|
Ours held our for about eight months of once-a-week use making smoothies. Judging from other reviews here, that was longer than many others. I expected much better from Cuisinart. That start does not shine as brightly now.
I had to pour boiling water over frozen fruit to get it blended without chunks. I owned this blender for a year. The base is real heavy since Cuisinart added that extra platform to the bottom whereas other blenders include that piece as an option. and give one star only because it actually turned on. The bad: It's SUPER LOUD, and has a hard time crushing ice and frozen fruit. For the money you can find something way better. I ended up getting an Oster and already much happier and made a delicious smoothie with no chunks.
The second one lasted around 2 weeks and the motor failed too, so I returned it and asked my money back. I purchased one of these (not Amazon) but it stopped working after less than three weeks of daily use (one Herbalife shake twice a day). I took it to the store for replacement. It looks very well designed, the jar and lid are top quality and the blade used to work very well, however the motor (the most important part) makes the whole thing a waste of money. Too bad a reputable brand like Cuisinart uses such low quality motors.
We got this as a wedding present a few years ago. But the same basic problem occurred. Used it sporadically for smoothies. Sounds like ours lasted longer than most on here. The black 'wheel' started disengaging from the motor to the point that it now emits a bit of SMOKE (no joking) and now doesn't work at all. Customer service said it was out of warranty, no help, etc.don't buy it.
The next day I tried the blender top, which worked fine until I went to pour it and it started leaking out from in between the white plastic ring to where it connects to the glass. Two people within my household came running out of their respective rooms to see what the "horrible noise" was.
I thought I was getting a steal since it also came with another food processing unit that you could swap out on top for the blender so I was very excited. I am by no means a heavy blender user.
I registered and received this blender as a wedding gift. I think I may have lost some hearing from how horrible it was.
I would say that perhaps I have used it on average two times a month for the past 3 years. About 2 months ago, I go to put on the food processor top and it makes this horrible high pitched squealing sound.
I picked up the base, and sure enough like many others on here - the drive had stripped the gripping teeth practically flat. This thing is a piece of junk.
|
