Best Blenders for Gear

the unit itself has a geared metal socket that matches a toothed metal gear built into the carafe.

being a lover of margaritas, it's been a lifetime of having to smell that "burn't gear" smell as my friends blenders just don't have the power to crush the ice.

there is a slight machine gear odor the first couple of uses, but that goes away

i'm concerned about the durability, because the gear-shaped coupling between the jar and the base does not seem to make a solid connection.

i then pressed the "mix" button and the machine responded with an ear shattering clatter and the sound of gears grinding.

it shredded the metal gears on both the drive on the base as well as on the jar.

sounds like a car that might not make it up a hill and you just want to give it a push and hear it kick into gear.

i think the main thing (other than some really nifty features like the "smoothie" button and "crush" button which both modulate the blending action perfectly to achieve the best results) is that it

the gear got stripped out.

i've found the design poor, the plastic gears are grinding themselves up.