Amazon Prime Day and its fall counterpart Prime Big Deal Days is full of a lot “deals” that I can only describe as…meh. This is not one of those. Nutribullet’s Ultra blender, the top pick by a country mile in our best smoothie blender testing, is currently 11% off. If past experience is any indicator, though, (and it definitely is) that price will continue to dip throughout the sale event—during Prime Day in July, the cost went as low as 45% off.
What’s so great? A motor so powerful it actually rivals our best full-size blender from Vitamix. The Nutribullet Ultra crams a 1200-watt motor into its rather slim casing; that’s double the wattage of the Nutribullet Pro blender that’s a step down. This is basically a high-performance blender in a junior blender’s body.
Who’s it good for? Smoothie lovers, meet your new best friend. The Nutribullet truly shines when whipping up that single-serving morning or post-workout bevvy. When we were testing these petite blenders it was the only one that successfully blended up stiff, hearty kale stems on the first try.
This blender also passed our pesto-making test with flying colors, so we’d recommend it for your sauce creation needs.
Where does the Nutribullet fall short? The only thing this blender really can’t do is soup for a crowd. But even for that you don’t need to clog your counter up with a blender colossus. As my colleague Emily Farris has made the case for years, you can just get a good immersion blender, which, as it so happens, is also on a pretty big sale today.
See the Nutribullet Ultra in Action
Other notable features: It comes with a few other great design choices as well. The quality and placement of the suction cup feet on the base hold it in place on your counter; a smoothie preset gets everything appropriately pulverized and mixed with a single touchscreen press; and it includes two blending cups so you don’t need to immediately clean up before making another smoothie (you can even have smoothies for two every morning).
The Ultra Deluxe is also on sale today—currently 38% off, making it just a few dollars more than the Ultra. This set includes the same base blender, but comes with extra accessories: two large cups (32 oz), three to-go lids, a handled cup, four metal straws, and a cleaning brush.
But, I’ve been a professional Amazon Prime Day watcher for more than five years now, and as Prime Day discounts go, finding one this big on a kitchen product this good is actually not that common. And if you need a blender (heck, even if you might need a blender any time in the next year) you should consider snapping it up before it ends.
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