Portable Blenders

Portable Blenders

A portable blender is a battery powered cup with blades in the base, and it is bought for one reason: to blend where there is no socket. The gym, an office kitchen, a commute, a college room, a caravan or a holiday apartment. USB-C charging means the same cable as a phone, and the lid is the part that decides whether it works in practice, because a leak-proof one-handed sip lid turns the blending cup into the travel cup and removes the transfer step entirely.

Two honest limits are worth knowing before buying. Capacity is one drink, typically 400 to 700ml, so this is not a machine for a family batch. And while the better models handle ice and frozen fruit, they do it in short pulses rather than in one go, so a thick frozen smoothie wants the fruit part frozen and the liquid added first. Check the charge cycle count per charge if it will be used away from power for several days.

Ninja covers the Blast range of cordless portable blenders and the BlendBOSS tumbler blender, with Urban Fitness adding a budget option. For a mains machine see smoothie makers, and for the full range blenders and food processors.

Portable blenders are one of the most bought small gifts of the season, which is why they are reduced hardest through November and December rather than in January when they actually get used. Black Friday and Cyber Monday bring the deepest small appliance cuts of the Irish year and these clear fast at that price. Prices are live all year, so see what is reduced now on blenders and food processors on sale, or the Black Friday blender deals when the November weekend comes round.