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  Hamilton Beach 51101B Personal Blender with Travel Lid, Black

  Kitchen (Hamilton Beach)
  

  Rating (473 reviews):

  (3.8/5)

  

  Awesome and Perfect for Smoothies!!!

  I was looking for an inexpensive small personal blender that was powerful, easy to use, and could blend a perfect smoothie. I did a lot of research and looked into about a dozen other brands including the famed "Magic Bullet". What I found out was that not all personal blenders are made equal. The "Magic Bullet" didn't get very good reviews even though it is by far the most popular. After all my intense research, I settled on this one... The Hamilton Beach Single Serve Blender. Here's the scoop on what makes this surprising blender the "cream of the crop" :)Pros:-Simple and easy to use-Easy to Clean-Powerful enough to chop frozen fruits (and probably ice too)-Pulse button allows you more control because you can start or stop it.-Seems very sturdy and only has 3 parts to it. (lid, glass, and base)-This thing is freaking cheap... got mine for $15.-Blends Smoothies perfectly with no unchopped pieces of fruit.-Power cord... 5/5 D. Truong "Duke of New Mexico" (New Mexico) - See all my reviews, July 26, 2008

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  Great design, go easy on the motor, though

  I got this for my 17 year old son to make smoothies. He made the most delicious peach smoothie from ice and the Big Train Fruit Tea Smoothie Blast syrup also bought on Amazon. The consistency was smooth and perfect, just like a professional frozen drink. I asked him to make me one. On the second smoothie the motor died. We thought maybe it needed a little "rest" but sadly, it was the end of the road for that blender. When pressed for details, my son admitted that he noticed a burning smell before the motor stopped dead, and yet he kept pressing that button! Bottom line: great design, lightweight, nice personal cup size, easy storage and cleanup. The motor is just not very powerful, and can't take long blending times. Still, we are going to order a replacement and see if a bit more TLC while blending gives this blender better shelf life. Seems like it worked for some of the other reviewers.Update: we got the new blender and it is working out great. You just have to be... 3/5 S.A. "bham" (Southeastern MI USA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Hamilton Beach 51101B Personal Blender with Travel Lid, Black (Kitchen) I got this for my 17 year old son to make smoothies. He made the most delicious peach smoothie from ice and the Big Train Fruit Tea Smoothie Blast syrup also bought on Amazon. The consistency was smooth and perfect, just like a professional frozen drink. I asked him to make me one. On the second smoothie the motor died. We thought maybe it needed a little "rest" but sadly, it was the end of the road for that blender. When pressed for details, my son admitted that he noticed a burning smell before the motor stopped dead, and yet he kept pressing that button! Bottom line: great design, lightweight, nice personal cup size, easy storage and cleanup. The motor is just not very powerful, and can't take long blending times. Still, we are going to order a replacement and see if a bit more TLC while blending gives this blender better shelf life. Seems like it worked for some of the other reviewers.Update: we got the new blender and it is working out great. You just have to be... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , December 26, 2008

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  nice ...with one big flaw

  Works nicely for mixing up those breakfast protein shakes but the lid started cracking after only 3 months of daily use so when mixing it leaks at that point, I have to try to plug it with my finger to stop it from leaking onto the counter, other then that i'm happy with how easy it is to use and clean. 4/5 D. Diederichs (Waite Park, MN USA) - See all my reviews, November 7, 2008

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  List Price: $21.99
  

  Simple one-touch operation; durable stainless-steel blades

  175-watt personal blender for smoothies, shakes, and more

  Measures 3-3/4 by 3-3/4 by 12-1/2 inches

  14-ounce blending jar doubles as a travel cup (less to clean)

  Fits most car cup holders; recipe book included

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  Hamilton Beach Single-Serve Blender with 2 Jars and 2 Lids

  Kitchen (Hamilton Beach)
  

  Rating (113 reviews):

  (4.3/5)

  

  Hamilton Beach Personal Blender

  This blender is good for the price. You get what you pay for. I paid $15.00 for it to travel with to make smoothies. If you hold down the button too long, there is a little burning smell coming from the motor, so it would be easy to burn it out. I have just blended protein powder, milk, and bananas with this and it has worked well for me. It's better to pulse the start button than to keep it running. 3/5 Leslie - See all my reviews This review is from: Hamilton Beach Single-Serve Blender with 2 Jars and 2 Lids (Kitchen) This blender is good for the price. You get what you pay for. I paid $15.00 for it to travel with to make smoothies. If you hold down the button too long, there is a little burning smell coming from the motor, so it would be easy to burn it out. I have just blended protein powder, milk, and bananas with this and it has worked well for me. It's better to pulse the start button than to keep it running. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , November 25, 2010

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  Useful, Some Glitches

  This product is an effective and useful single-serving drink mixer that comes with a few drawbacks.It is basically a tiny kitchen blender with a pulse-blend button and no other speed settings. The mixer jar works just like a blender: it is a plastic jar with ounce/ml graduations on the side that contains a built-in mixer blade with a lug on the bottom to spin it when it is on the motor; you put the jar on top of the motor unit, twist to lock it into place (be sure the lid is on tight!), and hit the pulse button on the motor. The motor screams like a dying gerbil and the blade in the jar spins to mix your stuff. When that's done, you just pull the jar off the mixer and take it with you - blade and all. The mixer jar doubles as your drink container. The lid has a slideable spout cover for drinking from, and there is a plastic rim on the bottom so you can stand it upright. The jar is about 7 inches tall by 3.5 inches wide - so about the size of a large coffee carry-container;... 4/5 Kevin T. Keith "KTK" (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews, August 24, 2011

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  Works Like a Charm

  We used to have the single personal blender, but when it finally blew, we had to find another. What a surprise to find Hamilton Beach made one with two jars, and we got it for not much more than we paid for the first one!WHAT A DEAL!Got it in great time, and as I said above...WORKS LIKE A CHARM...and believe me, we use this every day, if it didn't work well, I would definitely be letting you know! 4/5 G.M. "GM" (Walnut Creek, CA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Hamilton Beach Single-Serve Blender with 2 Jars and 2 Lids (Kitchen) We used to have the single personal blender, but when it finally blew, we had to find another. What a surprise to find Hamilton Beach made one with two jars, and we got it for not much more than we paid for the first one!WHAT A DEAL!Got it in great time, and as I said above...WORKS LIKE A CHARM...and believe me, we use this every day, if it didn't work well, I would definitely be letting you know! Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you? , February 5, 2010

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  List Price: $24.99
  

  Stainless steel blades

  Great for fruit smoothies, icy drinks, shakes and more

  Travel lid lets you drink from the jar

  Fits in most car drink holders

  One-touch blending

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  Hamilton Beach 51101 Personal Blender

  Kitchen (Hamilton Beach)
  

  Rating (189 reviews):

  (4.2/5)

  

  Addicted to a blender

  The other day I impulsivley went and bought a Hamilton Beach Juicer. When I got it home I hemmed and hawed, wondering if I should use it or not. Did I really want it? I started looking around the internet and realized what I really wanted was something to make smoothies or other fruit concoctions. I researched a few things like the Magic Bullet and Ultimate Chopper but both had mixed reviews. I was tempted to buy the Tribest blender because it had some good reviews here at Amazon but I could only find it online and it's listed at $60 - much more than what I really wanted to spend.Instead, I went to my local Walmart and to see what they had. I saw the Hamilton Beach Personal Blender and it was priced for only $13.67 so I was interested. It's just me, so I don't need a huge and heavy unit taking up what little counter space I have. I also figured since that if I bought it at Walmart and that if I didn't like it I could easily return it.I brought it home,... 5/5 K. Maxwell "crazy ny'er" (Middletown, NY) - See all my reviews, April 20, 2005

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  Dumped my big blender, buying a second one of these.

  This is probably the best $15 I ever spent for the kitchen.I had a bigger standard blender, but never used it. Now, with this little blender, the little jar is always filled with something or in the dish drainer. It never gets a chance to be put away in the cabinet. The blender base is always on the counter - the only appliance of any sort that has that status.It's simple and it works. It makes no more than two servings, and it does a real good job with single servings. I can make one kind of smoothie or shake and my son can make his own.All of a sudden, we go to the store looking for "smoothie fodder" and we don't have to agree on what that is.I am buying my second mostly for the second jar and lids. It is so inexpensive that they do not sell the replacement parts. 5/5 T. Boland (Southern California) - See all my reviews, June 25, 2005

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  The hard life and times of a smoothie addict

  [Update: Motor burned out in 5th month, but I may have become unrealistic in my expectations of the little machine, bullying it more than necessary. It easily outlasted a Blender Express, and unlike the bad design of the Blender Express, the elegant simplicity of this Hamilton Beach insures not only much quicker but spill-free, dripless smoothies. I've ordered another. Lessons learned: Make sure liquid gets to the bottom along with the ice; turn it off at first sign of heat or electric odor; keep a close watch on the 25c-piece-sized lid.]If you're an experienced and regular smoothie maker, you know already that anything over a year's use from a non-professional machine is a bonus. I recently returned a lightweight Blender Express (by Back to the Basics) that failed after a single use! (The banana was too much for it.) This Hamilton Beach is the smallest, lightest blender I've seen yet, but it promises to perform for a while at least.Ingeniously, the... 4/5 Samuel Chell (Kenosha,, WI United States) - See all my reviews, December 22, 2006

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  List Price: $21.99
  

  175-watt personal blender for smoothies, shakes, and more

  Simple one-touch operation; durable stainless-steel blades

  Measures 3-3/4 by 3-3/4 by 12-1/2 inches

  14-ounce blending jar doubles as a travel cup; less to clean

  Fits most car cup holders; recipe book included

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