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GSI Outdoors Vortex Blender

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Item # 782969

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The GSI Vortex blender cranks out delicious shakes and smoothies during your off-the-grid adventures.

Dual-speed ergonomic hand crank features low-speed for use as a food processor and high-speed for blending shakes and frappes
Durable stainless-steel base nests inside the 1.5 liter copolyester pitcher for convenient travel; copolyester is completely BPA free and is dishwasher safe
Strong stainless-steel blades are capable of chopping ice to a fine consistency
Lid locks to blender for leakproof use; pass-through design lets you easily add ingredients while blending
Included C-clamp secures the blender to most tables and flat surfaces for efficient blending

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GSI Vortex Blender

3.0

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Jun

2011

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

Music to their ears: [...]

By ultraviolet

from LA, CA

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Pros

Brings folks together
Compact
Object of envy

Cons

Needs a bag

Best Uses

After a day of climbing
Burning Man
Car Camping

Comments about GSI Vortex Blender:

I've had this thing for a few years now, and it's accompanied me to outdoor festivals, Burning Man, and plenty of climbing trips. My friends are always SO impressed when I bust this thing out. I actually managed my daily smoothies in the mornings on one trip when a friend had a freezer in their RV to keep frozen fruit! BLISS! [...] HIT with my climbing friends on a few occasions. A Joshua Tree sunset seems to be the *perfect* backdrop for this device.I C-clamped it to my bike handlebars for a day at Burning Man once, [...] My only complaint is that the lid doesn't fit back on to the thing when the base is nested inside. It would be nice if it made a more tight fitting package to travel with. It would also be nice if the handle and C-clamp fastened to the nested contraption, or if it came with a bag or case. I have had the handle separate from the rest of the necessary pieces in the camping gear and found myself in the great outdoors with everything I needed EXCEPT the handle! That was a major buzz-kill. I ended up making a bag for it. When I do have all the pieces, it never fails to bring smiles and laughter. It is a chore to crank the thing, but IT IS A HAND-CRANK BLENDER! It's awesome to use human energy for this purpose, and even if there were a generator around, I would rather use this when outside than an electric one. It brings your camp-mates together for camaraderie, everyone takes a turn cranking it, and the rewards are well-earned and appreciated. It's also a great way to meet camp neighbors if you are so inclined.

Nov

2009

(2 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

Fun / But not the best

By bellad

from Dallas, Tx

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Pros

Compact
Easy To Clean

Cons

Not durable

Best Uses

Car Camping

Comments about GSI Vortex Blender:

this is a fun thing to wip out at camp; definitely worth a couple of laughs from fellow campers, but it does not do a very good job grinding ice...the handle broke when we really cranked it in order to try and get some good slush ice for margs. wasn't able to try with fruit or other smoothie ingredients...i bet it would work ok on softer stuff. so, if you are looking for a power packed smoothie before a big hike, it should do the job...but may need to find a different solution for blended ice drinks.