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I got the deluxe as a shower present. I only make smoothies in it right now. It works great for that! Maybe your ice cream is too hard? You should be using the cross-blade. . .I think the flat blade is only for things like making whipped cream.
I have the original and I love it!! Works like a charm. I use it everyday and I couln't imagine my life without it! Chopping onions, mixing milkshakes, shredding cheese---amazing!!!
No, you're not alone. The Magic Bullet is the mother of all scammed out crap. It doesn't shred cheese, hard or soft. It doesn't dice anything well. And it SUCKS at making shakes. Doesn't blend ice and can't even handle ice cream. I had one and the only thing I used it for (after three weeks of experimenting with every damn recipe in the book that comes with it) was protien shakes for the gym. The only thing it can handle is powder and milk. It worked pretty well for that, just because I could blend it, put a lid on, and bring it with me to school. But after only 8 months, the blade catch stripped (it wouldn't spin blades anymore). Trash. It's honestly NOT worth the space if you already have a blender. DONATE IT.
It's pretty much only good for grinding coffee beans, spices, and VERY SMALL quantities of food that you want pureed. I can use it to dice garlic or onions but it takes awhile to figure out how to work it. I mostly use it to grind coffee beans and spices. I use it at work to make protein shakes. SOmetimes they're a little lumpy, but it's much smaller/easier than a full blender.
I got one in college and it pretty much sucks. I can't WAIT to replace it with that blender we registered for!
I can't wait to use mine!! I got one this weekend at my bridal shower - I've heard so many good things about it!
I have one - it can not chop, but it can puree things you want to cook with. I use it to make smoothies very succesfully, but i have a certain way to make it work (put things in the wrong order and it won't mix them) so for a smoothie i fill it about 3/4 with frozen fruit, then put OJ to the top of the fruit filling it the spaces, then fill the rest/top with yogurt. it works great if you do it exactly like that.
but like mighty sapphire said after under a year the blade catches strip - and it won't do anything anymore...i've been using my blender but i'm thinking about getting another one (even tho they are obviousyl crappy) just cause I make a smoothie every morning and it's a pain to have the huge blender on the counter all the time and the bullet fits right in the cupboard.
I am prob the only one... but i giggle every time I hear "magic bullet."
sorry, i'm apparently 12. *hangs head* lol
Uh - the magic bullet -what a piece of $H!T! lol I got mine for my shower too. I tried to make salsa like on the commercial and ended up with frothy tomato/ onion muck. I tried to grate cheese and the bullet almost rocketed itself off the counter. The only thing I have found it works for is smoothies. Just like ksnow said - 2/3rds full of frozen fruit, top off with orange juice (I leave out the yogurt). That's ALL it is good for.
my sil swears by it, but it doesn't seem to like me very much. my husband uses it to make shakes... which obviously a blender can do. oh well.
I have one (I bought it for my mom for her birthday one year and then she gave it back to me...gee, thanks Ma...) and it's pretty horrible. It gets jammed all the time. It also tends to smell like burning pretty often.
I have had one for years and love it. I make alfredo cheese sauce for pasta, a ton of smoothies (just make sure you use enough juice/liquid), milkshakes, purred fruit or veg for cooking. I use mine all the time. It is also awesome to make your own peanut butter with peanuts, a tad bit of honey and a small amt of peanut oil. I would have never survived law school without my magic bullet smoothies when I was too busy/stressed to eat. Sorry you don't like it, maybe the delux is different.
@Corgi, I do too. I'm embarassed to mention "Oh magic bullet!" in conversation cuz i'm sure people think it's a vibrator or something dirty.
LilaGrace- the frothy stuff is exactly what I get with it as well...it's not appetizing by any means.
LOL at the name...maybe they should have come up with something a little different ;)
Ha, corgi.. my first response when I clicked on the like was "I wonder which one" ha, you aren't alone!
I thought I wanted one, but I'm always skeptical of stuff on TV. So for my birthday last year, my mom got me a Hamilton Beach Dual Wave Blender and I love it! It's got two blades, so for making large batches of things (*cough* margaritas! *cough*) you use this huge pitcher with a spout, and everything gets blended really quickly. But, it also has two Bullet sized containers that you can use individually with each blade, either for small amounts of stuff, or for smoothies (it comes with a travel lid). I've never had a bullet, but it does everything I thought a bullet would do, plus it has the large pitcher with the spout. I know I sound like an infomercial, but I'm really just a girl who likes her blended drinks blender ;)
We tried to make a shake again last night with the cross blade (I guess I was using the other one the other night) and it still didn't make a bit of difference.
I am SO GLAD that I'm not the only one who thought the Magic Bullet was a vibrator!!! Hahahaha!!
@pendola:DEAR PENDOLA I HAVE OWN MY MAGIC BULLET FOR 4 YRS AND I JUST REPLACED IT...IT IS MADE TO DICE TOMATOES. THAT YOU JUST SET ON BASE AND PUSH IT UP AND DOWN DONT TURN IT TO THE LEFT TO SECURE IT THAT IS MADE TO PUREE...AS FOR THE ICE CREAM YOU DIDNT ADD ENOUGH MILK TO IT WHEN THERE ISNT ENOUGH LIQUIDS IN IT IT WILL FREEZE UP I MAKE ICE CREAM SOBERT HOT SAUCE I HAVE TRIED ALL THE RECIPES IN THE BOOK AND HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS
FOR THOSE WHO ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR MAGIC BULLET TO CHOP THINGS JUST PUSH DOWN ON THE CONTAINERS ITS CALLED PULSE IF YOU TURN IT TO THE LEFT IT SECURES IT TO THE BASE AND ITS CALLED PUREE..TAKE TIME TO READ THE BOOK BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANYTHING I HAVE OWNED MINE FOR 4 YRS AND I JUST REPLACED IT I USE IT EVERY DAY AND IT GOES EVERYWHERE WITH ME EVEN ON VACATIONS IF ATTEMPTING TO MAKE ICE CREAM MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH LIQUID IN THE CONTAINER IF YOU ARE MAKING DRINKS AGAIN MAKE SURE THERE IS ENOUGH LIQUIDS AND NOT TOO MUCH ICE ANY MORE PROBLEMS FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT kissyfur1064@aol.com I WILL HELP YOU THE BEST I CAN
My teaching partner has one and brings it in to make things with the kids all the time. We've made smoothies, chopped up veggies for "stone" soup, used it to grate cinnamon and more. I've never personally touched the thing (except to drink from the cup... gotta love extra smoothies!), but she hasn't had an issue and swears by it!
TO GRATE CHEESE YOU JUST PUSH CONTAINER UP AND DOWN YOU WANT TO PULSE DO NOT TURN CONTAINER TO THE LEFT THAT SECURES IT TO THE BASE AND YES IT WILL SHAKE SAME WAY IF YOU WANT TO MAKE CHUNKY SALSA YOU NEED TO PULSE NOT PUREE
lol I agree with you. The only thing we use ours for is to make the occasional smoothie drink and guacamole. It comes out really yum though!
we have one and it is purely used for protein shakes. My DH does make smoothies with fresh & frozen fruit in it and there are always chunks... good smoothies, but always chunky.
I'm not a huge fan, and if he didn't like them so much for protein shakes, we'd get rid of the damn thing!
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I was just looking to see if anyone else owns a Magic Bullet. We received the Deluxe one for our wedding (we didn't register for it) and every time I use it, it plain sucks. I've tried making shakes in the blender thing but it won't blend the ice cream; I've tried to cut up a tomato with it (i tried both blades) and I end up with pulverized crap. Shredding cheese-- FAIL.
It works nothing like it does on TV for me. Am I alone? Maybe I am the problem, LOL.