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I don't even know if my year is up yet, but now it won't go on--no noise whatever. I did my research and chose this blender. Pathetic. I wanted to be able to blend ice, etc. I used it a few times and it worked fine. My old blenders lasted longer than I wanted to keep using them. They became out of fashion.
CR rated this one highly so we went with it. It worked great at first but wore out after a year, even with light usage. I was disappointed.
I ignored the reviews that warned of early mortality because I figured that my intended use would be relatively easy -- just the occasional smoothie, not grinding ice cubes, for example. The motor burned out the second time I used it.
I saw the nuts were burning. I used it solely for grinding nuts into nut butters. I give it two stars because I had about three years where I liked it very well. Fortunetely, there was no smoke or fire. All of a sudden, I put in some cashew nuts, and I noticed a funny smell. It wasn't working well either. It was no longer usable, so I just threw the unit in the trash.I'm still looking for something that is glass and made somewhere besides China. I may give a different Oster model a try.
If you're really interested in buying this one, come to my house and you can have mine. The fruit must be defrosted slightly in the microwave first.
It was quite a disappointment. First and foremost the machine is mostly plastic and very cheap looking.
I bought this blender because it got good reviews on Consumer Reports. I have found that the machine can not handle more than 3 ice cubes at a time (I've tried all combinations) and frozen fruit is out of the question.
The only reason I bought this was for crushing ice in smoothies and bar drinks. I am out of luck unless I have 15 minutes to start and stop the machine, shake up the contents, swoosh it around, try again, and again, and again.
Wow - after writing this I realize how much I've become a slave to this piece of junk. I'll be happy to have you take it off my hands.
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