Equipment Crew- Part III

[ndmike99]

no crew for you! Come back in 6 months!!




bb.com.... are you serious???? You've made the software so that all caps can't be used???

So weak.

I am ready for another round of voting.

[matrix563]

i am ready for another round of voting.

me too.

[ProtienandIron]

Me too. Some awesome regulars here that need crew recognition.

[rlundregan]

Hi guys, thanks for the well wishes a few pages back! I am all moved in and loving the new home! The only thing left to do is set up the gym!

[matrix563]

Hi guys, thanks for the well wishes a few pages back! I am all moved in and loving the new home! The only thing left to do is set up the gym!

thats the first thing i did when i moved! . course had no choice. i put down the horse mats first so the stuff could be setup . do you have a basement in the new place?

[rlundregan]

thats the first thing i did when i moved! . course had no choice. i put down the horse mats first so the stuff could be setup . do you have a basement in the new place?

I do have a basement, but the gym will be in the garage. The garage has an 11 foot ceiling, so I may be able to accommodate a commercial rack. Not that I have need for one, but if I have the space.......

[Hishiad]

no crew for you! Come back in 6 months!!




bb.com.... are you serious???? You've made the software so that all caps can't be used???

So weak.

ROFL


Have they?

[Stasher1]

ROFL


Have they?

Nah. I just stole his "caps lock" button.

[dumb.bell]

The garage has an 11 foot ceiling, so I may be able to accommodate a commercial rack. Not that I have need for one, but if I have the space.......

Of course you need one!!!!

[irongrandpa]

I do have a basement, but the gym will be in the garage. The garage has an 11 foot ceiling, so I may be able to accommodate a commercial rack. Not that I have need for one, but if I have the space.......

U of Pitt has a 9' powerlift rack, bench, and platform on govdeals, the reserve in the past listings was $1500 for the whole package. It sold a couple of weeks ago for around $1800, but the buyer must have backed out because it's been relisted twice since then.

[mensagitatmolem]

no crew for you! Come back in 6 months!!




bb.com.... are you serious???? You've made the software so that all caps can't be used???

So weak.

Careful. Word on the street, is there were secret steps in how to find the best deals on CL, and then flip them for $$$. Believe they said they were found tucked away in either an armoire or taped on the bottom of a 45 lbs. Olympic plate in the Columbus area.

P.S. I would like 2 pieces of free bread with my crab bisque and mulligatawny soups.....

[KBKB]

ROFL


have they?

FWIW, TBH, AFAICT, IDTS.

But, on the other hand, maybe they have. When I previewed that line above all by itself, the forum software turned it all lowercase.

[4MEandThem]

They also won't let you say words like **** and ****.

[mensagitatmolem]

FWIW, TBH, AFAICT, IDTS.

But, on the other hand, maybe they have. When I previewed that line above all by itself, the forum software turned it all lowercase.

MILF

Just testing also.

[ProtienandIron]

Second page...

MILF

Just testing also.

LMAO

[Accutron]

Do any of you guys use a juicer, and have used it for a long time, not just buy and it sits on a shelf?

Id like to get one to make carrot juice LOL, but Ive read the cheap ones are no good, and a good one is around $400-500 which is too much $ for me.

Any personal recommendations for a good cheaper one which is easy to clean and still not too expensive? If its too difficult to clean and process I will just stick to buying juices in the bottle, its about 5-6$

Many thanks.

[Hishiad]

Do any of you guys use a juicer, and have used it for a long time, not just buy and it sits on a shelf?

Id like to get one to make carrot juice LOL, but Ive read the cheap ones are no good, and a good one is around $400-500 which is too much $ for me.

Any personal recommendations for a good cheaper one which is easy to clean and still not too expensive? If its too difficult to clean and process I will just stick to buying juices in the bottle, its about 5-6$

Many thanks.

Well here's the question, are you willing to strain your juice? If so I'd recommend the Ninja Pro, it's actually a blender. But it'll blended up veggies/fruits to a smoothie texture and if you strain that with a cheesecloth you'll have a pretty sweet juice and it only cost about $100 bucks. Or you could just drink it as a smoothie if you don't mind the thickness of it.

[daniel327]

Do any of you guys use a juicer, and have used it for a long time, not just buy and it sits on a shelf?

Id like to get one to make carrot juice LOL, but Ive read the cheap ones are no good, and a good one is around $400-500 which is too much $ for me.

Any personal recommendations for a good cheaper one which is easy to clean and still not too expensive? If its too difficult to clean and process I will just stick to buying juices in the bottle, its about 5-6$

Many thanks.

I have a juicer which I used once.

It took 2 minutes to make and drink juice, and 2 hours to clean the juicer.

Personally, I'd stick to purchasing bottled juice.

[buffbrown21]

I use a Nutribullet. I throw in whatever I want, usually spinach, protein powder and various fruits and add water and it does the trick everytime. SUPER easy to clean!
It was like $80 at Bed, Bath and Beyond with their usual 20% off one item coupon.

[Accutron]

Thanks guys for the fast replies, much appreciated.

Im not really into cleaning it up and rinsing and cleaning the seive for a long time to get one cup of juice, thanks for mentioning that D327.

Thanks Hish, Ive heard lots of people talk about the Ninja Pro as a very good alternative to the 2 big name blenders, I will look into straining, maybe it wont be too bad.

@ BB, nutribullet looks really interesting as an extractor thanks.


If anyone is interested, for my current protein shakes I really recommend this. Ive had mine for over 2 years now and its great. Easy to clean, enough power, and....easy to clean. I put in oatmeal, greek yogurt, ice-cream, protein scoop and frozen berries and it blends everything right up with only a few pulses. And its only around $15. So Im really spoiled by its convenience - my other blender was too large and difficult to clean, you had to take things apart each time.

Hamilton Beach personal blender.



Thanks again for the juicer comments.

[Keetman]

Can you not "juice" with a blender?? Its probably a dumb question, but I honestly don't know.

On that note.....just as a reminder, because I'm pretty sure I got the idea here....it is possible to use a normal blender as a quick protein mixer without a bunch of clean up. The larger mouthed mason jars will fit perfectly in the bottom part of the blender (the part with the threads and blades). You just mix as normal, take off the whole fixture with the mason jar, take off the blender part, rinse it off and put it back, then drink the shake out of the jar. All that's left to clean is the mason jar and there was always going to be a container to clean up. It works great and neither the blender or the jars are expensive.

I'm not sure if it would work for juice...but my guess is you'd want the extra volume from the normal blender pitcher anyway. Just thought I'd bring up that tip again since your post reminded me of it Accutron!

[Hishiad]

I use the Blender Shakers for mixing protein shakes, and I have a magic bullet for the rest (works much like how you mention using the mason jar Keetman).


The Ninja Pro is probably the easiest blender I've ever had to clean up (seriously) so if someone finds they don't mind straining or drinking thicker drinks it's pretty outstanding.

[Keetman]

Ok...since there is so much whining going on about it....and because in a half hour its my birthday month (which is irrelevant of course).... if the crew members would like to give me some private nominations we can let some one into the little circle jerk here.

Happy February New Crew Member Voting!


....and I still can't type in all caps. Do not like. I blame the douchetards that insist on typing in all caps for no reason...damn it. They pooped, now we all have to wear diapers.




Here's a list of the current crew:

1 Diamondelts
2 Hardkore79
3 Animalfan
4 Keetman
5 Ferrum_Maximus
6 Accutron
7 Skidmarx
8 Deseee
9 Stunmai3
10 Aaroncf
11 Wildtim
12 boxertim
13 eb02z06
14 buffbrown21
15 Pullbig
16 *****OPEN*****
17 dolson27
18 Jfindon
19 Yankeemarko1
20 *****OPEN*****
21 RemainDieHard
22 Essexlad
23 Captmorganm6
24 lpsevier
25 C5VetteLS1
26 Jimbo.
27 cgc
28 pumping4life
29 JJ-
30 Darkfact
31 Kodokan
32 ExtremistPullup
33 4MEandThem
34 Fishingeek
35 KBKB
36 Attyguy
37 Cleveland33
38 NDMike99
39 Dumb.bell
40 mensagitatmolem
41 Daniel327
42 Twodog
43 Proteinandiron

[KBKB]

Ok...since there is so much whining going on about it....and because in a half hour its my birthday month (which is irrelevant of course).... if the crew members would like to give me some private nominations...

How many nominations do you want? Maybe three, like last time? (I think that's what we did anyway.)

I have two in mind; will have to think of a third.

[Keetman]

3 sounds fine...... I'll figure it out as I go.

[Accutron]

Can you not "juice" with a blender?? Its probably a dumb question, but I honestly don't know.

On that note.....just as a reminder, because I'm pretty sure I got the idea here....it is possible to use a normal blender as a quick protein mixer without a bunch of clean up. The larger mouthed mason jars will fit perfectly in the bottom part of the blender ...

Good tip on the mason jar - on my particular blender the gaskets and all that are on the blade part, so I will have to see if that works.

Juicers have a canister on the back (which they never show that holds all the pulp and debris), a blender just keeps everything together AFAIK. Then the strainer comes in handy as Hish mentioned...

Ive never had fresh carrot juice before LOL, I really like it. The bottle I bought contains the juice of 40 carrots I was like WTF is this even safe to drink.

I vote for
-Sherman - Passionate about his invention
-HNMD - Flies around to test every machine
-GI - From Canada (Please give us coupon code GI40off)
-VM - From Canada
-Matrix - Entire house is full of equipment
-Hish - Blender comments

[Keetman]

....
I vote for
-Sherman - Passionate about his invention....

BRB, Let me check on something real quick........






Nope, not one monkey flying out of my ass.

[mensagitatmolem]

Do any of you guys use a juicer, and have used it for a long time, not just buy and it sits on a shelf?

Id like to get one to make carrot juice LOL, but Ive read the cheap ones are no good, and a good one is around $400-500 which is too much $ for me.

Any personal recommendations for a good cheaper one which is easy to clean and still not too expensive? If its too difficult to clean and process I will just stick to buying juices in the bottle, its about 5-6$

Many thanks.

Well, have been battle tested in the "juice wars" over the years. Can remember getting a juice attachment for our Oscar 25+ years ago. Was a bit of a waste. Have also owned the previously mentioned Bullet and Ninja(in assorted variations). They had their places if not asked to do worldly juicing feats of strength.(not to be confused with a festivus act). They were ok. Have owned a few smoothie machines as well(ok, let's call em what we should. frozen drink machines that facilitate alcohol transfer in a more pleasing manner)

For a bit of entertainment, head over to YouTube and search "will it blend". Blendtec blenders take it to the next step..... Having said that, you can actually get quite a few different juicers/blenders reviews on Youtube, and see how they work as well as their actions, buttons functionality. Have used the Blendtec, and know people who have used the VitaMix. Believe you can see the VitaMix on demo at some of the Costcos around the country. The guy rawfoods on YouTube, who I believe sells juicers via discountjuicers.com has quite a few comments on juicers/extract/mixers. Have never dealt with him, but have seen a few of his videos.

[Accutron]

Well, have been battle tested in the "juice wars" over the years. Can remember getting a juice attachment for our Oscar 25+ years ago. Was a bit of a waste. Have also owned the previously mentioned Bullet and Ninja(in assorted variations). They had their places if not asked to do worldly juicing feats of strength.(not to be confused with a festivus act). They were ok. Have owned a few smoothie machines as well(ok, let's call em what we should. frozen drink machines that facilitate alcohol transfer in a more pleasing manner)

For a bit of entertainment, head over to YouTube and search "will it blend". Blendtec blenders take it to the next step..... Having said that, you can actually get quite a few different juicers/blenders reviews on Youtube, and see how they work as well as their actions, buttons functionality. Have used the Blendtec, and know people who have used the VitaMix. Believe you can see the VitaMix on demo at some of the Costcos around the country. The guy rawfoods on YouTube, who I believe sells juicers via discountjuicers.com has quite a few comments on juicers/extract/mixers. Have never dealt with him, but have seen a few of his videos.

Thanks for the info! I have read about the BlendTec and VitaMix - Ive even read that they have so much power if you make soup it warms up the soup from how much it blends it. But they are both 400-500$...

Will check out RawFoods on Youtube when I get a chance. Thanks again.

I dont know if I even deserve a juicer My midnight snack which Im eating right now is a can of 7up, a large bowl of clam chowder, 40 crackers, and a Caramilk bar LOL.

[AttyGuy]

BRB, Let me check on something real quick........




Nope, not one monkey flying out of my ass.

Did you check the meteorological reports for Hades?