Brand | GSI Outdoors |
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Color | Multi |
Special Feature | Manual |
Capacity | 1500 Milliliters |
Product Dimensions | 6.5"D x 5.7"W x 10.3"H |
Included Components | 1.5 L Pitcher, Lid, Shot Cap, Base, Hand Crank, C-Clamp |
Style | Modern |
Recommended Uses For Product | Blending, Ju, Pureeing, Protein |
Power Source | Corded Electric |
Number of Speeds | 2 |
Voltage | 220 Volts |
Manufacturer | GSI Outdoors |
Model | Vortex Blender |
Item Weight | 1.55 pounds |
Item model number | 79365 |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Manufacturer Part Number | 79365 |
Special Features | Manual |
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GSI Outdoors Camp & Outdoor Vortex Blender, 2-Speed Hand-Cranked Blender
Brand | GSI Outdoors |
Color | Multi |
Special Feature | Manual |
Capacity | 1500 Milliliters |
Product Dimensions | 6.5"D x 5.7"W x 10.3"H |
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About this item
- NO ELECTRICITY, NO PROBLEM: The Vortex Blender is perfect for blending up tasty margaritas, healthy smoothies, protein shakes, sauces, pancake batter and more without the need for an outlet. The blender’s hand crank activates a powerful 2-speed gear system to crush ice or blend drinks!
- DURABLE DESIGN: This 1.5-liter pitcher and lid is made from virtually unbreakable, easy-to-clean Lexan resin, perfect for even your most adventurous outings.
- AVOID THE MESS: Prevent accidents and spills with the blender’s exclusive pour-through locking lid and its C-clamp that secures its wide base to any table.
- COMPACT AND CONVENIENT: Measuring 6.5 x 10.3 x 5.7 inches and weighing only 4 pounds 12 ounces, the Vortex Blender is perfect for on-site camping activities.
- LIFETIME PROMISE: GSI Outdoors spent over 30 years building quality, performance products and stands behind them 100%. GSI Outdoors warranties all products for the original owner against manufacturing defects for the lifetime of the product.
- Included components: 1.5 L Pitcher, Lid, Shot Cap, Base, Hand Crank, C-Clamp
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In 1985, siblings from British Columbia - Don, Ian and Kathy Scott - made their way down the west coast to San Diego where they founded GSI Outdoors.
Cookware and dining products that adapt the comforts of home to active outdoor lifestyles at the campsite, bivy, base camp and everywhere in between is the business. GSI Outdoors celebrates food and brings people together to have fun in the outdoors, and to build a connection to the world around us.
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Vortex Blender
Nesting, Two-Speed, Hand-cranked blender
Blend up tasty margaritas, healthy smoothies, protein shakes, sauces, pancake batter and more without the need for an outlet. This compact nesting hand crank blender goes anywhere.
- Powerful, two speed gear system crushes ice or works as a food processor
- Durable 1.5 L pitcher and shot cap are made of tough BPA Free resin
- Exclusive pour-through locking lid design prevents spillage
- Wide base and C-clamp secure the blender to most tables for ease of use
Product Description
Product Description
Blend up tasty margaritas, healthy smoothies, protein shakes, sauces, pancake batter and more without the need for an outlet. This compact nesting hand crank blender goes anywhere. Major Dimension: 1.6 qt.
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Bring your smoothies or mixed beverages everywhere you go with the Vortex blender from GSI Outdoors. The Vortex blender is completely cord- and battery-free.
The cord-free Vortex blends ice, food, and drinks with a few turns of the crank. To blend, all you have to do is crank the handle and powerful two-speed gear system will kick in. Strong enough to crush ice or process food, the Vortex is ideal for camping, tailgating, picnics, and even backyard BBQs. The blender's 1.5-liter pitcher and lid are both made from virtually unbreakable BPA-free Lexan resin, helping them stand up to rough handling while cleaning easily. The blender also includes a stainless-steel base that fits neatly inside the pitcher when not in use and stores handily out of the way.
Other features include an exclusive pour-through locking lid and a C-clamp that secures the base to the table to prevent accidents.
Specifications
- Capacity: 1.5 liters
- Material: Polycarbonate and stainless steel
- Dimensions: 6.5 by 10.3 by 5.7 inches (W x H x D)
- Weight: 4 pounds 12 ounces
- In the box: Pitcher, lid, shot cap, base, hand crank, C-clamp
About GSI Outdoors
GSI opened its doors in 1985, after a small group of British Columbian siblings made their way down the West Coast to San Diego. Beginning with a few pieces of blue enamelware and a smattering of campfire accessories, GSI Outdoors grew through the years to include full design, manufacturing, sales, and marketing departments, all tasked with developing and marketing an ever-more-innovative line of outdoor cookware, tableware, and accessories. Siblings Don, Ian, and Kathy Scott eventually relocated to Spokane, Washington, where they continue to define innovation through the creation of unique, imaginative, and fun products that reassert their enthusiasm for the outdoors. GSI Outdoors is still a small, privately held company, with no obligation to shareholders, a corporate board, or anyone else aside from its customers and employees.
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ASIN | B001LF3I3O |
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Customer Reviews |
4.3 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #560,316 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors) #8,362 in Camp Kitchen Equipment |
Date First Available | December 12, 2002 |
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Customers like the quality and ability of the outdoor recreation product. They mention that it's well made, sturdy, and makes awesome smoothies. They also appreciate the ability to chop ice, which is fabulous for frozen drinks. However, some customers differ on performance, mixing, and ease of use.
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Customers like the quality of the outdoor recreation product. They mention it's well made, sturdy, and a good sturdy off the grid tool. Some say it makes awesome smoothies, salsa, and margaritas.
"...to turn the crank for longer - but it's still very possible and worth the effort...." Read more
"sturdy and works just fine. i wish it had a better gear ratio (faster rpms). other than that it withstood 3 years of use in the jungle...." Read more
"...it is sturdy and can crack ice and froots for smoothies, but take care of it! it's not the highest quality so go easy on it...." Read more
"It just seems very flimsy. Like it could break with one good drop. Not the material that electric blenders are made of that have non glass pitchers...." Read more
Customers are impressed with the ice crusher's ability to chop ice. They say it's fabulous for frozen drinks, and easy to setup and take apart. Customers also appreciate the gearing that allows them to break through the Ice. They mention that it makes frothy cold pina coladas.
"...it is sturdy and can crack ice and froots for smoothies, but take care of it! it's not the highest quality so go easy on it...." Read more
"...lots of frozen fruit, it’s amazing how the gearing allows you to break through the ice. It really is just fun to crank...." Read more
"...by 55 turns on the bottom, or higher, gear, we had frozen drinks that were excellent and of a perfectly smooth consistency...." Read more
"...Great item, can actually chop ice, and is very easy to setup and take apart. Would highly recommend to anyone...." Read more
Customers like the versatility of the product. They say it's great for car camping and picnicking, where a flat surface is available to clamp it. They also say it is a great purchase for outdoors if there is no electricity available. Customers also mention that it is an awesome ecological product to go off grid, using your own glucose instead of electricity.
"...Awesome ecological product to go off grid. uses your own glucose instead of electricity! amazing!!" Read more
"...It will be great for car camping and picnicking where a flat surface is available to clamp the plender." Read more
"Works great, sturdy and perfect. Great purchase for outdoors if there is no electricity available. Stuff to be blended must be finely chopped :)" Read more
"Great for camping or off the grid living." Read more
Customers are mixed about the performance of the outdoor recreation product. Some mention it works well, and is pleased with the results. However, others say that it doesn't work as advertised, is overpriced, and useless. They also say that the product doesn''t make smoothies at all, and that it's a bad invention.
"...This works well, but I'm cautious not to overdrive the drill and burn out the blender...." Read more
"...After 3 weeks it stopped working and so it left emptiness in our short joy lived with it...." Read more
"I used my new non-electric for the first time last night. It worked spendidly! I like the fact that there are basically two speeds...." Read more
"sturdy and works just fine. i wish it had a better gear ratio (faster rpms). other than that it withstood 3 years of use in the jungle...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the mixing of the outdoor recreation product. Some mention that it blends great and is easy to set up and use, while others say that it does not blend ice, it doesn't blend anything other than bananas, and the mix was too solid to blend well. The only difference is the ice-chopping, which doesn't do as well, and it needs two people to blend.
"...only put in solids into the blender and no liquids to speak of, IT WILL NOT BLEND...." Read more
"...I like the fact that there are basically two speeds. It blended everything including my frozen fruit very well...." Read more
"...Alas, ice tends to jam up the works hard. I imagine it would work well for fruit smoothies and such, but I have no interest there." Read more
"...The only drawback is the inability to crush ice cubes - maybe we haven't figured out exactly how to do it yet." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the product. Some mention that it blends great and is easy to set up and use, while others say that it's a little hard to do at first until you get the hang of it. Some say that the power goes out and is really a pain to use. Overall, the opinions are mixed and the product does what it' s supposed to.
"...area beneath and around the blades is a little bit annoying and slightly difficult...." Read more
"...This blender has been a life saver. It installed quite easily, although you need to attach it to a very stable base...." Read more
"...It was difficult at first, and I had to push down fairly hard to get it in line so I could turn the jar so it would lock in place...." Read more
"...Guests at our house have commented on how fun and easy it is to use...." Read more
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I tested this by using this recipe:
+frozen strawberries/bananas
+plain frozen greek yogurt
+lactate milk (I'm lactose intolerant) as the "liquid"
+1-2 icecubes.
Because of the milk I put into it, even though theres a huge amount of frozen everything in that recipe, this blender CAN DO IT! At first I tested the recipe with all the prior listed things, but with only 1 icecube to see what people were on about it "not blending ice". It does. I heard it, drank it, and confirmed that it did in fact blend that icecube into tiny drinkable ice shavings as blenders intended.
REMEMBER, there's two "slots" you can put the handcrank in! Off the top of my head, the top slot, is the "low powered mode". Honestly I never use that one and it is really probably just for liquid only things. It any solids are involved, USE THE BOTTOM SLOT!
The bottom slot is "high powered mode", in other words, about as powerful as a regular blender mode.
One thing that did take me surprise to note however, is that, while in "high powered mode" IT IS AS LOUD as an actual blender! I didn't expect that from a handcranked machine! So if you're expecting this to be quieter than a regular blender, plot twist, its just as loud. (In high powered mode at least)
As for something objectively annoying to deal with, on the absolute bottom of the inside of the blender jar mug piece thing, cleaning the food/misc. debris from the area beneath and around the blades is a little bit annoying and slightly difficult. Secondly, the outside of the bottom of the unit, in between the jar mug piece, and the black piece on the bottom, the gap in between those two pieces is big enough to "hold" things like liquid in them. So much like swimmer's ear, the liquid can (only) just drip out while drying it upside down.
This blender comes with a thing that holds on to the blender, and "clasps" it to something. Please use that clasp. Please not that it doesn't "click" onto the mug unit. It "hooks" onto it. Once it is "hooked", then you can press the clamp onto a surface so that it is nice and flush, and then you can screw it down so it, well, "clamps" onto the surface.
While the high powered mode is powerful, at the end of the day, you will need to put in the effort to blend things. Remember, it goes in both clockwise and counter clockwise directions. So if it gets "jammed", go a bit in the opposite direction, then continue going in whatever direction you'd like. So no your blender didn't "break", it probably just got "jammed". Either that or you didn't put enough liquids in there to allow for the solids to move around in the first place. I don't care if you have to use tap water as a "filler" for additional liquid. Just use something consumable as a liquid so you can actually blend things.
I have yet to attempt to make a Oreo milkshake with this blender. I'll make a video if I can, showcasing that it does in fact do what it is supposed to do. Those negative reviews got me paranoid buying this thing, when in reality it was mostly user error. (Which seems to be a given for anything handcrank operated for some reason)
It will be awhile until I can however, as my PC doesn't play nice with recording audio. So first I got to get a proper PC, however long that would take! Either way, it will be done when its done.
PS: DON'T FORGET TO "LOCK" THE JAR/MUG UNIT INTO THE "BASE". The jar/mud piece's bottom has some plastic pieces that stick out that allows it to "lock" into the metal base. This makes it so that the mug/jar thing doesn't fly off the table(? or whatever surface you're using this thing on). There's a small instruction manual that comes in the box. Its like 4 or so pages long. Please read it for your own sanity and convenience. Manuals tend to tell people about common "issues" and how to "fix them". Its never a bad habit to read a manual of something before you use that something. It doesn't matter how "simple" that product is, just read that shit! I have my moments of idiocy as well. Took me a good while to realize that the clamp didn't "clip/click" into place. It just hooks onto the metal base. So don't worry if there isn't a click, it really does just kind of hook onto the unit. Again, it hooks onto the metal base. The metal base is where all the action is at.
PSS: The handcrank also doesn't "click/clip" into place. You just put it onto the desired slot, and physics does the rest. No they won't fall out from proper use. Really though, I tried. I went as fast as I could, even put my whole body into it just for shits and giggles, all that happened is that the clamp and the metal base got slightly misaligned. If you need a exceptional amount of force to blend God knows what, remember to keep an eye on how the base+clamp is aligned so you don't accidentally clip/graze the surface you're working on with the actual handcrank piece! Its not a bad idea to stop blending, and realign the base/clamp should this occur.
Anyway, hopefully this insanely (passive-)aggressive review helped clear somethings up about this product!
Btw, one neat thing about it is that, even if you have a power outage, you can still use it being how it is handcranked! This of course also means you can take it camping with you, hypothetically speaking. Idk, personal preference. I don't really like how a lot of really simply things rely on electricity. Like standing desks. Just throw a handcrank on it and I'll get to work! Regardless on if I have electricity to work with or not!
As for recommendations of other handcrank devices,
KTOR sells what is known as a "Pocket Socket". It is basically a outlet that is powered by, well, a handcrank. Great for when you need to charge your phone if literally all other sources of power are not accessible for some reason.
Next up, the Rally portable generator. It can be found here.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002NGCO30/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Apparently Rally still sells it but that other listing is listed for around $130 (USD). The one I linked should be unavailable but while it was up, it was about $76.54 (USD). That generator is notorious due to the amount of user error there! Yes I was (passive-)aggressive there as well! In case you wanted to know what you should watch out for in that product as well.
Handcranks aren't to be underestimated! Yes they're slow in comparison to strictly electronic only machines/devices, but once its night time with no solar power to speak of, in a desert with no wind, during a power outage, these hankcrank devices really are convenient! Be it, "difficult" to understand apparently. Again, read the manuals on ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING, and you'll have no questions.
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We almost did not buy it because of the awful reviews 😬
"Hello,
I bought a hand-crank blender through Amazon from you.
We have been living off the grid for 3 years now. I must admit we had terribly happy 3 weeks of use of your Vortex blender.
After 3 weeks it stopped working and so it left emptiness in our short joy lived with it.
We live down in Mexico, so after reading all the warranty info we decided to give it a try ourselves as it would cost us almost the same amount to send it back to you.
This is no claim, it is just an advice. I got to open it and find out what the problem was. In my opinion, the "ability" of the blender to turn to both clockwise and counter-clockwise wears off the cog which has cuts to both sides.
My suggestion: eliminate this "ability" and keep one direction design and blending so the cog does not wear off, thus loosing all abilities at once.
Thank you for the 3 weeks of joy. It was a bit expensive for us, but the shakes was something we had missed for a while.
We will save for a new blender and when time come to use it we will only move it to 1 direction.
Nice product, keep up the good work and let us know if you perfect any of these aspects soon!
Best regards,"
The only thing I had a bit of trouble with was placing it on the base. It was difficult at first, and I had to push down fairly hard to get it in line so I could turn the jar so it would lock in place. The little metal cup thing that holds onto the bottom of whatever surface you attach it to came off. I glued it back on.
I would buy one again! I just love it. In case of a power outage I know I can always my my smoothies, blend anything. Thank you.
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La deuxième raison est la position vitesse rapide. La manivelle tourne bien mais la tension est très raide. Ce qui rend le maniement un peu ardu. J'imagine difficilement une femme moins… habituée à forcer.
Le truc est donc d'y mettre un peu de liquide et brasser après chaque ajout d'ingrédient plutôt que remplir le pichet dès le début. La basse vitesse au début aide à mieux passer à la haute une fois que les fruits ou légumes solides sont mixés.
Je ne le suggère pas pour moudre des noix. Demande trop de force et le blender va se déplacer. J'ai acheté et utilisé des amandes - exemple - déjà moulues.
Pour autant, on s'adapte et je ne m'en passerais plus! On a patenté un petit moule en bois, vissé sur le comptoir pour y insérer la base du blender. Ça ne bouge plus! Lol
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Reviewed in Canada on February 6, 2019