Ninja - Detect Power Blender Pro with BlendSense Technology + 72oz. Pitcher - Silver

This is definitely one of the most high-tech and powerful blenders I've ever used! It feels like every little aspect of this blender's design was carefully and specifically chosen, and it leads to a fantastic blending experience and the ability to effortlessly blend any food like a professional! To start, the blender base has suction-cupped feet to keep it completely stable while power blending at any setting level. The blender base and 72oz pitcher are made of a high quality, durable plastic that can handle anything it needs to blend, with both being extremely solid in construction and ready to withstand the high powered blending it is capable of. The pitcher also has extremely handy measurement lines on the side to perfectly measure out any portion size for blending, and comes with a highly secure cover with a sealable pouring port to see into the pitcher, a straining wire to hold back chunky food pieces while pouring, and a built in handle and lock release button (which together serve as it's locking mechanism). Overall, the pitcher is very well built and serves it's purpose well, but with the large size of the blender base and pitcher combination, storage can be a bit difficult depending on your alloted space, as well as cleaning the pitcher can be a bit of a hassle as it is large and has small hard to reach nooks and crannies without the proper dish cleaning supplies. On the inside of the pitcher, there is a set of 3 super sharp inner blades that lie in the center of the pitcher, which is truly the key to its amazing blending capabilities! The power that this blender brings and quality of every blend I desire is amazing (note though that with the power comes noise, this blender can be very loud)! The blender uses a few different modes to achieve its high quality blends: BlendSense mode (my personal favorite) that allows you to push the start dial and achieve a perfect full blend with ease, manual mode that lets you select the blending power level (1-10), the classic manual pulse mode to easily blend further if needed, and three other modes for mincing, small and large chopping! All of these settings can be set using the intuitive smart dial (with a color screen!) and buttons on the blender base, which also give a great experience with information given during blending on the dial's screen! I highly recommend this blender if you're looking for a high powered, high quality blender!

Excellent blender I loveee I recommend it very fast and saves energy.

The Ninja Detect Power Blender outshines my previous blenders over the years. It’s technically innovation with the BlendSense technology is remarkable. It senses your input ingredients and blends them so you don’t need to figure the time or blending speed. The range and blending manual controls are very straightforward to use. If rating 10 is the best, from using the unit would rate it a 15. Very easy to use and well built unit. Highly recommend.

Not onoy aestheticly pleasing but a great product. Blends to the perfect consistency. I love the the detect feature of it sensing the type of product you’re blending.

I’ve never fully used all the settings on a blender. I don’t trust that they’re all that different. Maybe it’s just me and my lack of knowledge. I also normally probably keep the blender going way longer than necessary. With the Ninja Detect Power Blender whether the settings are different or not, load the blender, push the button and it takes care of the rest. Set up for the most part with this blender was super simple. When I originally set it up it told me to “install” when everything was already put together…but that was largely due to the order in which I did everything. The blender looks very modern…nice addition to the rest of my small kitchen appliances. In terms of size, it’s far bigger than any blender I’ve ever had before. When it comes to ease of use…I love it. I’ve blended everything from fruits and veggies for smoothies to frozen adult beverages, and all of them came out perfect. This blender got me excited to toss stuff in it just to see how things turned out. I’ve probably used this blender more in the past week then I have any other blender for the past year. For those in the market for blender, I’d strongly recommend this one. For those happy with the blender they have at home…I’d strongly recommend this blender. A definite no-brainer purchase.

This appliance is very durable and easy to use so far I’ve used it to make Smoothies and it makes the BEST Smoothies ever!!

This blender is awesome!!! I wanted to add more fruit and vegetables to my daily diet and the Ninja makes a smoothie to perfection!! I throw the frozen fruit, fresh spinach, banana and a cup of unsweetened almond milk in, push a button and walk away while the magic happens and DONE! The blenders I’ve owned in the past don’t compare, the Ninja, which has multiple blades, is very effective in puréing.

The BlendSense technology in the Ninja Detect Power Blender Pro is truly amazing at determining the correct setting and time for whatever you place in the container, and then when you add in the build quality and capacity of this beast, you have an absolute home run. First, let's talk about the capacity. As you can see from the photos, this holds up to 1.9 liters, which I found especially useful for making margaritas, being able to make 3 at a time for my guests. It's a tremendous time saver for large jobs. Next, the 3 layers of blades are able to chop and crush quickly and efficiently; this is so much better than just one blade at the bottom which was the case with my former blender, which took substantially longer to make smoothies and frozen cocktails, and especially with ice it always left some number of chunks untouched. Not so with this product. The lid is even unique, having a flip up pouring spout, and a locking push bar that affirms that the lid is firmly in place and isn't going to fly off. Included in the box is a recipe book to inspire you to use the Blender Pro to make all kinds of frozen drinks, smoothies, and other concoctions. The best part though has to be the intelligence built into the blender. I'm at a loss to explain how it knows, but it does! My favorite thing to make is a strawberry banana smoothie with a fresh banana, a handful of frozen strawberries, and a half cup of chocolate milk. I put them all in the blender and press the start button in auto detect (BlendSense) mode. In a few seconds, it determines the time and intensity of the blend, and less than a minute later I have the perfect consistency smoothie for breakfast. I have documented the entire process in the attached photos. I take my reviews seriously and generally try to come up with some constructive criticism, even for products I give 5 stars to, and I really struggled to come up with anything for this product; however, I do have a suggestion for a future, similar product: Because the blender is so large at nearly 2 liters, that's a LOT of surface area that holds onto whatever you're blending. It takes me a good minute using a small spatula to scrape what ends up being a decent amount of smoothie off the walls of the blender. I think it would be awesome to come up with a custom shaped squeegee/spatula that could pull whatever is stuck to the walls of the blender off, in the interest of less waste and saving time. Overall, I enthusiastically give the Ninja Detect Power Blender Pro 5 stars. It's going to save you time and effort, and really make you look like a top chef with recipes that come out the perfect consistency.

This is a heavy-duty blender with some really nice features but it’s not perfect, especially for me. Feature wise, this blender is very sturdy. It has a heavy base with suction cup feet in the front. Once placed on the counter, it’s not going anywhere. The pitcher is quite large and the lid locks in place. The lid also has a covered spout to pour your blends. I was able to make 6 smoothies in one shot. The personal blender I previously used can do 2 at most. The pitcher twists and locks onto the base for a solid connection. The blades are very sharp and quite large. Maybe too sharp and large. You need to be very careful adding ingredients as these blades will cut you if you touch them as I learned the hard way. More on this later. I used a wooden spoon to push the ingredients to the bottom of the pitcher. The main feature of this blender is that is supposed to sense the ingredients, adjust the speed of the blades and set a length of time to blend automatically. You just add your ingredients and hit the start button. There are also settings for selecting speed for yourself (1-10), Pulse, Mince, Small Chop and Large Chop. I made a family sized smoothie that included fresh kale, spinach, carrots, tomatoes and a banana. Frozen blueberries and strawberries. As well as some yogurt, orange juice, water and a bunch of supplement powders. One of the powders is a protein powder that froths up and really thickens the smoothie. I usually add it after I blend all the other ingredients because it can bog down a blender. As a test, I added this powder with all the other ingredients. I set the blender to automatic and pressed the start button. It flashed sensing for a few seconds, set a time of 48 seconds and displayed the word Blending. After about 20 seconds or so, the smoothie started to thicken and the blender sensed this. The display changed color, added some time to the blend and displayed “Thick Mode” on the screen. Once the time was up, the blender stopped. There was a slight electrical smell. I’m not sure if this was because the motor was at its limit or if it was because the blender was new. Despite this, the smoothie came out great. It was thick and very nicely blended. I really like the versatility of this machine. In the future, I will likely add the protein powder after the initial blend Now for the things that don’t work for me. First, this is a big blender compared to the personal blender I had been using. I have very limited counter and storage space. It’s tough for me to find room for this thing. Second, as noted earlier, the blades are “very” sharp making it difficult to clean them. I cut my finger the first time I tried even being very careful. I do not have a dishwasher so I have to wash them in my sink. I did try to rinse the pitcher, blade and lid and then run some soap and water through a quick cycle. That didn’t go well. The soap foamed up quickly and made its way through the gaskets making a mess on my counter. I do really like this blender. If you have the space for it and a dishwasher so you don’t have to hand wash the blade, I would recommend this blender without hesitation. If you are limited in space and/or wash your dishes in a sink, I would likely say you should look in a different direction.