Oster 14 Speed Blender

Bottom cap breaks easily
After about 20 uses, the plastic bottom cap broke. Unfortunately, it broke off when the blender was full of hot onion cream that it took me an hour to make. So I almost killed myself and had to clean the kitchen for half hour. Nice, huh? It's a pity because everything else seems high quality, engine, blades, glass cup etc.. Really a pity.

Buy with Caution
Oster was the go-to brand for me, so I purchased the 6608 to make smoothies. After two uses, the black plastic screw-on base decided to start chipping off around the drive gear. The terrible odor of hot plastic caught my attention, so I lifted the blender jar to find black plastic shreds on the base. Not wanting to spend $100+ for a blender AND wanting a metal drive motor, I even-exchanged it at the store for the same model. Time will tell if this one holds up. Shoulda kept my old harvest gold Oster I sold at a garage sale a few years back!

JUNK!!
Once-upon-a-time, Oster blenders were a quality appliance. No more. I purchased my blender 4 months ago and have gone through two of the black plastic bottom caps (hold the blade and gasket to glass jar.) They are CHEAP. I'm a careful user, but the cap cracks and will no longer hold the jar. Oster gives me the run-around each time I contact them and won't replace. (The last part I had to pay for myself.) Jarden currently owns Oster, Sunbeam, Mr. Coffee, Crockpot and other brands. (see [...]) I've gotten the same negligent responses regarding disintigration of the plastic parts on one of their Crockpots. I will no longer buy any Jarden product for myself or anyone else and check their website to be sure I'm avoiding them. I won't give them another chance to steal our hard-earned money.

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