The 5 Best Personal Blenders - Spring 2024 Reviews

The best personal blender we've tested is the Ninja Foodi Power Nutri DUO. This small blender is versatile enough for all kinds of recipes, so it's a good option for smoothie making or even multi-purpose use in a cramped kitchen. Its 'smoothie bowl maker,' a jar with rotating arms inside, allows it to easily process thick smoothie bowls or other recipes like nut butter. Naturally, it comes with personal jars with to-go lids for single-serve drinks and easily blends extremely silky smoothies with fibrous fruits and vegetables. Add in its fantastic ice-crushing ability, and it can help with most recipes.

Its controls include a few automatic blending programs, which is unusual for a personal blender and means you don't have to manually stop it when it's done. The blending programs also let you step away from the blender as it's running, which may be useful because it's quite loud for a personal blender. It's easy to clean by hand, and all of its components are dishwasher-safe.

The Ninja Fit isn't as feature-packed as the previous pick, but it's a good option if you want the best personal smoothie blender for less. It doesn't come with a 'smoothie bowl maker,' making it harder to use for small batches of nut butter or hummus. However, it smoothly processes stubborn smoothie ingredients like spinach or blueberries. It can easily handle ice cubes in your smoothie and produce well-blended slushies and blended margaritas. It's quieter, so blending an early-morning smoothie is less likely to wake everyone up.

This blender's 16oz jars have a narrow shape, and depending on the recipe, you may need to stop and shake the jar so that everything reaches the blades. However, its main drawback is the controls—it has no buttons, and you need to push down on the blending jar and hold it to blend. Blending something like a smoothie doesn't take long, but the Magic Bullet Blender might be a better option if the controls are a dealbreaker. It's more difficult to clean by hand, and you can't use it to crush ice without liquid in the jar, but it's a good option for well-blended smoothies. Its jar locks into place, so you can do something else while the machine runs.

Ninja, NutriBullet, and Magic Bullet are among the most popular personal blender brands. If you want to know more about how they stack up against each other, you can read a more detailed comparison here.

The Magic Bullet Blender is the best mini blender in the budget range we've tested. This inexpensive blender is less sturdy than previous picks like the Ninja Fit. It's not meant for crushing ice without liquid in the jar, which limits its versatility. However, it makes a smooth blend with difficult smoothie ingredients like leafy greens and fruit. Its controls are a little more convenient since you don't have to push down on the jar to blend.

It comes with 13-oz and 15-oz jars, as well as a 4-oz cup for small batches of salad dressing or salsa. Unfortunately, it only comes with a single to-go lid, which isn't ideal if a few people at home like a smoothie in the morning. Its jars are dishwasher-safe, but the blades must be cleaned by hand. You'll probably need a brush to clean the sharp blades properly, but it's still fairly easy to clean by hand.

Despite its relatively small size, the Ninja Foodi Power Nutri DUO is among the loudest blenders we've tested. That might not bother you much for occasional use, but a roaring blender can get annoying if you use it often or make recipes with longer blending times. If noise level is a priority, the best small blender we've tested is the Beast Health Blender. While it's not cheap, it's one of the quietest personal blenders we've tested, and it's still powerful enough for various recipes.

Its premium price tag comes with a very sturdy build quality and a fantastic performance for most recipes. It easily liquifies difficult ingredients like leafy greens, handles thicker recipes like nut butter, and makes snow-like crushed ice. It comes with a drinking lid for its 34oz jar, but the jar has a shorter, wider shape than most personal blender jars, which might make it a little less convenient to use as a travel cup. The jar's ribbed design gives it a high-end look but makes it harder to clean by hand than most picks here since food tends to get trapped in the ridges.

If you want the best personal smoothie blender with a portable design, consider the Ninja Blast. This model doesn't perform as well as conventional blenders like the Ninja Foodi Power Nutri DUO, but its battery-powered design gives it a few advantages. You can use it to blend a smoothie on the go, whether you're outside, at your desk, or making a post-workout snack at the gym. Its lightweight, compact design makes it easy to carry around, including the motor base and blades, and its resealable lid makes it easy to enjoy a smoothie on the go since you can open it with a push of a button.

However, compared to the other blenders on this list, it struggles more with fibrous ingredients, so you won't get the same perfectly smooth fruit smoothies that you do with the DUO. However, it still does a decent job of blending fibrous ingredients, and adding a couple of ice cubes isn't an issue. Unfortunately, it's difficult to clean since the motor base and blades have some tough-to-reach spots that trap food. You can put the jar in the dishwasher for a quick clean.

If you want more battery-powered options, check out our recommendations for the best portable blenders.