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Blender Oct 23, 2009
As always Amazon delivered my purchase in a timely manner and it arrived in good condition.
I decided on this blender after first checking with Consumer Reports magazine and then reading the reviews on Amazon.com.
I am not disappointed with the blender; it is everything that is advertised including the noise level. Some of the reasons that I purchased this one are, it has a glass container (I am getting away from plastic food containers), it has an all metal drive and minimal plastic, is less likely to break, and has only two speeds (less gadgetry).
It performs well on fruit smoothies (I throw in frozen fruit), veggie smoothies, and hummus, it is simple to use and cleans up easily.
 Works well for a price Sep 06, 2009
I have this blender and it works great, but I cannot be in the same room, because of the noise. You had better put some earplugs in your cart also. Because it is so noisy, I also bought a Waring to replace it, same great job without damaging my hearing. The cat's don't run and hide like a bomber just flew over and I can still enjoy a perfectly blended smoothie every morning.
 not what I expected Jul 10, 2009
I was very excited to receive this blender after reading all the reviews. However, when I received this blender, I was extremely disappointed. This is by far the loudest appliance ever! I thought something was wrong, so I double-checked to make sure everything was in place. I put in 3 cups of ice and expected they would all be crushed, that didn't happen. I had to remove the many pieces of icecubes in order to give my children the snow cones they were expecting. I will return this product!
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Average Jun 28, 2009
Compared to a Hamilton-Beach blender of equal power this was more expensive. It worked well for 3 years, but then the seal on the shaft that goes into the bottom started leaking. I plan to purchase a new part to replace the damaged one because it would be more expensive to replace the blender. Pros; looks good. Adequately crushes ice. Cons: noisy, only one speed (holding the toggle up gives you another slightly different speed, but requires manually holding the toggle the whole time). Overall it seems adequate, average, functional, but not remarkable in any way.
 Great for the price May 20, 2009
I love this blender! I bought it at Target for $60 based solely on how it looks, and have been very pleased with the purchase for the last two weeks.
Every day I blend a frozen fruit smoothie and have experienced none of the problems that other reviewers have with the fruit processing. I have to assume that they are either not using enough liquid or perhaps aren't even blending long enough. While the machine is certainly loud (the engine is housed in metal, what did you think it was going to sound like?) it's about as loud as my KitchenAid stand mixer. In other words: yes, you might wake up people sleeping in the house, but why are you blending ice in the middle of the night, anyway?
I think another consideration is that blending takes a minor amount of skill. If you want a thick, frozen fruit smoothie, you can't just flip it on and walk away. You have to pulse for the first few blends, until all the large chunks have had a pass through, and then you might have to tap the air pocket out a few times. This is how ALL home blenders are. Only the most powerful, expensive blenders get around the tapping of the air bubble, and some of those ones can't even do it -- I know, I've used a $500 blender at work.
Like I said, for the price? This is a lovely appliance, both in function and form.
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