Well, quite. The trouble is that, over time, doing this will slacken the ring and before you know it you need a new one. Only they don't sell the rings by themselves, you have to buy a whole new extractor blade to go with it or take your chances with non-brand replacements. The lady I spoke to on the phone, when I called the "official" Nutribullet site, was adamant that the ring should not be taken out and said that all the people who have complained about rings having broken were guilty of taking them out. She advised me to buy a new blade unit and to not take out the ring. I said "that's nasty". She said, "no, it's perfectly fine". We agreed to disagree. If any one knows of a good place to get replacement rings that actually fit, please let us know. Cheers.