Cuisinart BFP-650GM Velocity Ultra Trio 1 HP Blender/Food Processor with Travel Cups, Gun Metal compact 9

The latest purchase was one we gifted our daughter. Our own has been with us for over 2 years.... and going!!! It’s a great purchase and used fairly regularly. The only problem we have ever faced is with the food processor plunger. It is so invisible that if you unconsciously tilt the processor lid with it in it that it falls off. It’s happened a few times and the plunger, made of plastic, has cracked. Would we buy another one the next time? Definitely. It serves us for our Indian grinding and processing very well.

I purchased this blender in March, by the beginning of May a mechanism in the base broke off in the middle of use. I received a replacement from Cuisinart after 6 weeks only to have the exact same part break off 3 months later. It's been 6 months since my original purchase and 2 machines have broken. Do not purchase

After working with Cuisinart’s easy and helpful customer service on a warranty issue for my coffeemaker, I thought that Cuisinart would be my go-to kitchen electronics brand. However, this blender has been trouble from the beginning. The first issue was the noise - noticeably louder than my previous Ninja blender but, even if I had to plug my ears, not a problem if it does the job. Spoiler, it doesn’t. The shape of the pitcher changes at the bottom to contain the blades in a narrow well. This design means that your food will not begin circulating until the items in the well are very thoroughly blended. This makes the blender extremely slow but it also means that you have one choice of consistency (mush) - and that you will invariably end up babysitting the blender to manually agitate the contents. At this point, my blender is just annoying. But for making smoothies once in a while or blending spinach for saag every few months, I’ll make it work. A month after having the blender (3 or 4 uses), The blender was doing a particularly poor job and after watching it from the top, I found that it was was not moving the food at all. When I poured out the contents I found two parts of the blade mechanism had detached and were mixed into the blended items in the well of the pitcher. Since this took place a day after Amazon’s 30-day return policy, I had to call Cuisinart about the issue. After looking up the part, Cuisinart confirmed that this was a defect in early models and said that they would send me a replacement blade assembly. This wasn’t my ideal solution since I never quite felt safe using the blender afterwards but, again, I figured I’d make it work. The blender spent a number of months in the cupboard and I had simply made do without it. However, a craving for saag meant pulling it out once again. With the pitcher reasonably filled with wilted spinach, I turned on the blender and was met with a new high-pitched screeching as the blades turned. I dumped the contents to make certain that the blade assembly was in place, and finding it secure and my spinach already emptied, I threw the device in the garbage (thus ending the saga). I don’t simply not-recommend this blender, I think it’s dangerous; it needs to discontinued.

Works really great. I have been with it for a while and it's doing a great job

Cuisinart is a trusted brand name and after researching multiple blenders, I ultimately settle on this for the brand name. After using this for a couple of weeks, I have two observations. 1. There is one seal between the blades and container. Cleaning with a small amount of soap and 1/3 of a container of HOT water is an easy way to clean the container. Unfortunately, the gasket doesn't thoroughly clean. I found mold on the gasket after two uses. I would recommend purchasing additional gaskets. 2. The instructions say to twist the blades clockwise to remove the blades. The same is true for the tops of the to cups. It actually appears to operate counter-clockwise. In reality the instructions are right but the actual application just "appears" incorrect. Once you do it right, according to the instructions, it does sort of make sense. The process is fairly straight forward and after two weeks of use, I am generally pleased with the purchase.