I've been using a neat little contraption for about a year to make smoothies.

Jessica got me a Magic Bullet many many years ago. I've never had another blender so I thought it was pretty great. It was DEFINITELY portable.

Last week I broke the motor (Ned kept warning me I was putting to much STUFF in it. He was right. Score one for Ned but he's got a lot of catching up to do before he beats my score)

Cruising through Fred Meyer and found blenders. After about 45 minutes of tough debate (at 10:00pm at night to boot) and much pondering we bought a blender.

I haven't had such good smoothies EVER in my life.

Sorry Magic Bullet. You just can't compare to a real blender for smoothies.