i have used this blender to make soups and fruit & vegetable smoothies and it has worked extremely well and is very easy to clean.
i use it to make smoothies on a daily basis and it blends ice well even on the mix setting.
we drink protein shakes 3x a day.
i drink a lot of package drinks and i like to crush ice to give them a milk shake feel.
pros: can handle large amounts of smoothies and i like the cyclonic mixing action.
i make a banana smoothie after every workout and it blends it great with ice and all!
if you want a blender that will crush ice and make smoothies, this is not it.
i make a smoothie every morning and the blender either pushes the banana to one side, thereby leaving it whole, or when it does eventually incorporate the banana, the motor emits a burning smell.
best smoothies, pesto and grated cheeses.
the motor is underpowered, isn't really able to crush ice very well or make a smoothie without a lot of effort / cavitating / stop-and-start on my part.
i bought it primarily for smoothies, and the processor, boasted a strong amp/hp motor.
after the motor burned out making smoothies with our old cuisinart blender we bought the cuisinart powerblend 600 7-speed to replace it.
my daughter went running screaming through the house as we were trying to make a smoothie.
it was the loudest blender i have ever heard in my life and i'm a smoothie maker and purchaser.
it claims to blend smoothies but you have to use a spoon to push the ice into the blade.
takes a little caressing to get it going with big nasty ice cubes, but add enough liquid (not a ton) and it will make you the best smoothie you have ever had!
i've made smoothies every night for our family for years.
i needed it at our office for making smoothies and it works great.
the bottom line: crushing ice is just a touch away...resulting into fabulous smoothies and drinks!
i made a smoothie and it crushed up the ice along with everything else.
there are three "high end" buttons for smoothies, crushed ice and milkshakes.
we use it almost exclusively for fruit smoothies.
it's can't blend smoothies.
the wave action does seem to work and helps for adding extra ingredients to smoothies.
i bought the 10-speed wave-action blender specifically for making fruit smoothies.
since my new blender arrived, i have been on a spree of smoothies and sauces.
- does a good job of blending- i use the cheap protein powder from costco, my past two blender left the powder as lumps and clumps in my smoothies, this one blended it well, also did a good job with
both functions do a great job for what i use it for - smoothies, soups, pesto, etc.
so far i've pureed soups and blended smoothies with it.
- does a good job of blending- i use the cheap protein powder from costco, my past two blenders left the powder as lumps and clumps in my smoothies, this one blended it well, also did a good job with
it is very durable plastic and makes wonderful smoothies for me and my boys.
i use this blender to make smoothies quite often, and the performance is very good.
recently gotten into green smoothies.
i only used it for smoothies.
having a hard time trying to figure out why i shouldn't give this product the full 5 stars....blends everything quickly (mostly smoothies in my case) and is a breeze to clean up.
maybe not the greatest power in the world but i have made 2 smoothies a day for 2 months and it does what i want it to do.
i use it for making yogurt/fruit/berry smoothies.
it makes great malts, smoothies, grasshoppers, and brandy alexanders (so far.)
but it's great to use to make drinks and smoothies...
can also be used for adult frozen drinks & i use it for frozen protein shakes...can't rave enough about this product.
i was afraid that it may leak into the next smoothie that i make, so i threw it away.
do not buy this smoothie maker.
i purchased the back to basics smoothie plus last year and have been extremely dissatisfied with my purchase.
we got this home and made smoothies for two days.
ice is virtually liquified in 10 seconds, perfect for creamy smoothies and slushies galore.
i use it to make smoothies every morning.
this is the perfect blender for your home smoothies.
we use it to make smoothies, and it's great on ice.
we've made smoothies, shakes, and drinks with crushed ice and it works beautifully.
since then, i have used it almost every morning to make smoothies for breakfast.
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