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I peeled three carrots, cut them in thirds, put them in the blender with a cup of water, fought with the obtuse controls for a moment, and then hit "blend". Even in these cases, it takes a surprisingly long time to blend, and the result isn't very even.Pros:-- Large capacity-- Motor seems powerfulCons:-- Yes, as has been said countless times, the thing smells like burning rubber.-- Bizarre controls. It works the same way it did when I bought it.
nothing. why do you have to push multiple buttons to activate this blender. It simply doesn't work like a normal blender -- I honestly don't know what the thing is supposed to do.Actually, I think the simple answer is that this machine is at it's "best" blending drinks -- that is -- things that have lots of liquid.
Today I tossed my SmartPower Premier in the trash. I shook it, pushed the carrots down repeatedly, cut them up smaller, added more water. Turning on pulse takes like four button presses-- 2 speeds -- yup, when it's all said and done, there are two speeds, and they are: very fast, and super very hyper fast-- El-Cheapo plastic blender base-- A lot of people have mentioned how hard it is to pour out of the pitcher, and I agree, and I'd also add that the shape of the pitcher around the blades is inconvenient.-- EXPENSIVE
which is why I threw it out.The last straw was the simple exercise of trying to blend some carrots. The machine was incapable of turning those three carrots in to mush.Lost of noise, burning rubber smell, splatter.
Every morning I mix 16 oz. When I pour, the brew plops everywhere but in the glass. Quiet, easy, fast. I bought a Cuisinart because I expected it to live up to its name. I recommend the Kitchen Aid. It takes forever to get something the consistency of home-made ice cream. Shame on Cuisinart.
I don't crush ice at all. I can pour easily out of the glass pitcher. I start at low and switch to pulp and I have a liquid drink in just a couple of minutes. From the start, this machine screamed at me. I have a Kitchen RRKSB5 at my summer place that works perfectly.
I don't ask much of it. Now the motor seems to be burning out - rubber and electric smell. I have to switch around from low to high and pulse to get this moving at all. yogurt, a few liquid vitamins, etc., and a cup of frozen Maine (very small) blueberries for breakfast. The bottom third of the potion grudingly begins to move a little after a few seconds of idle grinding and I have to keep taking the top off and stirring by hand to mix in the rest.
It's made from the kind of plastic that if you put it in the freezer for a day, took it out, and dropped it on the floor, would shatter into a hundred pieces. The entire base is just one large brittle piece of hard plastic. If they had used rubber or more-flexible plastic material, then this crack wouldn't happen. I wasn't thrilled with this blender's user interface (the buttons are kind of unintuitive), but I could live with it. It just makes no sense that such an otherwise solid blender would have such a cheap failure point. Unfortunately the base is nowhere near as solid. And it actually is a nice solid glass blender, which is good because I often blend hot soups - so heatproof glass is a major plus. It's almost comical that Cuisinart used such a cheap, easily cracked, plastic base with such a diesel pitcher.The problem is that if you tighten the glass pitcher onto the base with too much torque, you'll end up with a hairline crack in the base where it threads onto the pitcher.
Checked out Cuisinart site, and new one only costs $10.oops, did I mention that they also want $5.95 in shipping. Like others, mine smells. Time to find a decent blender. Almost 17% of the cost of a new one. And, after one year, the impeller leaks, rendering it worthless. First I thought it was the gasket, but quickly realized that it was leaking through the shaft.
Now I have to pay $20 dollars and wait a month to have it repaired even though Cuisinart knows that it has a serious design flaw. I wouldn't be surprised if one of these blenders catches on fire.Eventually it would stop working. Since day one I knew that this blender was poorly made. While using it I would smell something burning in the blender.
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