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I don't even know if my year is up yet, but now it won't go on--no noise whatever. My old blenders lasted longer than I wanted to keep using them. I did my research and chose this blender. Pathetic. They became out of fashion. I wanted to be able to blend ice, etc. I used it a few times and it worked fine.
I was disappointed. CR rated this one highly so we went with it. It worked great at first but wore out after a year, even with light usage.
The motor burned out the second time I used it. I ignored the reviews that warned of early mortality because I figured that my intended use would be relatively easy -- just the occasional smoothie, not grinding ice cubes, for example.
It was no longer usable, so I just threw the unit in the trash.I'm still looking for something that is glass and made somewhere besides China. I saw the nuts were burning. Fortunetely, there was no smoke or fire. I give it two stars because I had about three years where I liked it very well. I may give a different Oster model a try. All of a sudden, I put in some cashew nuts, and I noticed a funny smell. I used it solely for grinding nuts into nut butters. It wasn't working well either.
If you're really interested in buying this one, come to my house and you can have mine. Wow - after writing this I realize how much I've become a slave to this piece of junk. The fruit must be defrosted slightly in the microwave first.
It was quite a disappointment. I am out of luck unless I have 15 minutes to start and stop the machine, shake up the contents, swoosh it around, try again, and again, and again. I bought this blender because it got good reviews on Consumer Reports.
I have found that the machine can not handle more than 3 ice cubes at a time (I've tried all combinations) and frozen fruit is out of the question. I'll be happy to have you take it off my hands. First and foremost the machine is mostly plastic and very cheap looking.
The only reason I bought this was for crushing ice in smoothies and bar drinks.
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