The 4 Best Cheap Blenders - Black Friday 2020 Reviews

The Magic Bullet Mini is the best cheap personal blender that we've tested. It comes with one 13-ounce and one 8-ounce jar as well as a lid and a lip ring so you can drink your blend directly from the jar or take it with you on-the-go. It's also very compact, which makes it easy to store when not in use.

If you like to make smoothies, it can make a good-textured blend in less than two minutes. Although it's a bit foamy, it can fully process fibrous ingredients like kale, resulting in a grainless blend. It's easy to clean up after making a smoothie as a water rinse gets rid of most debris. You can also put the jars in the dishwasher for a more convenient clean. Even though it has only one speed, its design is very easy to use.

Unfortunately, it can't hot blend or crush ice. It makes poor almond butter as it takes over ten minutes to make a sticky mix with a lot of unprocessed nuts. Cleaning the jar after making sticky food can be difficult as the blade assembly isn't dishwasher-safe, so you need to wash it by hand. Still, if you're looking for an affordable blender to make single-servings of your favorite smoothies, it's a suitable choice.

The Cuisinart Smart Stick Two-Speed Hand Blender is the best cheap blender with an immersion design that we've tested. This handheld model is decent for making soups as it can be submerged in hot food, and its blending shaft should be long enough for most pots or dutch ovens. Clean up after making soup is quite easy, too.

Since immersion blenders are best suited for processing food directly in a container, it doesn't really have the same blending abilities as others on this list. Although it struggles to process raw, leafy, and fibrous food like kale in a smoothie, it should do a better job of blending ingredients when stewed or softened. It also has two different speed settings, which gives you a little more control over the blending process.

Unfortunately, its design reduces its versatility. While it can make almond butter, it produces a crunchy mix that's somewhat hard to spread and could overheat the motor. It also has a sub-par build quality, and its blade shaft can't be put in the dishwasher for a quick clean. Still, if you're looking for something to help you make smoother soups, it's a suitable choice.

The Ninja Professional Plus Blender with Auto-iQ is the best budget blender that we've tested. If you don't mind spending a little more than for the other options on this list, this full-size model comes with a 72-ounce jar, which can process a lot of food in one go. Cleaning is very simple since the jar, lid, and blade assembly are all top-rack dishwasher-safe.

Although it's a fairly simple model that doesn't come with any additional attachments, it has a few preset modes as well as speed settings that give you some control over your blends. It can make snow-like crushed ice in under a minute, which is fantastic if you like to make frozen drinks. It's alright for making smoothies, although it has a bit of trouble processing leafy or fibrous food like kale. Even though it's made from plastic, it also has a great build quality that feels solid and durable.

Unfortunately, it can't hot blend, so it's not recommended for processing soups or warm dips. It also has a hard time processing harder foods like nuts, and if you want to make almond butter, it can take several minutes to produce a mix that's dry, unevenly processed, and difficult to spread. That said, if you have a little more room in your budget for a full-size model, it offers a more versatile performance well-suited to feeding several people at a time, making it the best blender for your money.