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Title: don't ask it to work too hard
Review: I have owned two of these over the past two years or so, and both died. The gear that the motor drives is plastic, but the blade shaft this gear drives is metal. If what you're mixing is too heavy or thick, the blade shaft will start to strip the teeth on the plastic drive gear, eventually stripping it so the motor won't drive the blade anymore.The second one I had just died while I was mixing a smoothie. It just started slowing down, then died, accompanied by a faint burning smell. I think I burned out the motor on this one.If you're just mixing protein drinks and they're not too thick, your might be OK. I made mine very thick and I added ice. Ice does not make it happy.In general, I'm not impressed by the construction and the fact that I've had two of these fail. I won't buy another Braun.
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