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Once again I find myself in the market for a decent kitchen blender, mostly to crush ice for summer drinks and for occasional vegetable processing. Does anyone have a style and brand they really like and has survived more than a year or two with moderate usage (not even once a week do I need the thing and almost never in winter)? I really like a good ice crushing feature. I freeze melon from the garden and make slushy drinks. The oldest lasting model I had was a Osier from the late 1950's that belonged to my aunt who died in 1974. I had that blender for 15 years before it imploded in a puff of smoke that smelled like melting wires.

I would also like to know if there any styles and brands I should avoid.

littlek, What did you have when you bar tended?

I'll be back to see what wisdom people have left here, but it might take me
awhile to respond.

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@Green Witch,

I'm still using my Braun Multipractic. I bought it in 1982 after being on a 4 or 5 month waiting list for it.

I took a good look at it the other day. Made in Spain. Mostly metal parts, other than a hard plastic shell. Motor sounds like an industrial drill.

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check this out
http://www.consumersearch.com/blenders

I have a 15 year old Oster which I beat the **** out of and it keeps working.

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I have an "Osterizer" too -- given to me 20+ years ago to puree baby food. Maybe you should check out re-sale shops?

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@Tai Chi,

When a friend of mine got married in around 1990, her parents gave her a new fandangly food processor/blender. She gave me her old food processor - which she'd received as a hand-me-down from her mother in about 1982. I'm still using that thing (very infrequently though, as I tend to be a stick blender person). It's an Oster food pro from the mid-1970's. If it dies, I won't replace it. I don't think I could find anything that sturdy.

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@ehBeth,

try a commercial/industrial approach.

not ultra-industrial, something a restaraunt would use.

=D

my uncle has one dont know the name. big as like 3 2 liters of soda put together, a little taller.

he got it from the restaurant he used to work at.

best blender ive ever used.

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Most bar blenders are designed exclusively for crushing ice, instead of different settings and speeds they just have an on/off switch. They also have metal cannisters which really help get things slushy fast. They're commercial blenders so they'll last forever for home use, but you pay a lot of money for them.

I do come across them used at the restaurant supply place where I buy my kitchen stuff though so it's not impossible to find one for a good price.

Waring makes a great bar blender.

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@Green Witch,

just had some fresh waffles that mrs h made from scrtach - MMMM - GOOD !
we have an OSTER stand-up blender that we bought in austin/texas in 1979 ... while we were on holidays !!! lugged it and our first toaster-oven back to canada - in the days when there was little restriction on airplane luggage - but i almost broke my back carrying all the stuff from the airport bus to the train .
the toaste-oven is TOAST , but the oster keeps running and running ...
more waffles , please !
good old american workmanship - built like a battleship !!!
hbg

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@hamburger,

I had an Oster for at least three decades. It chose northern california to bite the dust in. When I moved to New Mexico, I bought a Black and Decker blender from the drug store, just threw it out this last week; no comparison in the two.

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Here is another Oster blender user - mine is at least 20 years old and still
running.

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Blenders at Oster.com

Oster Blenders at Amazon.com

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Thanks everyone. I think I'm going to get a high end Oster. I have a Amazon cash back coupon that will pay for a good chunk of it, plus free shipping.
No more Kitchen Aid or Braun blenders for me.

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@hamburger,

hamburger wrote:

we have an OSTER stand-up blender that we bought in austin/texas in 1979 ... while we were on holidays !!! lugged it and our first toaster-oven back to canada - in the days when there was little restriction on airplane luggage - but i almost broke my back carrying all the stuff from the airport bus to the train .
the toaste-oven is TOAST , but the oster keeps running and running ...
more waffles , please !
good old american workmanship - built like a battleship !!!
hbg

You know hamburger, they sell these blenders in other places besides Austin.

Well, maybe they didn't back in 1979. Is that the last time you were here?

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@Green Witch,

Er.... we didn't have no stinky blender at the dive I worked at. I'd suggest a strudy model, whatever brand. I bought one recently with a glass pitcher (a must in my book) and a metal interface between motor and the seat of the pitcher. It's an Osterizer.

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Another Oster fan here! IMO, you won't find a better blender in the world. Smile

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@doglover,

Hi, doglover (by the way).
Seems a majority really like the Oster - hope the new ones are as great as the oldies.

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I have a cheapie blender; but quality doesn't matter, because I normally use it in the mornings to grind up a few spoons full of flax seeds. After that it just sits.

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