Title: Lasted less than a year
Product review: We use our blender to make smoothies around once a week. After about 10 months, the plastic socket that receives the drive shaft disintegrated. Since it's not repairable I had to throw the blender away. I'm still giving it 2 stars because it worked pretty well up to that point. On the plus side it was relatively quiet for a blender. Smoothie consistency was good except for the minor annoyance (also reported by Cooks Illustrated) that it left the occasional large chunk of un-pulverized fruit. Since it broke I've done the research again and may just buy another one. The issue is price: you can get one of these (or the equivalent under another brand) for about $30. The well-rated KitchenAid KSB560 was my other choice at about $100 but it has too many reports of leaking jars. I figure I can get by with one or two of these Kaloriks for a couple of years and hope that by then a new moderately priced blender will emerge as a clear choice in the ratings.
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