Customer Ratings & Reviews

Its perfect for making protein shakes nice and smooth

Before I begin my review, I should start out by saying that I am a bit of a blender snob, and I collect them for fun. I didn't really NEED a blender, but I saw the display model at Best Buy and couldn't resist. That being said, I am very impressed with this blender. It is consistent with the quality that I expect from Oster. It blended the same Strawberry Banana Smoothie that I always make MUCH better than the 7-year old KitchenAid blender that I often use - no chunks whatsoever. I tested the ice crush feature, and it made mince meat out of ice in 2-3 seconds. In fact, I would dare say that it crushes ice perfectly, and faster than any of my other blenders. I also appreciate the Easy Clean feature - a definite bonus. I like the metal drive shaft MUCH better than the plastic teeth on the KitchenAid and Cuisinart - there is no guesswork as far as where/when to place the jar on top of the base; no teeth that could potentially break/wear (note: the teeth have never broken on my KitchenAid or Cuisinart, so I am just speaking about potentialities). The jar is designed for MUCH easier pouring than any other blender I have used. If you are at all concerned with the presentation/appearance of your blending results, this blender certainly delivers. Why a 4-star instead of a 5? The plastic collar is much more fragile than other blenders I have used (also, more fragile than other Oster's that I have seen). The rest of my cons are very nit-picky and may not bother most people. If anyone is familiar with the smell of a new blender motor, this blender (along with Cuisinart and Waring blenders) has that new motor smell if you let it run for more than 15 seconds. Personally, this does not bother me, but I have noticed that it makes some people nervous. My initial ice-crush experiment actually produced ice that was infused with the smell, but a few good cleanings should solve that problem. The lid is not the best I have ever seen - It does have a removable cap in the center, but it is black and does not have measured lines like the Cuisinart. Louder than the KitchenAid (KSB5ER4), but quieter than the Cuisinart (BFP-10CH). Despite these minor things, I would highly, highly recommend this blender!

Haven’t used it for anything heavy duty....but it’s worked just fine on my frozen mixed drinks......and sometimes that’s exactly what you need. Lol

Mine didn't last as long as I would have liked, but if your in need for just a basic blender it will work. The baby food making process proved to be to much for this one...

I bought it to make smoothies and it gets the job done as long as you dice the fruit up and add liquid or else the blades don’t chop up the fruit.

Bought this blender to replace my Faberware blender. Unfortunately this blender does not work well for smoothies. I thaw the blueberries beforehand, add a cut up apple, banana, yoghurt and cashew milk. This blender struggled and the result was not a "smoothie". Disappointed so I returned it the following day and bought a Ninja.

finally broke down and bought a blender months after my nutri-bullet died .., now i can do alittle more

Nice blender, medium power. For freezies with frozen items and icecream it struggles. But a nice unit for the price.

It does a decent job on most things, definitely good for the money, but does not handle ice as well as my old Oster did.

I had four teeth extractions and purchased this blender to purée/blend food and it was very slow and difficult task.

Not as powerful as I thought. I'll keep since will use once in a while. Should've bought at WM though, it's at a lower price.

Perfect for a gift, worked great, smoothie tasted excellent, not that it has anything to do with it working but good machine

I like the different speeds on it So you can enjoy it for more than one thing

Turned it on, rattles, way too loud. Disappointed.

Heavy Glass but could not meet our need. We used it grind cooked rice for baby and didnt come out the way we wanted.

Good but average. thought the blender was more stronger

I like the color. Wish it was all steel. And would like it to crush ice easy. But for the price i cant complain. I paid 16 bucks for it.

Sent this to college with my son and daughter. They say, "it does its job"

It is not good for juice even I don't advice any one with it

This lender was not what I really wanted. I found out that I really wanted a food processor instead.