Black & Decker BL1900 5-Speed Blender with 48-Ounce Glass Jar, Brushed Stainless
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Black & Decker BL1900 5-Speed Blender with 48-Ounce Glass Jar, Brushed Stainless
Customer Review: Go Ahead - Give It A Try!!
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased this blender about 6 months ago. I've used it mostly to make smoothies. It's done a great job for me! I liked it because of it's appearance, 48oz GLASS jar and 550 Watt-ice crushing motor. My tip is to actually USE the "ice crushing" Button to crush your ice! (It will prolong the life of your blender!) I have had to jiggle it a little and add liquid when the smoothie is more thick than smooth, but then it moved fine; I think that's typical. It's done a great job for me, no complaints thus far. I would recommend this blender to anyone who asks. It's a great product, especially for the price, and it looks great, too!!
5/08 - still crushing ice, still making smoothies, still love it!!!
Customer Review: Electrical Malfunction
Summary: 2 Stars
This was a decent blender while it lasted. Crushes/blends ice and frozen fruits fairly well.
One night, I heard a loud noise that I thought was the vacuum, only I knew that couldn't be it because my roommate never vacuums. I went to check it out, and it was the blender... started up by itself! I begun to believe in ghosts, but thought more likely it was a problem with the blender. I tried to get used to just keeping it unplugged.
However, after about a year, the blender has become completely useless due to more electrical malfunction. The buttons don't do what they're supposed to do, sometimes I can't get it to run at all. I will look elsewhere for my next blender.
Customer Review: Horrible Piece of Machinery
Summary: 1 Stars
I have had two Black&Decker blenders. Both of them have died on me. This particular model ran for about 4 months of regular use. The other one, which I was told was a better model, BL14500 series, died on me after 5 uses. After my experience, I strongly believe B&D blennders simply suck. Their motors have extremely poor life. I wudn't suggest buying them even on sale. If you just have to buy it inspite of all my warning, please choose one with mechanical buttons rather than the touch pad. The electrical connections in the touch pad are so bad that the blender starts blending abt 10 minutes after you press the button. The only adjective that fits this machine is HORRIBLE.Customer Review: Died after 5 uses
Summary: 1 Stars
This blender looks great and seems to be well made. I thought the power was sufficient until on the 5th use, I decided to make my smoothie a little thicker (slightly less milk). It started well but after about 20 seconds it sounded like it was struggling. I stopped it and manually stirred it to push down the couple of chunks of frozen peach still at the top. It stirred easily and didn't seem very thick to me. I started out on high again and 10 seconds later it burnt-out. Clearly, I need way more power for even slightly thick drinks. Now, I am looking at the Blend-Tec's and Vita-Mix's but they are $350+ blenders that will turn chunks of wood into sawdust.Customer Review: Worked Well Until ...
Summary: 4 Stars
After having this blender for about a year, and being very happy with it, I came home to a strange noise. After a short search, I realized the blender was running! The carafe was not on it; it had turned on by itself. For a few days I unplugged it after each use, then forgot all about doing that. The day after coming home to a "smell of burning plastic," I found that it had again turned itself on and burned itself out. But it worked so well that, silly us, we're going to get another one.
Why four stars instead of five? It worked as it was supposed to, just not as long -- but think of the labor saved by not even having to push a button to turn it on!