Cuisinart SPB-7CH SmartPower 40-Ounce 7-Speed Electronic Bar Blender, Chrome Review

Just what I needed. Powerful, easy to use. Would buy again and recommend to others.

Product Feature

• 7 speeds–stir, chop, mix, puree, liquefy, and ice crush
• Pulse button can be used at every level; touch-pad controls
• Dishwasher-safe glass jar holds up to 40 ounces
• Heavy-duty motor base with rubberized, no-skid feet for stability
• Measures 13-1/4 by 7-1/3 by 9-7/8 inches; 3-year limited warranty

Cuisinart SPB-7CH SmartPower 40-Ounce 7-Speed Electronic Bar Blender, Chrome Overview

Blend with ease in this stylish, Cuisinart Smartpower Chrome Finish Blender. This powerful blender features stainless steel blades, a 40-ounce glass jar with dripless spout, ice crusher capacity, touch pad controls with indicator lights, and a leak-resistant cover. Model SPB7C. Includes manufacturer’s limited warranty.

Cuisinart SPB-7CH SmartPower 40-Ounce 7-Speed Electronic Bar Blender, Chrome Specifications

Blend tropical delights, purée fruit, grate hard cheese, grind spices, whip cream, and crush ice with Cuisinart’s Smart Power bar blender. It has seven speeds–stir, chop, mix, purée, liquefy, and an ice crush–as well as a pulse button that can be used at every level. Attached to a heavy-duty motor base with rubberized no-skid feet, the glass jar holds up to 40 ounces. The tightly fitting cover includes a 2-ounce measured pour lid, which is great for taste testing and can be removed for ventilation when blending hot items. The blade should be soaked in warm water and then hand washed; the glass jar is dishwasher-safe. –Madeleine Miller

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Customer Reviews

bad design – N. Shah – CT, USA
I bought this blender and food processor combo unit 6 months ago. I was using it lightly during the time. Initally it worked ok but it had burning plastic smell that other users complained about. It also took long time to make any thing puree or smooth paste. Couple days back it stopped working. Lights on the motor becomes red but none of the functions work. I called customer support they asked to ship the product to them at my expense and 10 $ fee to examine it plus additional cost to fix it. I have decided to not spend that much on it and instead buy new blender but not from cusinart

plastic moving parts? seriously Cuisinart? – J. Pro – Kansas
Should have returned this when we noticed a burnt plastic smell on first use, but figured it would go away, and frankly, I was just too lazy to take it back to the store.

We hardly used the blender for a couple years, but recently got on a smoothie kick and what do you know, within a month of daily use two of the plastic parts (the bottom of the blade assembly) fused together and locked up the blade altogether. Ahhh, that’s why it smelled wretched — the parts that power the blade are plastic!

The motor itself works well, perhaps too well for the cheap plastic pieces that it powers. So, I could be eco-friendly and just replace that fused part, but why bother when another of the many spinning plastic pieces will surely fail soon anyway?

Please pay attention to the negative reviews here and understand that any positive ones are going to break before long — it’s inevitable with plastic moving parts. This isn’t about one bad blender or batch of blenders; the product is a failure. Buy a blender with METAL gears and blade assembly. From the cheapest Oster to the priciest Vita-Mix, everyone else other than Cuisinart has apparently figured out that plastic on plastic equals CRAP!

broken in 2 years – Amazon Shopper – Colorado, USA
Well, this blender got me too… I had forgotten about how initially disappointed I was that the “chrome” base was chrome-painted plastic, until recently reading all the reviews. I bought this blender based on the reviews 2 years ago (I guess it was still relatively new back then), the name brand, the look of the jar and keypad. I have been using it regularly only recently to make baby food and hummus, and it has already stopped working. I suspect it would have stopped working a lot sooner if I had been using it more regularly prior to now. I haven’t yet opened up the motor to see what is wrong with it, but I suspect it’s the broken plastic gearing mentioned in several reviews. The “on” button lights up but pressing any of the blend functions does nothing.

Incidentally, I was able to get hummus and baby food pretty smooth, but it did take a long time, as does blending ice drinks. You have to have enough liquid component in addition to the food solids to get the chunks to fall down to the blades and blend. Otherwise the blade just spins inside a self-created air pocket, and doesn’t blend anything. I think this is fairly typical, but from reading reviews on the Osterizer Beehive and Waring blenders, this is less of a problem.

Oh yes, after blending for awhile, one gets that smokey smell from the motor. But unfortunately, if you don’t blend for a while (2-3 minutes), you can’t arrive at creamy smooth – not even on the puree setting.

Prior to breaking this blender was only a mild disappointment. Now it’s a total disappointment.
*** Product Information and Prices Stored: Jun 04, 2010 16:17:28

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