Worked just ok, and reliability issues - died after six months
I used this to blend smoothies about 4-5 times per week. I bought it thinking the automatic smoothie feature was going to make it easier to blend -- it didn't. The smoothie "program" runs on low speed forward, then reverse, then faster forward, then reverse, then high speed for a while. It frequently created an airspace beneath the smoothie ingredients so it could blend at high speed like crazy without really mixing anything. That meant I always had to monitor it to see if I needed to stop it and push the ingredients down, so it didn't really make it any easier.
After six months, it stopped working. It wouldn't come on. It felt like it was the keypad that stopped working because the ON key didn't "click" right when I pushed it, like the other keys did. The keypad is a smooth membrane and food can't get into it, so that wasn't the problem.
I tossed it out. It was probably under warranty but I didn't have a desire to pay for shipping it to Oster for repair. I...
Not as Advertised
The "All Metal Drive" is half rubber and shears off after about 6 months of regular use. We bought this unit because it said it had an "All Metal Drive". It is even stamped right on the drive that it is All Metal Drive. But under the drive plate there is a rubber section that connects it to the motor. We use this daily to make smoothies with frozen and liquid ingredients. The unit we had before this would last about 3 years before we had to replace the very expensive drive connector. This one could only take it for 6 months.
It also has issues blending and develops an air space around the blades.
Do Not Buy this unit.
Great blender
I didn't know my old blender was so lame until I got this one. We make protein smoothies every day, and this blends all the ingredients and crushes the ice on 1/4 of the time of my old blender.
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