Black & Decker BL1900 5-Speed Blender with 48-Ounce Glass Jar, Brushed Stainless
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Black & Decker BL1900 5-Speed Blender with 48-Ounce Glass Jar, Brushed Stainless
Customer Review: The blender from hell
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased this blender because of the reliable name, and I appreciated the modern, and stainless steel appearance. I used it the first time to make a shake, and it worked reliability enough. The next day, when I went to make a shake again, bottom rubber portion of the blender broke, thus bursting the entire contents all over the kitchen, and making an insane mess. This is indeed the blender from hell. Steer Clear!!! I seem to have really good luck with Oster now. Check out the classic chrome blender by Oster.Customer Review: The motor died in 1 year and 3 months
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this blender in August 2006, though not from Amazon. It worked very well for one year and 3 months. One day I made some paste. It worked fine. I turned it off. Five minutes later, I wanted to make another paste. But the motor just won't start. Before I bought this blender I had an Oster blender, which had lasted for 20 years. The oster's motor is still running, but it does not move the blades. I think it just needed new blades. But I thought it will be hard to find the blades for sucj=h an old model.
I guess I should have just bought another Oster blender.
Customer Review: Worked Well Until ...
Summary: 4 Stars
After having this blender for about a year, and being very happy with it, I came home to a strange noise. After a short search, I realized the blender was running! The carafe was not on it; it had turned on by itself. For a few days I unplugged it after each use, then forgot all about doing that. The day after coming home to a "smell of burning plastic," I found that it had again turned itself on and burned itself out. But it worked so well that, silly us, we're going to get another one.
Why four stars instead of five? It worked as it was supposed to, just not as long -- but think of the labor saved by not even having to push a button to turn it on!
Customer Review: Worked great then NOTHING
Summary: 2 Stars
I agree that the blender looks great and it did a good job blending for the first few months. However, it then would only work on the pulse setting and now NOTHING! Very disappointing. By the way, I was only using it for smoothies and margaritas so I don't believe it was due to my working it too hard.Customer Review: Worked ok for almost 2 years then no longer worked at all
Summary: 1 Stars
I owned this blender till right now when it inexplicably stopped responding to button pressing. Don't buy this blender - it will stop working on you when you least expect it. Imagine that it's margerita night and the old B&D stops right in the middle!
I also owned a B&D coffee maker that totally sucked and died after 3 months. It had many, many bad design features which led to its ultimate demise. There's a pattern here.
Do not buy this or any other Black and Dekker appliance! Black and Dekker sold their appliance division (and therefore reputation) to a Chinese manufacturer called Applica, who now makes these inferior products with the B&D name. This is why all of their appliances now suck!
I will be creating an Applica hate blog, so watch for it!