Ninja Blast Max Portable Blender, 570ml, Rechargeable Battery, Blending Cup & Leak-proof Lid, 3x Blend Functions, Makes Smoothies, Protein Shakes, Blends Ice & Frozen Fruit, Silver BC251EUSL

Quality is great it feels sturdy and well put together. Easy to use with 3 options of blending. I've not encountered any lumps after 1 blend and it blends well. I've used it 4 times and battery is still good. This is my first personal blender so I'm unable to compare to others but I'm very pleased with it so far and just what I was looking for.

The best thing I could buy for my daughter. Fast and easy to use.

As an owner of the mains powered, Ninja Power Blender Duo Pro, I was interested in testing the new Ninja Blast Max, both to see how it compared with its larger sibling, as well as investivating the very specific niche that it undoubtedly occupies.Out of it’s Amazon packaging and the first thing to note is that it has a decent weight to it, even without liquid in it. Straight onto the digital kitchen scales and it weighs in at 1kg 112g.Typically, with all of the ninja products that I own, this one comes packaged in card and paper. No plastics here whatsoever. Once unpacked, the blender comes with a plethora of stickers attached - A QR code to scan for recipies, a sticker explaining the blend modes, one with a list of the lighting modes, one instructing how to separate the cup from the battery, etc. It seems that all of the quick start instructions are attached to the blender in the relevant places. This is quite a clever way of ensuring that the new owner is aware how to quickly set up and use the device. I like this - a lot easier that trawling through an instructions booklet.The device feels really sturdy in the hand. That is despite the fact that all of the external components are made from plastic. As you would expect from Ninja, it’s sturdy plastic and very well made.There is another set of instructions in the drinking cup. This instructs you how to fill the vessel. There is a specific approach - liquid at the bottom, followed by fresh fruit, leafy greens, seeds / protein powders / nut butters, and finally finish with ice or frozen ingredients. Also inside the drinking cup is the charger. This leads to my first (minor) downside - It is a proprietary charger, meaning that it is specific to this device. Lose the charger and you’ll find yourself having to buy a new one. The predecessor to this was charged using a USB C cable. I’m not sure why Ninja would ditch the USB C for a proprietary cable. I’m sure they had their reasons. Give me a USB C any day of the week.Another sticker informs you to ensure that the device is fully charged before use. Onto charge it goes. While that’s doing its thing, let’s look a bit more widely at Ninjas latest portable blending iteration, compared to their previous offering.One of the main things to note with this version is that the drinking cup on the Ninja Blast Max is a standalone unit, with its own bottom. This may sound strange if you haven’t seen the previous version. ‘What’s he talking about?’ you may say. ‘A cup with a bottom - of course it has a bottom!’ Well, indeed. One would obviously assume that this was perfectly normal until you see how they designed the Ninja Blast - With that model, the cup didn’t have a bottom. It slotted over the base unit, which had the blades attached. Ingredients were added into the top of the cup and blended. Once blended, it was necessary to turn the whole thing over, unscrew the cup and then screw a base onto the bottom of the cup. Once in place, you could then use the cup as normal. With the Blast Max, Ninja have remedied this almighty faff. Now the blades are fully enclosed in the bottom of the cup and sealed in place. The cup then slots onto the base unit, which serves as a drive unit and powers the blades.Whilst that base unit is charging, let’s have another look at weights. Without the base unit attached, the cup alone comes in at a much more reasonable 383g (minus any liquid). That’s a much more acceptable weight if you just want to blend, detatch, grab and run. There is a silicone handle attached to the lid of the cup, making the ‘grabbing’ and ‘running’ stages of the process much easier.A quick check in the kitchen and, after around two hours, the device is fully charged. The family has had homemade pizza for dinner and my little boy and his cousin are ready for desert. The perfect time to test the new Ninja Blast Max. In goes the milk, some greek yoghurt, a banana and some honey. Press the smoothie button and we’re off. The first thing that I noticed is how quiet it is. I was pleasantly surprised. Compare this to the full sized Ninja Power Blender Duo Pro in the kitchen, which sounds like a space rocket is lifting off! When I did the review for that, I actually knocked off a star for how loud it was - ear splitting. The Ninja Blast Max, in comparison, is like a baby kitten quietly mewing for its saucer of milk. The one touch smoothie function worked flawlessy and blended the kids’ smoothie to perfection. It was the quietest they had been all evening, as they guzzled their drink down. That’s got to be worth an extra review star in any parent’s book!My main questions that I find myself asking about this as a product is, ‘who exactly is this for?’ and ‘where will it get used?’ Take it to blend out of the house and you’re going to need to take all your fruit and liquid with you. Either that’ or you’re going to have to buy everything out and about. Correct me if I’m missing something, but I don’t really get that. Alternatively, use it to blend at home. That being the case, then why not just use a normal, mains powered blender? Maybe space is limited in your home. That being the case, then I could certainly see the benefits of this. It is significantly smaller and lighter than my Ninja Power Blender Duo Pro (which is a bit of a beast). Despite my scepticism, I find myself strangely drawn to this diminutive kitchen gadget. Do I need it in my life? No. Will it get used on a regular basis? Possibly not. Is the proprietary lead annoying? Yes. All these things aside though, I’m drawn to it looks, it’s quietness and its, dare I say, cuteness. Oh dear. I’ve fallen for a kitchen gadget. Time to sign off me thinks.

The media could not be loaded. This was so much better than expected and hands down the best blender I have ever had. I have ADHD so I struggle with textures so homemade smoothies have always been an issue for me as they never seem to be able to blitz the bits away enough for me to cope!This blender has been brilliant in really blending everything well to avoid the little bits so I have been able to have a smoothie for breakfast at work every day this week and I feel so much better as typically I would have to have a cereal bar.The other added bonus is I leave for work at 5am but don’t have breakfast break until 10.30 so usually if I blend this before work is gone all watery and separated by the time I come to drink it but with this blender it is portable so I blend it up in my car on my break so it is all thick frothy and fresh.The charge lasts me for 3 mornings so battery life isn’t the greatest but it’s not a problem for me I just make sure to pop it on charge when I get home.Cleaning is super easy I just rinse out with water then add a little squirt of washing liquid with water and blend. Job done!You have three settings smoothie blend and crush. I haven’t used the Crush as yet, I think this would be more for iced drinks. However I have used both the Smoothie and Blend options and both work extremely well.You can create a variety of drinks so far I have made smoothies and Oreo milkshakes and every drink has been spot on.I thought this may possibly be a gadget that ends up collecting dust at the back of the cupboard but I have a feeling this is going to continue to be a daily used item now.

I purchased this product due to the stated 25 cycle long battery life. When received i charged the battery until full. After 7 cycles the battery was completely flat. Extremely disappointed that sellers are allowed to provide false product specification.

I already own a Nutribullet flip portable blender, which at £99.99 is £20 more than this Ninja version, and in comparison, is a pretty poor substitute for the Ninja version.Out of the box this Ninja Blast Max Portable Blender feels good quality. The lid has a reassuring firmness to the button and everything just feels right about it. Charging time is around 3 hours before you can use it and although it states you can get 25 blends on a full charge, that depends on what you are blending, so getting half that would be good in my experience.The machine is simple to use with 3 different functions, blend, for blending items, crush for frozen items and smoothie for making smoothies or shakes. I like the fact it stops to let ingredients settle, then carries on, something sadly lacking from the Nutribullet version, and in comparison the two devices are like chalk and cheese. The Ninja is a far better machine and cheaper.If taking away, the charger is easy enough to take and the machine has a pretty small footprint. Not excessively heavy and I like the handle included which is another improvement I didn't know I needed.Overall, it's world better than my more expensive Nutribullet, better blender, better design, better functionality and better priced. Brilliant device.

Absolutely amazing. Cannot rate this high enough. Very well made, very sturdy, very happy customer. This has had plenty of use in just the few days that I've had it. Totally recommend.