CULINARY CHEF Retro Smoothie Maker Blender with Mason Jar, Perfect for Shakes and Smoothies, 300-Watt, Cream

First off, this is the easiest and most efficient mini blender I have ever owned. I have owend high end mini blenders, a BlendJet (not the greatest and a pain to have to recharge constantly) and this one by Frigidaire beats them all. 1. I love that you just lock the mason jar in place and then pull the lever to blend. 2. I like having a real glass container to drink my protein shake out of. 3. Each blending har comes with a lid that can receive a straw, which makes this a highly efficient portable beverage, as in, taking in the car to drink while driving without spilling. 4, It looks really classy on my kitchen counter. I wish Frigidaire made a milk frother in this line, and a coffee bean grinder as well, I would gladly buy them to match my blender.

Best little blender I've used. Its retro design is super cute. Nice quality glass mason jar and love the cap with the straw to use on the go. Pretty powerful. Breaks up massive frozen strawberries just fine. I love this product. Great price too.

Wow. I have been through many high end blenders that have broken or just didn’t cut it. Well, I am so amazed at this blender. Perfect size for my smoothies and so easy to use. I love how you simply twist on the lid and turn it on. It blends so nicely and doesn’t leave my protein powder on the sides like my old blenders do. It crushed ice and blends up to a perfect consistency. I’ve never written a review on here before but I am amazed at this!! Not to mention it’s so cute on the counter!

Too bad, so sad. This is so cute and looks nice on the counter. It does have enough power for smoothies even if berries are frozen. However, it's tricky or even impossible to remove the mixing jar from the base (the part with the motor) when you are done. Even if I screw the blending cap (with the blades) on tight, when I go to remove the finished smoothie, the top of the jar stays in the base and the jar unscrews and the contents can go all over the place. This happened when I washed the unit by putting water and detergent in it. Someone was able to remove it for me, over the sink (no, I didn't put too much in it--about half full). He said it should work it I pushed down hard on the jar when trying to twist to remove, the next time. But the next time, it happened again, even when pushing down hard. The same friend could only remove the jar without spilling the contents by turning the whole thing upside down and unscrewing it. I will see if I can return it. It's an attractive design, but it needs to be user friendly.

I've used this blender for a few months now around once a day to make smoothies. I'm mostly satisfied with it for my use-case, although it could definitely be improved. The design and glass container (which is easier to clean than plastic) were preferable over more expensive blenders I've owned in the past. It could use the following improvements:- The motor should be stronger. Occasionally you have to shake the container to get it to continue blending.- It should include two glass containers instead of one glass and one plastic.- The straw should be metal.- The jar should be an actual mason jar (it's advertised as one, but it's not so you can't reuse lids or easily find a replacement).- It would be nice if there were a timer function, even something simple like automatically releasing the handle after 30-60 seconds if it's in a locked position. Currently, you have to hold it down manually the whole time.- It should be available on retailers other than Amazon. (If you're reading this review, please check that it isn't before purchasing.)

I bought this because my 2 and 4 year old grandsons LOVE to make smoothies with me. We put frozen fruit in it to make the smoothie and it works amazing! We do have to crush our ice a bit first, but it’s because my ice maker makes large ice cubes. The lever on the side, to work the machine, is very easy for the boys to hold down, so they feel like they’re actually the ones making their own smoothie. I also use it to make homemade, healthy popsicle’s. They can eat all they want of those, because it’s only fruit and milk in them. So they think MawMaw and PaPa are spoiling them, lol. So, go buy this, for sure, and I didn’t get any rewards for this review, I’m a private consumer.

It's really cute, but regularly blending my fresh fruit-spinach-tofu smoothies, the blender can't handle it. It wore out quickly and was taking WAY too much time to get the job done.

I just love this little blender. The color matches my walls. Nice and quiet also. The only thing is that the mason jar that came with it has a chip on the rim that could easily cut your lip if you don't use the handle provided. You can only used chips of ice in it otherwise it won't crunch up larger pieces of ice. Not as powerful as my Ninja but it does the job.