As a first time smoothie maker, I was very disappointed. I think I had more luck with an old Hamilton blender that I spent $9.99 for the unit 6 or 7 years ago.
My first disappointment was opening the box and finding that I had to use a stir stick simultaneously while the smoothie maker blades turned. After following the directions, my smoothie was very chunky, the ice did not crush well at all. I even tried to run the same smoothie, following the directions, twice with little to no improvement.
Well, I said I'll drink this not so smooth smoothie and try again tomorrow. I did, and in the process of making my second smoothie I smelled the not so inviting scent of burning plastic. The mechanism that turns the blades (I have no idea what the "official" name for it is) ground down, shards of plastic everywhere, and would not turn the blades which rendered the machine even more useless than when I first bought it.
Did I mention the pour spout... I couldn't get a drop out of it with my first smoothie.
Waste of money. Do your research. All I had to do was  spend 10 minutes on line and check out a consumer's report to find out this is one of the worst lines of smoothie makers out there. My bad. I will know better next time!
As a first time smoothie maker, I was very disappointed. I think I had more luck with an old Hamilton blender that I spent $9. 99 for the unit 6 or 7 years ago. My first disappointment was opening the box and finding that I had to use a stir stick simultaneously while the smoothie maker blades turned. After following the directions, my smoothie was very chunky, the ice did not crush well at all. I even tried to run the same smoothie, following the directions, twice with little to no improvement. Well, I said I'll drink this not so smooth smoothie and try again tomorrow. I did, and in the process of making my second smoothie I smelled the not so inviting scent of burning plastic. The mechanism that turns the blades (I have no idea what the "official" name for it is) ground down, shards of plastic everywhere, and would not turn the blades which rendered the machine even more useless than when I first bought it. Did I mention the pour spout... I couldn't get a drop out of it with my first smoothie. Waste of money. Do your research. All I had to do was  spend 10 minutes on line and check out a consumer's report to find out this is one of the worst lines of smoothie makers out there. My bad. I will know better next time!