Let me start by saying that my original Bullet lasted 14 (!) years!!!! It was awesome and I loved it, using it constantly for smoothies (yes, frozen fruit). I couldn't even complain when it finally died after such a long life. So I immediately bought a second one. It felt different from my old one, it was more 'plastic' and flimsier than my old one. I used it exactly the way I used my old one and for the same type foods, mostly smoothies. It quit after only two months, the gears stripping and sending tiny black pieces of plastic into my food and an oily residue from the motor onto my counter. Unfortunately it was too late to send it back, so I wrote to the seller to no avail, never heard a word. I tossed it out. I thought perhaps I had just gotten a lemon and decided to try again. I bought a third one. This one set a new record ....broke on the second use! Are you kidding me? Again, the gears stripped and it sent up a smelly oily puff of smoke. I can't believe that TWO of these things quit after such a short time after my last one lasted for so many years. This is most definitely NOT the same as they used to be. I am returning it today (thanks Amazon!), and will not buy another ever. Anyone care to recommend a small blender that can do what it promises? sheesh.

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This is pretty much exactly what I expected when I bought it: a better-than-average representative of the cheaper drink blenders. I bought this one rather than the cheaper ones because it's possible to get replacement cups and blades for it and I do lose things, not because I expected it to be strong/faster/better than its competition.

There's no point in buying this if you want an all-purpose blender. The whole reason for this is that it has excellent design for blending shakes/drinks. It's very cleverly designed to be easy to use and - really important - easy to clean.

It's not super powerful. It doesn't even handle my frozen strawberries well right out of the freezer, and I certainly wouldn't give it normal-sized ice cubes. (After it failed to fully process the frozen strawberries, I didn't even bother trying ice.) I also haven't tried it with anything without liquid, so I don't know how it would do for grinding or pureeing. I would probably use other tools for those purposes. But for shakes, fresh fruit, half-thawed frozen fruit, and similar things, it does a fine job.

If I wanted a great blender, I'd pay 2-3 times as much and get something that was 900 watts instead of 300, sharper blades, and a stronger motor. But I didn't want to spend 2-3 times as much, and I'm satisfied with what I got for the price. After reading reviews, I feel fairly confident that I chose the right one in its price range.

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The Magic Bullet blender did not live up to our expectations. We bought it to make smoothies from frozen fruit, yogurt, and water/juice. We also tried making a smoothie with fresh fruits, vegetables, water, and ice. Even after breaking up the ice cubes into smaller pieces the magic bullet blender could not pulverize the ice to make it "drinkable". When making the frozen fruit smoothies with yogurt, the contents never fully blended together. We had to constantly take the cup off the blender and stir or shake it to distribute the contents adequately. The instructions say to not let the blender run for more than 60 seconds or it may overheat; there is absolutely no way this blender will make a smoothie in less than sixty seconds if you are using either frozen fruit or ice as it just doesn't have the power the chop up the frozen ingredients. I would definitely not recommend this product.

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Do NOT buy this if you wish to make smoothies... This thing does horrible with ice.... it takes me at least 5-10 minutes to make an 8oz smoothie because the blade is not sharp enough to cut the ice.

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Blender has been probably used <10 times in the last 2 months.
started making hiss noise and can smell as if something is burning.

Such a cheap product. dont buy this

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i can only operate the item today and that s*** is burned, almost burn me actually

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I had a Nutri Bullet that all of a sudden stopped working so I purchased this as an inexpensive replacement.

- if you are expecting a Nutri Bullet, this is not an exact replacement! It is much smaller and clearly not as strong of a motor
- if you are looking for an inexpensive blender to make smoothies or shakes, this will be perfect
- it can blend a few ice cubes with, say, a banana, some PB, and milk, pretty easily. Any more than that and I could see the motor dying quickly

Other than that, I say it’s worth what you pay and it’s a great small blender for making smoothies

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Initially, i was happy with the purchase- BUT after using this for 8 months, i started seeing the blade wobbling and vibrating randomly while spinning and making a lot of noise. This is when all the problems started .

Update: i year now since i bought and used this, the blade became too lose, couldn't be fixed by tightening the screws. I even opened the blender blades housing, cleaned the junk around the blades and put them back but it would start again after 1 minute of rotation.,Now the blender is lying in the storeroom and gathering dust and is unusable. i am going with a different brand now whose quality is much better around the same price point.

Overall, the blender's quality is good except the main workhorse where it should have been better BUT is NOT!!

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