Hamilton Beach 56406 BlendSmart 18-Speed Blender
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Hamilton BeachBrand: Hamilton Beach
Model: 56406
Product features:
- Pre-programmed Blend Smart button provides a handy 45-second blending cycle
- Extra-large, 48-ounce, sturdy glass jar--perfect for entertaining
- SureLoc safety base helps prevent tipping over
- Ice Sabre blades crush ice and solids completely
- Measures 8 by 9 by 14-1/2 inches
- Hamilton Beach Blender Lid, White
- Hamilton Beach Blender Locking Collar
- Hamilton Beach Blender Outer Cover, White
- Hamilton Beach Blender Center Cap, Clear
- Hamilton Beach Glass Blender Jar, Wide Mouth
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Hamilton Beach 56406 BlendSmart 18-Speed Blender
Customer Review: This is one of the best blenders you can buy
Summary: 5 Stars
The quality of the Hamilton Beach 56406 BlendSmart 18-Speed Blender is excellent. This is a POWERFUL blender. It comes with 550 watts of power. The glass jar is thick and has a very wide bottom. The jar locks into place when used so you don't need to worry about the jar shaking off the base. The base of the unit allows you to wrap the cord around it to neatly put away the cord or to shorten the cord so that you don't have a cord dangling around your countertop. This is a nice feature that is not present on most blenders. Another nice feature present on this blender is the speed dial. This is far more convenient to use than a bunch of separate speed buttons. The unit also comes with a special ice crushing blade. The big question is: can this blender crush ice well? With most other blenders, in order to crush ice, you have to baby-sit the blender, manually pressing the pulse button several times, stopping once in a while to shake the jar or stir the ingredients with a spoon to loosen up the ice that's stuck in the bottom on the jar. With this blender all you have to do is press the BlendSmart button! The BlendSmart feature starts out by automatically pulsing the motor to crush the ice for you, and then it starts blending at a low speed, slowly increasing in speed until it completes the process, and then it shuts itself off. This means you can press the BlendSmart button, leave, come back in less than a minute and it's done. You don't need to baby-sit this blender. To test the blender I made a very thick banana smoothie with a dozen large ice cubes and very little milk, by simply pressing the BlendSmart button once. The smoothie came out perfect. I was amazed at how well the ice was crushed, and very pleased that I didn't have to baby-sit the blender to make the smoothie. Being a 550 watt blender, the noise level is not as high as you might expect. At lower speeds the noise is less than most other blenders. This is by far the best blender I have ever used. I highly recommend this blender. It's a quality machine.
Description of Hamilton Beach 56406 BlendSmart 18-Speed Blender
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