blenders and smoothies

[wendilla]

What is the difference between blenders and smoothies for friut drinks. Thanks

[jimbo15]

Just the spelling ;-)

[stewey]

Well now; I thought that the blender was the machine that the drink (smoothie) was made in.

[wendilla]

Why do some people come back with stupid answers to a perfectly simple question. You can buy the ordinary blenders for liquidising then you can get another one which is called a Smoothie Kenwood do one and Breville and they are for smoothies and juicing so what I want to know is what is the difference apart from the price as the smoothie makers seem to be much more expensive. Thanks for any sensible answers .

[heathfield]

Actually, Those answers contain more than just an element of truth, Windilla.
The only difference is that smoothie makers have a tap fitted, since they'll be usually used for liquidising fruit and veg.
Blenders can be used to crush ice and nuts, or chop veg, for example, when a tap would be pretty useless. But there's absolutely no reason at all why a blender can't be used to make smoothies.

[chazza]

From my experience, my blender never made the liquid thin enough to drink. It was good for soups etc but no matter how much I blended the fruit, it was very thick and not easily drunk.

My smoothie machine however makes it much thinner (like fruit juice) and drinkable

[wendilla]

Thank You CHAZZA that is exactly what I wanted to know before I go and buy one.

[wendilla]

Thanks HEATHFIELD .yuu may not have tried one like chazza to see the difference.

[stewey]

Jeez, heathfield, I guess there are characters lurking around here who it's best to not to respond to!!