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Burned out motor
I have had this since May and it has worked wonderfully. Two evenings ago, I put spaghetti sauce in the blender (it was too chunky for my kids). I turned the blender on and the blades rotated once (maybe). Suddenly, there was smoke coming out of the unit. I let it sit for a while to cool off. I tried it again, with only water inside. It wouldn't work at all. This was not a cheap blender and we did not overuse it. My daughter makes smoothies on Friday mornings. Now, I will have to try to return it.
[Wednesday, November 12, 2008]
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Underpowered
The motor is underpowered, isn't really able to crush ice very well or make a smoothie without a lot of effort / cavitating / stop-and-start on my part. Also, if I run it for more than a minute or so (blender or food processor), the motor starts to smell a bit like it's going to burn out (this was from the very first time I used it).
It works "just okay", and I'm just waiting for it to burn up so I can get something better.
[Friday, October 10, 2008]
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great brand, great value product
Cuisinart is of course a well-known reputable brand, which was one of the primary reasons for purchasing this product. The other main one was the dual combo of the blender and food processor. Both are good-sized and very functional. The blade in the blender is a bit small and therefore cannot blend smaller quantities of liquid, which was a little frustrating, but I used the food processor instead and it worked fine. Overall, great price and value and allows for not having to store two large appliances in a small kitchen.
[Wednesday, September 10, 2008]
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