Oster BPST02-B Professional Series Blender, Black

The blender is great, it's the second one we've purchased. Who really uses "16" speeds? On and off, that's all it takes!!

This is the perfect example of how I've come to rely on Amazon customer reviews. I did a lot of research trying to find the "perfect" blender and this is one that always came up with universally glowing reviews, so I went with it. And I have to say this is truly the best blender I've ever owned. Maybe not "perfect", but pretty darn awesome.

After reading other great reviews about this blender, I would whole-heartedly recommend this blender as well. It blends a terrific smoothie in no time and it mixed up delicious margaritas as well. Excellent quality --one of the best blenders I've owned!

I love this blender--it makes our frozen margaritas and frozen coffee drinks in a flash! And the noise, well the person who said she needed earplugs while using it must be over-sensitive. Yeah, it makes noise, as you would expect a blender chopping up ice would, but it's nothing to make you jump through the ceiling. Try my favorite iced coffee drink: toss into blender in order: 2 cups of ice (I use the crushed ice from my freezer), enough skim milk to cover ice plus another 1/2 inch, about 1/4 cup non-fat half 'n half, 3 heaping teaspoons of instant coffee (regular or decaf), and about an ounce of sugar-free chocolate (or other) flavored coffee syrup (adjust amount to your tastes). Blend until smooth (use the pulse and allow air to surface every few seconds, as needed). This serves 2-3 people. A perfect drink for hot summer weather, and you can't tell that it contains instant coffee, non-fat dairy, and sugar-free syrup!

To clean up, just rinse out contents, add a drop of dish detergent and a couple cups water, blend, then rinse again. Voila!

Works well. Crushes ice and makes drinks pretty well. It's better to push the toggle switch down which causes it to run at a lower speed. The liquid keeps moving and the ice crushes just fine. With the switch pushed up and the blender on, the blade spins at higher speeds which sometimes causes a thick drink to have an airpocket to form above the blade so nothing moves. Not the end of the world but causes one to either stir the slurry or jiggle the blender.