The NutriBullet went from infomercial curiosity to the default smoothie maker in Australian kitchens, and the current range is genuinely different machine to machine. The three below cover the everyday cup, the family jug and the budget pack, all with four-figure combined review counts at the retailer.
1. Best Overall: NutriBullet Select 1200W
The Select is the modern core of the range: 1200 watts, two speeds plus pulse, and both a big and a to-go cup in the box. Its 635 owners average 4.7 stars, with frozen fruit and ice the repeated pass marks.
At around $150 it's the pick for daily smoothie makers. Like every cup-style bullet it blends what fits the cup, so soup batches belong a model up.
What We Like:
- Crushes frozen fruit
- Two cup sizes included
- Two speeds plus pulse
What We Don't Like:
- Cup-sized batches only
2. Best Value: NutriBullet 1000W Mega Pack
The 1000W Mega Pack is the famous formula at its sharpest price: around $90 with a stack of cups and lids, rated 4.8 by 507 owners. For smoothies, protein shakes and sauces it does what the dearer models do, slightly slower on ice.
It's the flat-share and first-kitchen pick. The single speed means holding the cup down for pulsing, which owners treat as part of the ritual.
What We Like:
- Around $90 complete
- Extra cups and lids
- 4.8-star average
What We Don't Like:
- Single speed
3. Best for Families: NutriBullet Blender Combo 1200
The Combo bolts a 1.8-litre jug onto the 1200W base alongside the cups, which turns the smoothie machine into a family blender for soups, batters and party rounds. Its 267 owners average 4.8 stars at around $170.
The jug stores like a jug, which is to say the Combo wants a cupboard shelf the cup-only models never ask for.
What We Like:
- Jug and cups both
- Family-batch capacity
- Same 1200W power
What We Don't Like:
- Bulkier to store
Other options worth a look
- Ninja's blender range — the other benchtop heavyweight at the same retailer, with its own cult following and near-identical scores. Owners choose on cup shapes and accessories more than results.
How to pick a NutriBullet
Watts matter at the frozen end. Every model blends a banana. Frozen mango, ice and fibrous greens separate the 1200W machines from the 600W-class ancestors, and the review columns say so plainly.
Cups or jug is the real fork. Cups blend and become the drinking vessel, so there is no jug to wash. Jugs batch for households. The Combo exists because plenty of kitchens want both.
Count the lids. Owners live and die by the to-go lids and seal rings. The Mega Pack's spare-heavy box is the practical reason its rating leads the range.
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FAQs
Can a NutriBullet crush ice on its own?
The 1000W and 1200W models handle ice with liquid in the cup, per thousands of reviews. Dry-crushing a full cup of cubes is what wears blades in any bullet blender.
Why does mine leak?
A worn or mis-seated seal ring, almost always. Rings are consumables: spares come in the Mega Pack and cost little, and owners replace them yearly.
