Kitchenaid KSB560OB 5-Speed Stand Blender

Great Frozen Drinkmaker

Strengths: Powerful. Great ice-crushing.

Weakness: Sucks in air bubble in thicker concoctions. Having a built in blade makes cleaning a little more difficult.

I use my blender primarily to make smoothies with frozen fruit. My Oster crapped out on me and I decided to get something a little more pricey in hopes of getting a better product. Well it is probably a better blender overall, but the one thing I was hoping to fix, it did not. When I make smoothies and put too much frozen fruit in, it sucks an air pocket down to the blades so that the blades spin...

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Blender review

Strengths: Quieter than my other blender that I had; lightweight jar; dishwasher safe; powerful

Weakness: None that I have found yet

I bought this blender after my Cuisinart failed several times. This blender is powerful and does all I need it to do. I love having the pourable pitcher. I have started using this to mix my pancake mix now and then just pour the batter on the griddle from the pitcher. My only difficulty that I have is winding the power cord around the base.

KSB560OB Polycarbonate Pitcher 5-Speed 0.9hp Stand...

Strengths: powerful, blend well, nice looking

Weakness: possible of leak at the bottom, noisy. Polycarbonate container is too light

I recently purchased Vita-mix 5000 and i decided to get this Kitchen Aid to compare. If this Kitchen Aid blender can perform 1/2 as well, I will keep it and return Vita-mix. The answer is no. Here is why. The Kitchen Aid will blend strongly but the container is too light. It doesnt have an attached base like the Vita-mix ones. Therefore, when you blend at full power, it seems like the container...

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Smooth, quick, and quiet

Strengths: Blends and purees quickly. Hot tomato based soups and sauces do not cause pitcher to stain. Very sharp blades.

Weakness: Difficult to reach pitcher bottom for cleaning by hand.

This is a powerful and relatively quiet blender. The blades are very sharp, which is obviously a quality one looks for in a blender (this can be a drawback when one's hand is down there for cleaning). KitchenAid claims that the pitcher is dishwasher safe, but I have had poor experience with items that claim to be dishwasher safe. Top comes off easily and seals well. Motor seems quite strong--the...

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EXCELLENT BLENDER

Strengths: IT DOES EVERYTHING IT PROMISES AND MORE.

Weakness: NONE

I BOUGHT THIS BLENDER BECAUSE I WAS NOT SATISIFED WITH THE BLENDER I'D BEEN USING FOR A LONG TIME. I BUY A LOT OF KITCHAID APPLIANCES BECAUSE OF THEIR PERFORMANCE LEVELS AND THIS BLENDER IS ANOTHER MEMBER OF THEIR GREAT APPLIANCES. I RECOMMEND THIS TO ANYONE WHO WANTS A GREAT BLENDER.

Nice looking , Powerfull and light weight

Strengths: Nice looking, Easy-cleam controls, leight weight pitcher, power full...

Weakness: Noisy

Except the loud noice (i think all blenders are noisy), I really like this blender. It has a powerfull motor..So its very quick and perfect blending. Controls are very good. Pitcher is very light weight.