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What we love:<\/strong> Nutribullet might be best known for its personal smoothie blenders, but the brand recently debuted its full-size Power Core model with a whopping 72-oz. capacity and 1400 watts of peak power. The six-point stainless-steel blade effectively smoothed out leafy greens and chunky almonds, and I was able to get a creamy, cool, and ice-chunk-free smoothie out of it. Compared with the other top picks the pitcher is spacious, with a 72-oz. capacity, and I liked that the flat profile lid fit snugly inside like a plug. The whole assembly is only 17.5″ high, making it very countertop\/cabinet friendly. Plus the pitcher and lid components are all dishwasher-safe (an exception to the rule I mentioned above for the Zwilling). All that for under $100 isn\u2019t too shabby, especially if your blender only makes occasional appearances in your culinary repertoire.<\/p>\n What we’d leave:<\/strong> With only three speeds, your fine-tuning options are limited, and I was left with quite a few unblended bits flung around the top of the pitcher and into the nooks and crannies of the lid. The interface is a touch screen, which is always less desirable with wet or messy hands and occasionally took a couple presses to react. It\u2019s a bit loud and whiny, but that\u2019s also the norm with lower-priced blenders.<\/p>\n Speaking of the low price, there\u2019s not much that feels especially premium, including the lightweight base that uses suction cups for stability (which in this case is a necessary feature to keep it from bouncing around), and the plastic pitcher, which we\u2019d worry about dropping and cracking. Also, though I didn\u2019t dock any points for this, it\u2019s odd that Nutribullet didn\u2019t opt to make this one compatible with its smoothie cups given its pedigree there.<\/p>\n Emma Jacobson<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n Back to the top<\/em><\/p>\n For more than half a decade other BA product testers and I have reviewed more than 35 full-size blenders (and dozens more personal and immersion blenders), giving them increasingly difficult assignments designed to weed out subpar models.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nHow we tested blenders<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n