason why I don't give it 5 stars is because of the poor job it does with blending ice. You really have to blend for a long time to get all the ice blended.

I am very pleased with the performance of this blender. It works as you would expect a blender to work. however it is a bit on the louder side of blenders I have used in the past (even those with similar wattage). My one complaint about this product is that the piece with the blades just sort of sits in the blender, but doesn't clip in at all or anything. When you tilt the blender to pour out of it (if you're one of those people who takes the top off to pour, as opposed to using the little pouring slot), if you tilt it too far the blade falls out. Maybe I was just spoiled with my last blender in that it screwed on to the bottom so as to not have this issue. Otherwise, I do like this product very much though.

I bought my wife this for Christmas, as per her request. It works great. I wish it came with a glass option for blending fats such as grass-fed butter. That's the only reason I went 4-stars instead of 5, so if this doesn't matter to you than this is your blender. Well made, great price, easy to clean.

Good product so far. I've had it for around 6 months. No complaints. I mainly bought it for making smoothies and shakes and the wide bottom works great for ice and ice cream.

This blender is one of the best bargains out there. Crushes ice, frozen fruit, frozen kale/spinach into a smooth and delicious drink. No ice chunks to ruin your day as you're sipping your smoothie through your straw. Yes, you should keep a spoon close by to mix your frozen stuff so the blades can get ahold of them (turn the blender off before you do this!). It's no Vitamix, but at less than a 1/10th the price, it's a huge bargain. Oh, and the carafe and lid are dishwasher safe!

For the price this is a fantastic blender. It blends everything very fine (if you let it run long enough) but can leave it chunky if that's what you're going for. I've made sauces, hummus, smoothies, and dips with it. The only complaint I have is that, like many blenders I've used, it can have trouble initially getting everything to go down and mix. And there aren't holes in the lid large enough to fit a spoon to push things down, so I often have to take off the lid to push things down (which can be dangerously messy). One it gets going though, it has no trouble blending.

Everyman's blender at a great price point - don't expect nothing too fancy from it. It does it's job, and it does it just fine. The buttons are a bit wobbly, but that's not a major concern, as they work just fine. I use the device every now and then to make smoothies and crush ice, but the blender does not function that well as an ice crusher (probably due to the design of the blades).

not nearly as powerful as I'd hoped, but does the job. My last ancient blender managed to crush up the tiny seeds in blackberries, but this one can't and I guess I've gotten a little spoiled. Use it mostly for morning smoothies with ice, and greens like kale or spinach and frozen fruit. Found I need to quick-blanch the kale to make the blender more user friendly. Hope it holds up because it's gonna get a lot of work

I wanted to eat healthier and lose some weight...doesn't everybody? I wanted to try green smoothies. I read hundreds of reviews and worried if this one would not do the greens. I bought it. It got decent reviews and was in my price range. I made a Peach Green Smoothie using frozen peaches and spinach. Worked Great. The only thing it didn't do well with was raspberries & blueberries. They tended to get stuck in the bottom. So you need to stir them up to the top. No biggie!I bought some fresh kale and collards to add variety to the smoothies. I added them at the end and it took them a while to blend into the smoothie. I will not drink anything that isn't well blended but the kale passed the test. It failed the taste test. Too green and sharp tasting. Maybe a different kind of kale? I would recommend it.

This is not my favorite kitchen product. The plastic pieces with it feel lightweight and cheap. I know this is called the Pulse, so maybe I should have expected this, but when I hold the top to blend it quickly begins making strange noises, and to blend something I'm forced to pulse it to the desired consistency, which takes a lot of my time and quite frankly makes me cranky. I will actually avoid making things I need to blend instead of using this.

The one thing I would say it has going for it is the super convenience of blending into the smoothie cups. My husband uses this to make smoothies and is happy with it, so if your only desire is to make smoothies or milkshakes and you want to spend $60 on this guy, go for it.

Love the small jars great for on the go shakes on thing is it can be so loud at times that it makes you not want to use it

Pretty good blender but not as much power as it boasts. Works great for smoothies and mixed drinks but will not replace your mixer or food processor.

Doesn't handle frozen bananas well at all... Have to open the top and poke them down constantly..

I haven't had a chance to really use it. It is really plastic i use crushed ice because the jar is so plastic im scared it will break. It is crazy loud no blender should be this loud it is easy to use. I prefer the single serving cup. Its easy to clean.

Has worked great for 10 months there are no replacement parts available for this item. The collar at the base of the jar is the weak spot and cannot be replaced. I hate to replace the whole blender because of a $2 replacement part.

Works okay for some stuff, but isn't what I would call a great blender.

Loved this blender! Worked so well for smoothies I ordered two. One for me and one for my daughter. Now, after only a few months of very light use, the bottom of the glass container is chipped. I'm scared to use it but the warranty says no coverage on glass. I guess you do get what you pay for. Really worked well, except for the chipped glass.

To be fair, I gave it 3 stars because It does actually work. However don't expect it to work quickly or without extra prep. I bought this blender to replace my 10 year old blender (maybe even older than that since it was my mother-in-law's blender). Anyway, with my old blender (R.I.P) I could toss in cubes of fruit/veggies, ice, yogurt all at the same time and get a smooth blend in less than 2 minutes, every time! This Hamilton Beach Wave Crusher...? It will not blend at all UNLESS you cut the fruit/veggies very VERY small. And even after that, you have to keep stopping the blender and stiring the fruit to make sure its getting its chance in the chooper. It takes like 10 minites to finally get a smooth "sound" of blending. And even after all that hard work, you're still left with pieces of fruit in your smoothie! So EXHAUSTING!! Next time, I will kick out the extra bucks and buy a more expensive blender because CLEARLY, there is a difference.

It's fine but from the reviews I thought it would be better than the Proctor Silex I already had but was leaking a little. It's about the same for making smoothies and noise level. Ice cubes and big frozen strawberries are a little bit of a challenge for it just like my old one. But at least it was cheap and it's not leaking and is prettier. :) Good for a basic blender. The lid is not an issue as other reviewers stated. The size is nice.

I bought this hoping it would be a step above the cheap big-box store blender which finally died after a few years. Turns out it's pretty much the same. The base feels like cheap plastic. The "stainless steel" elements are cheaply applied and the area behind the buttons is just a sticker. The buttons rattle and there is no dedicated "off" button, both of the pulse buttons function as off buttons. Aesthetics and interface aside, it works about as well as other cheap blenders. I'm not convinced of the "wave-action system", as it seems that any mixture that is even slightly too thick will just develop a pocket of air at the blades which will just spin freely.

Not as great as many reviews say. Major problem for me is when using containers (both small and large) with frozen things like frozen berries; the blades push the frozen berries or even ice to the sides which requires that I stop the blending, remove the lid and use a spatula to get the frozen items from the sides of the container so the blades will blend them.

The motor is good. But the blade is the worst I'v seen. I use it to make vegetable smoothies and it doesn't pulverize the vegetables. They do not blend well and chunks are left in the smoothies. I have to be careful of what I put in there. I used to have a Cuisinart mixer and that thing grinds everything up. vegetables were turned to liquid. Not with this Ninja. I even have one I bought for work, and it is 1000 rpm and it does the same thing. I can never get a smooth smoothie out of it. It is always in clumps .

I think I will sell the Ninja and get the Cuisinart. I don't have time to cut everything into minuscule pieces. I want something I can stuff it all in and wham, there's my smoothie.

never got the first one than when finally came not as good as i thought would be

It leaks so you have to be cognizant about the fill line and use elbow grease to ensure it's tightened. I also own the BL450 and it does not pose that leaky problem. If I had to do again, I would go with the bigger stronger model, albeit this model does have a lot of attachment blah blah blah. Since I only use it for the blending feature, I don't think I'm giving this a fair shake. Bottom line: If u only use this for smoothies, don't! The BL450 would liquefy your ingredients better & faster. I advocate the BL450 just because I have it. There could be others that are better. One of my two BL450 leaks barring lubricant occasionally, it goes downward away from the food (I hope). I'm not sick, so I'll let it be.

So it may say you can blend cookie dough in this blender but do not! As a simple smoothie blender it did great I LOVED it until I tried to make cookie dough. the blender started smoking and totally fried itself. I was making a small batch of cookie dough no chips were added yet just bare minimum and apparently that was to much. so if you just want it for smoothies than this is great, but if you want to try cookies keep looking.

Nice blender, while it worked, but collar broke (the bottom plastic piece of the jar that fits into the blender) and there is no replacement part available, in fact it looks like they don't make this blender anymore. I should have stuck with Oster for my appliances.

It wasn't sharp. It couldn't crush ice.

Does not blend/crush ice as well as you would expect it to, and it really doesnt blend chilies or peppers well so I cant really make salsa. I have to take the extra step in cutting each chili or pepper into small bits but then it still gets a little stuck and chunky. I would suggest getting a Food Processor if you want to make Margaritas or Salsa.

Update:Well, my sister pretty much killed it by not making sure the pitcher was fully seated before pressing blend.The plastic teeth on the blender motor (part that connects to blade gear on bottom of pitcher) is almost completely worn (teeth are worn).Still sorta " works".Might try and 3D print a replacement chuck for fun because the blender is so cheap 29$.......If they made that part out of metal......this thing would last forever.------------------Its good just a simple solid blender.Easy to clean, i just dump soap and water in there and let it blend / rinse itself.

Like most people, I've always had a blender. My last one I burned out trying to grind up peppers that had not re hydrated enough, but what I usually used it for was smoothies, like 99% of the time. This blender just does not do the job. Previous blenders I've owned, you just threw the ingredients in and started it up and it blended them. This blender needs to be started nd stopped so you can push the mixture down to get the blades to actually blend the ingredients. Can't comment on any other features since to date I've only used it for smoothies.

It looked great when I took it out of the box. I like that the lid locks. But it burned out and got super hot the very first time I used it. I had to replace it with a new one.

I have not had my System over 3 months and it has already stopped working. I am so upset. I used it just as instructed and it now will not even start up. I am very upset.

It broke right after a month of return policy. The small jar doesnt spin, I need to reach out to maker and not going to be fun in fixing product or paying for shipping and all hassle. I wish i could just return it, and get one from Costco, atleast hassle free return policy.

I followed all of the instructions and used the big base, and the dough hook to try and make pizza dough. Upon holding the button down, the motor started to smoke and smell bad. I have never been more disappointed in a Ninja product before.

Outside of the box was intact but when I took all the parts out the plastic body of the blender was very cracked. Please see picture. I just had surgery and didn't open the package until well after the return time so I'm out the blender part. However, the machine itself works great for smoothies and both of the smoothie cups arrived intact and are dishwasher safe.

I was disappointed that the plastic top part of the blender cracked and was useless after not much time. Whatever I'm blending just squirts out the crack now. Replacement part is more than half what I paid for the blender in the first place, which doesn't seem right considering the motor and blades seem like they would be the expensive parts. Ninja seems like everything else you buy, meant to break and be replaced entirely after only a short period. Take a pass on this one.

This one is a real bad blender. After 20-25 uses, the jar got stuck to the blender. Every time I try to get it unlocked, it would get stuck again. Then the motor suddenly became very noisy which was unbearable. I would never buy this again and I don't recommend this to anyone to buy either. Unfortunately my return window was over and I simple had to trash it.

Doesnt blend even strawberries very unsatisfied! Weird blender. I will throw it

First few weeks were great. Blended well, no problems. We do use the blender daily for smoothies, using almond milk, fresh spinach and berries, and occasionally frozen or thawed fruit. Two months in we have whole blueberries or blackberries that never get blended. The spinach is more like roughly chopped. But come on! Whole pieces of fruit or berries not even being blended? That's ridiculous. This blender is going in the trash. Very disappointed in how quickly it went downhill.

Barely had this a month and it leaks like a sieve. Completely useless to me when I want to make a quick smoothie to take on the way to work when I can't just rinse out the pitcher but need to break out cleaning spray so I don't have dairy lingering on the base and my counter.

blender does not "blend" well. The "wave" blade shape that allows the fluids to circulate better also makes it horrible at initially blending stuff. You have to push ingredients down in order to get it going. Replaced it with a Ninja. Couldn't be happier with that decision.

Thought my old blender was bad... This is hands down the worst blender I've ever owned! Jar and blade mechanism don't seal, so everything leaks out. If I didn't wipe it off it would leak down into the motor. As far as actually blending the food, it performs horribly. I constantly have to take the lid off – which doesn't come off easily – and push the food down to the blades. That's what happens when you try to save money – guess I should have paid for a Ninja.