yes, it is loud but this blender makes great smoothies.
it's loud, but because it's so effective, you will probably have it turned on for less than half the time of another blender - i make my standard smoothie in 6 (!) seconds.
i liked this blender because it pulverized veggies for a soup, and fruits for a smoothie to a nice, smooth consistency.
we make smoothies in our house and needed a blender with power and this one has it.
this blender works great, but i've only used it to make protein shakes.
i have used this blender for everything from smoothies to margaritas to crushing just ice, it does it all.
my son mixes his protein shakes in it with ease and he's only 14.
it's easy to use for my protein shakes and also great for smoothies.
i use it for protein shakes.
i love whey protein shakes and wanted to find something that can grind up the ice really well and froth it up - with 350 watts, i knew this would do what i wanted.
i use it for protein shakes mostly.
this blender rocks perfect for smoothies
making smoothies is a breeze, even loading it up with frozen fruit.
i've had a great deal of difficulty burning out motors with blenders for my morning smoothie that i make from scratch (juice, milk, protein powder, frozen strawberries, frozen bananas - it's the
it works easily in chopping a banana up for a smoothie drink and chops ice cubes with ease without having to change blades.
for more "everyday" tasks, it makes uber-quick work of smoothies, sauces, and milkshakes.
i have used this blender for 5 months now at my ice cream store to make smoothies and have been happy with it since day one.
it made one of the best smoothies i have ever had.
it makes the perfect smoothie.
my wife and i use the blender for smoothies and protein shakes, at least 2x-3x/day.
it makes fantastic smoothies.
i wanted it to make smoothies and my favorite blender cheesecake, mostly.
this is a very quiet blender that makes smoothies much creamier that i was used to.
when you start the blender, the blades start slowly and come up to speed without throwing your smoothy all over the kitchen.
i've started using it again recently to make raw green smoothies & other raw smoothies.
you must start at a low speed and work up to a high speed and it will blend your smoothies to perfection.
anything i make with this blender turns out perfect - whether be it my coconut gravies or smoothies with ice.
my new blender is sleeker, quieter running and does a better job, especially with smoothies.
i prepared some smoothies and mouses and once i crushed ice too and it worked for all of it, without any trouble.
it is surprisingly quiet, doesn't strain at chopping ice and making smoothies like the gourmet blenders i've tried.
my main reason for purchasing the hamilton beach 52277 12 speed classic chrome blender was to make smoothies with frozen fruit on occasion.
this product is everything i ever wanted from a blender - easy to use, easy to clean, great smoothies.
i'm really happy with this product, i use it to make green smoothies every single day.
i started to workout at a gym and making 2-3 smoothies a day; my old blender was not it.
i actually haven't used the blender yet for smoothies or anything else, but i'm sure it's just as capable.
this blender is much quieter, has better performance, and what a wonderful smoothie it makes.
it is a pretty good blender, i use it every day for smoothies.
my husband threw together a strawberry-banana smoothie earlier this week and the blender whipped it up without problem!
i have been making health smoothies on a regular basis since i bought this blender, and this blender has been handling it like a pro.
it's good for pestos and smoothies as well as soups and other sauces.
it makes the most awesome frozen drinks, shakes, smoothies, etc.
great blender, would recommend to all!, we make smoothies to bread crumbs and everything in between!
i just wished we used it more that the occasional shakes and smoothies that we do.
high speed noise resembles our older blenders, but seems more effective making smoothies.
i use my oster fusion blender at least three or four times a week to make fruit yogurt smoothies, and it absolutely pulverizes frozen fruit and ice.
by selecting automatic for frozen drinks it will crush ice for smoothies and drinks without leaving any small lumps of ice that you usually find in most home blenders.
i had to face it that i wasn't making my protein shakes because it was way too messy having to clean up both the large mixing bowl on my blender and the smoothie glass everytime i wanted a quick fix.
good product for smoothies but the blades dull rapidly if used with ice.
i bought my tribest personal blender two years ago in the hopes that it would encourage me to make more fruit/yogurt smoothies for breakfast.
it whips it, making a great protein shake.
i wanted to make a small milk shake without the hassle of pulling out and cleaning the large glass jar of my blender.
i use it to make banana/strawberry smoothies and have not yet had any minor problems that i could not figure out.
this blender crushed all the ice which was great because i have already made a smoothie, milk shake and a alchohalic beverage.
i have to keep pressing different speed buttons to get it to mixed up smoothies.
i make smoothies for breakfast every morning, and this blender handles anything i want to throw at it...even frozen peaches, which all of my previous blenders have pooped out on.
i ordered this wavestation blender for the soul purpose of making smoothies and it does it wonderfully.
it makes a great milkshake as well and can be used as a regular blender.
it does make all sorts of frozen drinks to include smoothies.
between smoothies, snow cones, and margaritas we've thoroughly enjoyed it.
we have used it regularly for both margaritas and regular smoothies with awesome results each time.
smoothies and iced coffee turned out well.
i keep it at work to make my protein shakes.
i bought this blender to keep at work to mix my diet/protein shakes - as i was tired of drinking them lumpy.
throwing together a smoothie, milkshake or frozen drink is a snap -- although i'm not sure how this model would perform in more creative food processing tasks.
i use this blender to make protein shakes every day, and it handles blending frozen fruit very easily, and best of all takes up very little counterspace.
we needed a new blender, and since we usually use it to make milkshakes, we decided to try out a "personal" size one instead of a full sized blender.
i noticed it had the same motor (0.9hp) and assumed it would make smoothies as well as the 5 speed.
we purchased the kitchenaid ksb540wh blender in april, 2007 after burning up numerous blenders making our daily frozen smoothies.
i purchased this blender mainly to make smoothies, but i have used it for several jobs and i just love it.
love the smoothies and the ice crush feature is wonderful-- this is a large and noisy blender and we use it daily!!
i had a cheap-o hamilton beach blender and everytime i used to blend smoothies, although i didnt get fruit chunks, but i get ice chunks and i get small fruit pieces, and tastes really thick and not
the bottom line: a great appliance that you don't necessarily need but convenient if you love smoothies.
it is a time saver in the morning, whereas with my kitchen aide, it took ten minutes to blend frozen fruit smoothies sometimes with undesirable results.
after years of trying to make smoothies in a regular blender, and having to stop and stir, and stop and stir, and worry about burning out the motor, we now don't have to worry any more.
now when i make smoothies with frozen fruit i don't have to cut the strawberries in half because it is powerful and i can stir while it's blending.
i had a btb smoothie maker for years and it finally died.
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