Jun 13 2008
Magic Bullet Product Review
Thought I’d real quick jot a few words about the Magic Bullet. While it seems cool, it might not be worth the money for what you want it for. Honestly, I could end the product review here, and call it that - not real helpful though is it? Or real fair to the poor product?
So here is a bit more on the scoop and how I feel.
At first glance, it looks like a useful handy gadget and rather plainly put it is. And I looooove gadgets. Especially if they are designed to make my life easier. This one is not exactly easier, though it can be useful.
Unless you are single, which some people are, this little gadget is a hard sell - you can make things individually and that’s about it - great for singles. When you have a family of four, five (or seven in our case) it is not a very realistic item for the kitchen. It reminds me of those single serve coffee makers. I’d be standing at the coffee maker the whole freakin’ day if I had to make cup by cup.
Another interesting point I found - the one I was playing around with testing, worked well, and seemed made of quality materials. However, I know at least a half dozen people who have owned one who said theirs broke or fried. That seemed weird to me because I put it through a lot of tests including accidentally dropping it at one point (hey my hands were slippery) and it is still doing what it is supposed to do to date.
So here is my final verdict: The Magic Bullet is not a practical smoothie or mixed drink maker. Making individual servings is a waste of time. However, if you want something that quickly chops, dices, etc…it works really well for that and typically holds what you need it to hold. Would I recommend it? Yes if you can find it for cheap. If you have to pay the full $80 retail price - forget it. Buy a blender!
I have been eyeing this little gadget for weeks now. I wasn’t really sure about the clean up but if that is going to be too much then this is definitely off of my to buy list. Plus, the high price is a bit of a turn-off to start with.
well, it takes some expirementation but i love the blender. It actually does stuff regular blenders dont do so if your budgets tite and your not into frozen drinks id say dont get it. but if your into #1 grinding your own coffee and a coffee freak and I am especially into frozen drinks, the blender makes some of the best frozen drinks (alcohol related) ever as it fine grains the ice and if your a slight wuss loving mixed drinks and weekend alcoholic youll love the blender. Most blenders cannot do pina colodas very well, the blender does what it does and makes fine ice chipless drinks (in fact so much so that i go and go to a bar and it actually makes better frozen drinks than they do showing the blender does its job as im spitting ice chunks out of pinas coladas thier paying 8+ bucks).
one of the first (and probably only) see on tv producs i would recommend for its frozen drink making ability. its a pity they cant amp the speed up on some regular blenders and high powered bar blenders cost way more than 99 bucks. you can even make frozen coffee drinks like they have at starbucks.