It can’t be used for hot blending, like most personal blenders, and its small jar won’t fit most soup recipes in a single batch. It doesn’t completely process fibrous ingredients, so pureed soups with kale or broccoli will be grainy or leafy. It has only one speed setting, hamilton blender like most personal blenders. It’s quite fast, which is usually suitable for smoothly blending fibrous ingredients like kale. Still, it doesn’t perform well for that purpose, possibly because the motor isn’t very powerful compared to most personal blenders.
If you use the jar’s full capacity, it takes nearly five minutes to achieve the best results when blending ingredients like kale. You need to hold the button constantly to blend, which is annoying for such a long blend time, and it doesn’t smoothly process the ingredients. The NutriBullet Pro 900 is a much better personal blender than the Hamilton Beach Single-Serve Blender. The NutriBullet is significantly sturdier and has a better blending performance since it can make nut butter and produce a smooth puree with fibrous ingredients like kale.
It doesn’t feel very durable, and its 14-ounce capacity main jar isn’t suitable for making large batches of food. It can’t hot blend or handle difficult blends like making nut butter or crushed ice. It’s mostly hamilton blender meant for single-serve smoothies, but also struggles to make a smooth blend with common ingredients like kale. On the upside, its components are dishwasher-safe, and it’s very easy to clean with soap and water.
Some retailers let you buy this blender with an additional 14-ounce jar. Since this jar is identical to the 14-oz main jar we tested, we don’t expect a difference in performance. If you encounter any other variants of this blender, let us know in the discussion section below so we can update our review.
If you want a personal blender that’s portable as well as compact, check out the cordless NutriBullet GO. The Magic Bullet Mini is a better personal blender than the Hamilton Beach Single-Serve Blender. The Magic Bullet is better built and makes a smoother blend with fibrous ingredients like kale.