Oster Counterforms Blender with Reverse Crush Technology

Leo-Gilles Savard: Il est bien! Sauf que j'ai suivi son transport du départ à l'arrivée et je trouve le trajet excessif. Il peine à broyer des viandes cuites...j'ajoute de l'eau!

Canada on Oct 05, 2023

Jireh20Jireh20: I love this item, I used to make smoothies or other form of homemade beverages
Dislike.... there’s no lock or to lock secure between the jar and the base

Canada on May 28, 2020

Shirley: So far I've only used it to make breakfast smoothies and it has worked very well. It is easy to use and easy to clean afterwards. Very please with this product.

Canada on Oct 25, 2019

DCD: Not exactly what I expected. With the first blender our family had, an old Black and Decker, there was an on off switch and about 7 other push buttons for controlling the speed of the blender. As you pushed each successive speed button, the blender would gradually increase in speed, until you reached the last speed button where the blender would max. out. It was a very simple, but great blender. Push a button, let go of the button, and the blender would run at that speed until you either pushed the off button, or pushed a higher or lower speed button.

This blender is not like this. There is a Power On/Off button, and a Stop button -which are pretty much self explanatory. There is also a fast pulse button and a slow pulse button, which are, again, pretty much self explanatory.

The thing I find a little annoying about this blender are the pre-programmed settings for Frozen Drinks and Food Chop. When these buttons are pushed, the blender will run for a little in the forward direction, then stop, and then move a little longer in the reverse direction, then stop, then move a little faster in the forward direction, etc. etc. I know why the blender does this ( to prevent it...

Canada on Dec 01, 2017

Janice: Have had blender for about 4 weeks. Works really well. Like the glass jar, it's sturdy and I prefer making my smoothies and blending my sauces in glass rather than plastic. The whole assembly is very easy to clean. The blade is all metal and motor is strong and crushes/blends food items extremely well. The noise from blender is about normal it won't wake up the household! Would recommend this item.

Canada on Sep 02, 2017

DataJanitor: The media could not be loaded.  I read many reviews of various blenders before choosing this one. I've owned it for over a week as I write this review and have used it every day since receiving it. I am very pleased with its power and performance, but most of all with its cost and sturdy construction.

I developed a taste for McDonald's Mocha Frappes. Unfortunately, the high calorie count of the drink made me feel guilty every time I bought one. I found a recipe on the web for making a low cal version at home, but my old cheap blender didn't have the power to easily crush ice. This one blends the frozen drink smooth in just a few seconds.

Clean up is very easy. The plastic cap on the bottom of the glass decanter screws off, there is a blade assembly with a metal plate and a rubber seal that mates to the hole in the bottom of the decanter. Another review pointed out that the threads on this cap would mate with a standard Mason jar. While true, there is a warning in the instruction manual about only using approved glass containers. There appears to be good reason for the glass to be thick and impact resistant, this thing has a good deal of power.

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United States on Feb 11, 2014

JLC: I bought this to make green smoothies - those addictive fruit and vegetable combinations (for those few of you who haven't heard about them yet). We have an Oster blender from the 1960s that still works great, but we were worried that aggressive daily blending might be too much for its 50 year old motor. We love our old blender's retro look and we are not ready to part with it, so we decided to buy a new blender. The Vitamix and Blendtec units are being pushed for green smoothies, but as we already have lots of food processors to do all that other work (second marriages, two full kitchens...) all we really wanted was a blender. We looked at other makes, but Oster consistently got great reviews, and as we had been so happy with our other Oster, choosing this brand was very easy.

We chose this model because it was basic, and was a very good price on Amazon. I don't like pre programmed appliances, so I was a bit put off by the "Frozen Drink" and "Food Chop" buttons. Clearly this is aimed at the margarita-and-salsa crowd. Although it was my intention to ignore the pre programmed settings and just use the manual ones, the "frozen drink" setting turned out to be just great for...

United States on Jul 06, 2011