Title: Irritated! Don't Buy.
Review: This product worked well while it worked. It is loud enough that I actually make my children leave the kitchen while I'm making smoothies. It is as loud as the Jamba Juice place with 3 blenders going. It does make fine smoothies, but I hated it because of the noise level. So I kept using it for about 7 months, probably once or twice a week.Now, it is broken. The gear that connected the motor to the blade broke off so it will not turn. Looks like it will cost me about 19 dollars to fix it. It appears I can get the part from [...] - which is at least better than an earlier review. I was not making cement. Fruit smoothies - yogurt, fruit juice, frozen berries (the one hard thing) and bananas. No ice. I'm incredibly irritated with Cooks Illustrated and will send this to them next.
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