Hamilton BeachPortable Blender for Shakes and Smoothies with 14 Oz BPA Free Travel Cup and Lid, Durable Stainless Steel Blades for Powerful Blending Performance, Raspberry (51131)

This item exceeded my expectations! I work in an industrial laboratory, there’s a particular test that requires me to mix a solution with metal dust, and this product makes the once labor intensive and time consuming procedure effortless!! The test requires a small amount of solution to 600 grams of dry metal dust, and I had a feeling that the motor and blades wouldn’t be powerful enough to do the job, but since the appliance was so budget friendly it was worth a shot! I’m sooooo happy with the results! It’s easy to put together and it’s super easy to clean! Couldn’t have asked for a better outcome especially considering the price! I love it! If this will work well in my lab test, there’s nothing in your home that could stress this machine!

This is a great blender for smoothies. I like to make bananas and pineapple smoothies with almond milk every morning. This blender will work fine for one entire year, but after that you will need to get a new blender. Unfortunately, the blender doesn’t last longer than one year. It is still great. Easy to storage because it doesn’t take a lot of space.

Excellent for making smoothies and shakes

I was worried this blender wouldn't hold up too well for it being so cheap. I had a ninja blender that broke and needed something on the cheaper side to get me through until getting paid again but I'm so impressed I might just stick with this one. I put a ton of fruits in it and it did an amazing job blending it all up and making the perfect smoothie.I also love that the blender is at the bottom compared to the ninja I had that I had to screw the blender piece on top and sometimes I had put too much frozen fruits in there and didn't make enough room for the blender piece on top to screw in and that always made me a little mad. Now that I've tried something different, I know what to look for when buying a new bigger one in the future. Surely not one with the blender that I have to screw on top.Another thing I love about this one is that the top is perfect for on the go. There's a little opening for you to drink out of it or put in a straw in it. It is very convenient and super effective. Yay for yummy smoothies!

This simple small blender is very easy to use & easy to clean. If you just want to make a quick smoothie, highly recommended. Price is great for the product. I love it.

I previously had a bargain store, no brand, personal blender. It lasted a few years and finally died so, I figured with the larger cup size and name brand, this item would be superior. NOT sure if I got a defective one or what. I bought a value package of individual smoothie packs to just dump in the blender and go. I'm not kidding, it took me over 20 minutes, stopping to push all the whole fruit down a dozen times, to blend ONE personal smoothie!! It blended the bottom inch and a half maybe and all the other fruit sat on top. There wasnt even ice in it, just frozen fruit and juice. I've never had a blender do this. This also has a button you must hold down to blend. You cannot switch it on and lift your finger off while it blends. Not especially keen on that. The lid just falls off and is made of thin plastic. You totally could not use this to drink out of. You'd have to transfer to another cup. The cup does easily attach but, seems to not fully lock on placd. While holding the buton down to blend, the other hand on the cup,the cup begins to move into the unlocked position. I do like the color and the fact that it's not a charger travel like blender. The outlet powered blenders are much better in my opinion and I like that it's compact to be able to store. When I went to wash it, I could not access anything below the blades. It's currently sitting on the counter soaking so I can try to clean the green smoothie off of it. Even if the motor was just defective, the manual power mode, inability to clean properly, cheap lid and having to transfer to another cup, make it a pass for me. I think I'll just try to find the same one I had before or go with a Ninja. You get what you pay for, in this situation.

Before I got the small blender I was using my $15 garage sale full size blender to make smoothies. There’s nothing wrong with it, it’s just big. I was excited to get the small one because it wouldn’t take up so much counter space. But, on the very first use, I put in the milk, yogurt, a little ice, some honey, 1Tbsp. protein powder, and then the frozen berries. It filled the cup. I turned it on and held the button down for a while, then I started to pulse on and off a few times. It took quite a while to see the ingredients start to combine. Then, I smelled something. I looked up from the blender and saw smoke above it floating up toward the kitchen cabinets. I immediately unplugged the blender, got my handy kitchen blender out and dumped the unmixed smoothie ingredients into it. A couple minutes later I was enjoying my three berry smoothie like always.I don’t trust it. I don’t like it. It’s not safe. I don’t want it! I don’t think that little blender is reliable or has the power necessary to handle the job. Those itty bitty blades, compared to the size of the blades and the power of my full size kitchen blender, and I know how long and how much power it took in that. And, I have the attachment for that blender to make real honest-to-goodness milkshakes! Yummy!The manufacture’s warranty would have made me pay to ship the device to them so they could repair it (?), AND pay for the shipping back to me. I paid $22.52 including tax. It hardly seemed fair that I should incur even more expense for something that I didn’t even get one smoothie out of. So I called Amazon Customer Service, and as is usual for them, they accommodated me without any trouble. They agreed to give me a full refund and I could put the blender in the garbage where it belongs!

This is a small portable blender that is perfect for smoothies. I use this everyday for my protein drinks. Its high quality and has lasted a while. I haven't had any issues so far. the design is perfect for on the go. And it's not bulky like other portable blenders I've used before.