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hey everyone welcome to another review by Jim's review room today we'll be looking at the Magic Bullet Blender / mixer and the one I have here is the 21 piece Black Edition priced at $49 from Bed Bath & Beyond now from my research there's no difference in the motor with the regular Magic Bullet and the Black Edition and just as a tip as well I went to Target in Macy's and they do have the regular Magic Bullet there for the same exact price at $49.90 and although Bed Bath & Beyond website didn't state this item was on sale it actually looked like it was a regular price but of course check your local stores if you're intending on buying so without further ado we'll get started so the only difference between the regular and Black Edition is what you receive in the box the Black Edition comes with an assortment of cups and lids in the box you receive one tall cup one short cup for party mugs with three matching lip rings two lids one shaker and one steamer lid for either microwaving your food or making it into a shaker to twist on straw leads to permanent straws one stainless steel blade one ice shaving blade and one magic wallet base which houses the motor and lastly the 100 page recipe booklet and all that equals 21 pieces so there's a lot in there every piece in the box except the motor and blades are dishwasher safe per the instruction manual the blades cannot go in as some dishwashers may damage the rubber seal due to the heat however for the cups and lids just be sure to place in the top rack only all cups are plastic and can be placed in the microwave or freezer another huge plus or benefit is the convenience the cups provide if I'm just making single servings the cup with the handle as you see in the video eliminates a need for me to transfer to another cup or mug after blending blending in general is very fast as long as you don't overfill the container the large cups holds 18 ounces while the regular sizes holds 12 ounces now the operation of the unit is very simple you place in your ingredients into the chosen cup then securing its content with the bladed lip flip it upside down and align the lid with the base the Magic Bullet features a press down feature where you can use the cups control chopping or pulsing ingredients you can also press down a little bit further and twist to lock the lid altogether having the magic bullet continuously run personally I've been using the magic bullet for a good year now mainly mixing smoothies from frozen fruit now for a good bit of time I use this about probably every other day and let's just say I was on a smoothie binge at that time now as you can see in this drink the smoothie is blended evenly I always prefer a thicker smoothie but you can always thin it out and just by adding more liquid now I have noticed any drink that you make this thing works perfectly fine in for the more health-conscious folks out there I'm use to blend protein shakes on the fly and yes all the powder in this machine will dissolve and mix with the magic bullet and Leslie cracking three eggs in maybe a little bit of milk and pinching some salt to blend makes the fluffiest omelet you can ever imagine the omelet came out perfectly whipped and beaten of course you can add in a little bit more than I did like ham onions cheese and maybe some bell peppers as well overall this unit when it comes to anything liquid based this works great again I've been using this for over a year and haven't seen any signs of wear or failure now other tests I've performed and as you can see on screen I attempted the Chapman grind to see what the magic bullet is capable of I like putting chopped peanuts onto my ice cream however when I place peanuts into the Magic Bullet the results were not even on the first attempt I thought I just held it down for too long and the peanuts became too finely chopped I did a second batch in just in case and it yielded both whole pieces and finally chopped nuts now I wasn't too impressed with the chopping then try chopping an onion and as you can see the same results happen again the onion was not sliced or chopped all the way and then some parts were just too finely chopped leaving a mushy consistency obviously the magic Bowl isn't necessarily designed as a chopper but on their website they do claim the Magic Bullet can so I decided to see if this thing grinds I had a small piece of Parmesan cheese block and decided to slice it up and then put it into the magical after pulsing the cheese several times and then lock the cup in and let it run a finally coarse finish eventually resulted and use the same cup in place to shake the lid as I mentioned earlier and with this grind works perfectly sprinkling cheese the last test I performed was the ice test which I do on all my blender reviews the Magic Bullet does come with an ice shaving blade now on the first attempt I just use ice cubes only and I filled it up to the maximum line now once blended some ice cubes remained whole some broke in half and the rest were shaved into I finally course mix now at this time I honestly thought I was doing something wrong sadly but out of self-doubt I read on the directions that shaving ice the supplied recipe booklet advice I had to put in a little bit of water into the cup as you can see the second attempt now with water to help move things around a little bit yielded the same results unfortunately from my test and experience it does absolutely great at making drinks or in general blending anything that's totally liquid it's surprisingly a powerful machine that can handle most items but the issue is the chopping results that are not really chopped evenly so if you're solely just making you know or working with liquids like smoothies mixed drinks or making omelets the machine is definitely worth it for only $50 but if you're looking for a blender and chopper you might have to look elsewhere so I hope you enjoyed this review of the Magic Bullet and it helped you in some way be 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