# Answering the age old question: will an iPad blend? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 5, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-age-old-question-will-an-ipad-blend/535046 "2010-04-05T17:32:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-age-old-question-will-an-ipad-blend/535046/1 "2010-04-05T17:32:43Z")
This video hurts my soul just a little. And yet, it also brought a smile to my face. I believe my heart and mind are conflicted on the matter. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lAl28d6tbko/maxresdefault.jpg "Will It Blend? - iPad") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAl28d6tbko) ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-age-old-question-will-an-ipad-blend/535046/2 "2010-04-05T17:37:52Z")
Outstanding! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-age-old-question-will-an-ipad-blend/535046/3 "2010-04-05T17:44:18Z")
I hate to see it happen, but I can’t get angry at anything the WIB people do. It just seems to make that guy so happy. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-age-old-question-will-an-ipad-blend/535046/4 "2010-04-05T17:55:26Z")
Did they have to break an actual iPad for that? ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-age-old-question-will-an-ipad-blend/535046/5 "2010-04-05T17:57:23Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Did they have to break an actual iPad for that? If they didn’t use the real McCoy, then how would we know whether it blends? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-age-old-question-will-an-ipad-blend/535046/6 "2010-04-05T17:58:03Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Did they have to break an actual iPad for that? Absolutely, we have to be rigorous about this kind of testing. 😃 That was awesome, I expected him to get out an oversized blender pitcher, but nope! … God, I really want one of those blenders now. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-age-old-question-will-an-ipad-blend/535046/7 "2010-04-05T18:12:44Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Absolutely, we have to be rigorous about this kind of testing. 😃 > > That was awesome, I expected him to get out an oversized blender pitcher, but nope! > > … God, I really want one of those blenders now. Yah, this really is excellent advertising. I’m a little surprised the iPad blended, actually. I’d have thought the sheer size of the thing would have made it difficult for the rotor blades to get up to speed. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-age-old-question-will-an-ipad-blend/535046/8 "2010-04-05T19:23:24Z")
Does he own the blender company? Cool idea, by the way. Letterman needs this on his show. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-age-old-question-will-an-ipad-blend/535046/9 "2010-04-05T19:34:36Z")
Did you notice in the video that you could still see the keyboard on the iPad after he whacked it two or three times? That’s a pretty tough device! ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-age-old-question-will-an-ipad-blend/535046/10 "2010-04-05T19:45:53Z")
Heh. I viewed a few more videos, including one where he blended symbolic elements of an entire IT infrastructure – A Vista CD, an Apple mouse, a USB drive, a SUSE plush toy, some cable, a PCI card of some kind, etc. When he adds some little toy people to represent users, he says, "This is just a representation; if you have fantasies about putting actual users into a blender, please get help… they’re heavy." ---
**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-age-old-question-will-an-ipad-blend/535046/11 "2010-04-05T20:01:50Z")
I love Blendtec’s videos, but for this one, they might as well have used a prop. When the guy is folding the iPad right before it goes into the blender, you can tell that they’ve taken off the aluminum back panel.