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554 of 561 people found the following review helpful.
Search for the holy blender…
By Band Dad
I have been looking for a blender for a few weeks now. We have started making smoothies at home and burned up our old one. Our girls like the “Chocolate Elvis” recipe from the local smoothie place which holds peanutbutter, bananas, yogurt, ice, and milk. I guess this is actually hard on blenders. I purchased one at Target 2 weeks ago that had “700 watts peak power” on the box. It passed away in 2 days. The power spec on the bottom of the blender said 450 watts. I think that is untrue advertisement. I have seen this on 2 dissimilar blenders now.
I have been leery of buying any blender with the little plastic teeth couplers because of all the bad reviews here on Amazon. I likewise wanted to stay away from anything with only 450 watts.
I was in another store and saw this blender. It has a new design for where the blades couple with the motor. “Commercial quality couplers with 12 interlocking teeth….coated for quiet operation”.
We have had it for a few days now and have made galore pretty thick smoothies. So far, so good. No burning smell like the one that was without delay apparent with the Target blender. My youngest daughter complanied that her smoothie was “too smooth”. I guess she got applied to the chunks of ice that our past blenders have left.
Kitchenaid doesn’t seem to publicize the actual power specs on their blenders. On the bottom of this one it says that it draws 6 amps. Which is in regards to 720 watts or with regards to 0.9 horsepower.
My only complaint so far is the soft begin feature. The blade starts at a slower speed then quickly increments to the speed you chose. This procedure still throws everything up into the lid, which is what it ought to prevent. It works fine though as long as you have the lid on. It likewise works if you commence with the slowest speed and work your way up.
Overall this blender seems to be well made and finelooking well thought out. The cord storage on the bottom is a outstanding feature. It has much more prominent feet than the former model. So far, I would highly commend this blender for the person looking for a good blender in the under $200 range.
Added comments:
It is a year and when it comes to 300 smoothies later and we still have this blender. I would highly commend it!!
288 of 291 persons found the following review helpful.
They Redesigned The Container (carafe)!!!
By Robert Derenthal
We purchased this Kitchenaid blender over a year ago, and after assorted months the container started to leak. The leak was small, and we put up with it for awhile. We in the long run got tired of the mess, however, and called the factory. We were told that the container had been redesigned, and they would send us a new one without delay even altho our warranty had expired. When we got the new one we could see that it had in truth been redesigned, and have employed it for a heap of time now, and NO LEAKS. A leak proof container plus the other outstanding features of this blender now warrant a definitive five stars.
153 of 157 people found the following review helpful.
Do Yourself a Favor and Buy this Fantasitc Blender
By AG Pym
My husband and I make smoothies closely each single night (as in, 6-7 nights/week), so we’re genuinely hard on our blenders. We have been through 4 blenders in the last 3 years alone. We started with a cheap Oster blender, but speedily realized that it was finelooking much useless for the thick smoothies we like to make. Next, I purchased the Back to Basics Smoothie Elite, which was great for as long as it kept up, but as it turned out, that was only 6 months. So, we upgraded to the Back to Basics Smoothie Professional, which was outstanding until I dropped the glass jar into the sink and broke it, only to find that you couldn’t buy a new one ANYWHERE so my $120 blender was now worthless.
After all this, I decisive to stop fooling around and buy a Kitchenaid. This blender has all the power you need (way more power than any of the basi 3 blenders I bought; both the smoothie blenders came with a stir stick, but such a thing isn’t even necessary when you have the power of this Kitchenaid), and is a steal at $99, since we’ve had it for a year now and it’s still as good as new. The motor is unstoppable, the blade is fantastic, it cleans easily, the jar is polycarbonate (i.e. unbreakable if you drop it), and there is a removable plastic piece in the lid in case you do want to use a stir stick.
I love this blender, and when it dies (which I hope/believe will be years from now, given how dependable my other Kitchenaid appliances are) I will be replacing it with the precise same make and model. It’s everything a blender must be!
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