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Terrific combo for the price!, May 24, 2008

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Mari Hulick “mhNYC” (Bronx,, NY USA) – See all my reviews

  

We bought this blender/processor combo in February, but were a little nervous given some of the other reviews. But, a friend was using this as a drink blender at a celebration and raved about it. So, we bought it and thought we’d try it for a while before writing a review. So far, after pretty steady use, we love it. The ice crusher is terrific. The blender handles massive capacity well. Everything has come out great.

So, how do we answer the cons that others point out? First, the noise. Uh, blenders are noisy. This doesn’t seem to be any worse than any others we’ve owned–it’s about the same as any other I have owned (Krupps, Oster). Then, the question of an oder–there was a slight oily smell when we first started using it, but that is long gone now. Yes, the food processor part is small, this is a combo unit. They are small on all combo units. And it’s larger than the Krupps combo processor, for that matter the blender is larger too! Some do not care for the look. That’s esthetic, and up to you. You see the picture, either you like the way it looks or you don’t. I personally do not care too much, I keep it in a cabinet anyway.

All in all, we find this is a great buy. We do not need a full-size processor, this small one is perfect for what we use it for. And the blender is massive and handles everything we’ve thrown at it; drinks, smoothies, soups, pestos, etc etc. You are not going to do superior for this price.

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Good product, July 2, 2007

I bought this as a replacement for another Cuisinart food processor that gave up the ghost after 18 years of regular use. It is well designed and a bit lighter than the older models. It can be a little tricky to get the top on at first – do it a few times with it empty to see how the mechanism works and then it’s simple to do. It seems to be able to handle any blending/processing job that I give it including really thick smoothies and baby food.

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It’s okay, July 19, 2007

We had to replace our old Krups blender, which we had for many years, because the switches stopped working. The motor still ran–you just had to plug it in and unplug it to stop it.

So–we have a lot of Cuisinart stuff, and this looked like the item closest to the Krups, which had a food processor as well as the blender.

Here’s why I give the Cuisinart item a 3, after probably three uses:

1. the food processor is pretty small

2. the “chrome” is actually plastic with a chrome coating, and I worry it will not last long

3. the styling is kind of klunky–it’s somehow too big looking and obtrusive compared to, say, our Cuisinart toaster (which we have had a long time and really like)

4. the motor always smells as if it’s about to burn out (but hasn’t yet)

5. it has this weird feature that you first turn it on, then choose an action, like “chop” or “blend.” I suppose this is a safety feature, but I am not sure why.

On the other hand, it does the jobs it’s supposed to do, and so I can’t complain about that. It’s okay. Just not the dream I imagined it would be, but it is powerful and effective. Why can’t someone design a sleek blender/food processor combo that can handle a bit more quantity and looks good on the counter and lasts forever?

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