If you’re ever up late at night and watching the boob tube, you may have already seen this next product on the hundreds of Nutri Ninja DUO infomercials that air when everyone else is sleeping. If you haven’t, though, the Nutri Ninja BlendMax DUO with Auto-iQ is an all-in-one blender system that uses both the traditional blade/pitcher setup alongside an innovative smoothie cup attachment to make eating healthy on the go easier than ever before.

As the health craze for green smoothies hits critical mass, blender manufacturers around the globe have seen their sales surge in response, and just as many new companies have come out of the woodwork in hopes they can catch the tail end of the trend. But one blender maker has been around since before many of those companies were even born, and will continue to live on after they’re all dead – Vitamix. 

The Nutri Ninja iQ 1500-Watt blender is a complete set of kitchen appliances that can all be tied back to a single base, handling many of the same tasks you’d do separately in one easy to use system. But at only $249, can one blender really do all the jobs you need it to without dropping the ball where it matters?