Hamilton Beach Blender For Shakes And Smoothies, 850 Watts

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I’ve been using this blender for smoothies for the past three weeks. I feel there is a learning curve with any new appliance, but this blender has been easy to learn how to use. After reading the directions, and after a little trial and error, here are my tips.

The pitcher is easy to assemble and place on the base. The cover fits tightly, which I like, and it takes a little practice to be sure to get it completely engaged with the rim. When removing the cover, I make sure the spout is open and gently pull up on an edge on the cover until it starts to release. Do it a few times and you’ll be fine.

Placing the pitcher on the base is easy – simply set it down and don’t turn the handle once the pitcher is engaged. I turned the handle the first time I used it and that caused the bottom of the pitcher to start to unscrew – totally my fault.

My typical smoothie ingredients in this order are a few small ice cubes, 3/4 cup cold filtered water, a cut up apple with peel, a peeled orange, a generous handful of frozen blueberries and a generous handful of frozen spinach (I buy fresh spinach and freeze it in a zipper bag for smoothies). I pulse the blender a few times to get ingredients down into the blades and then press auto smoothie. When the auto cycle stops my smoothie is perfect.

Using enough liquid (juice, water) is important for blending, but because everything I add is either very cold or frozen my smoothies are thick, cold and not watery at all.

I like pouring my finished smoothie into a glass using the pour spout on the cover. Very neat.

Finally, this blender is amazingly easy to keep sparkling clean. It disassembles and reassembles so easily, it can all go into the dishwasher or be hand washed and the area around the blade assembly can’t trap liquid ingredients. This means I’m always sure that my smoothie today doesn’t contain any residue from yesterday’s smoothie. I had worries about that with the bullet-type blender I used previously.

I feel comfortable recommending this blender. And the price is amazing compared to other blenders I considered.

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very good blender

I am happy with my purchase. This blender makes great smoothies.

I got the blender to make my morning protein shake which is powder, almond milk, and ice cubes. I’ve also used it a few times to make fruit smoothies with chunks of fruit and it had no issue. I think it’s absolutely perfect for what I wanted. I had another well-known brand that started smelling like motor oil and not working well. I then started using my big KitchenAid blender but the problem with that is that when it would start up on any speed it would throw the powder of the shake up into the nooks and crannies of the lid and sides of jar, even when I tried to mix it up before with a whisk. So I was interested in something that had less space for that to happen, but still powerful. This smoothie blender is actually engineered not only to be the right size for smoothies, but it has the same function the previous “well known brand” does – a smoothie button that runs for about 45 seconds and does a great job.
***Also important to note- this blender has a three year warranty which is 2 years longer than all of the other brands I’ve looked at including the very popular and expensive ones.
I can tell you they stand behind their products, because initially the lid I received with the blender had a slight tear at the bottom of the spout part. There was a seam there, and apparently it can separate on the old lid style, which is what I must have received. I reached out to Hamilton Beach and they were great about sending out a new lid at no cost to me. The replacement lid is different, so I’m assuming they updated the style. Like other reviewers have said, the lid I now have is somewhat difficult to get off but what I usually do is place the blender in the sink and then hold it against the sink wall while simultaneously removing the lid. It’s a harder plastic than the initial lid I received. I’m guessing they changed the design because of issues with the old style splitting? Anyway, yes the lid is a little hard to get off, but I would rather have a lid that’s hard to get off then a lid that falls off when you’re pouring out your smoothie :-). Bottom line, this is a great blender that does what it is intended to do, it has a great warranty in the company stands behind their product. I think it’s a great value!