First of all, this Cuisinart is beautiful to look at! The silver chrome and black combine to make an impressive appliance on my kitchen counter.
However, I am finding that a) it's too heavy for these 70 year old arthritic hands. Picking it up after mixing and pouring the contents of my smoothie into a cup is tricky. It's NOT lightweight. The second criticism is that it does NOT completely blend up cut pieces of fruits, even soft ones like mangoes and strawberries. I've tried the "mix" setting and the "liquefy" setting and it doesn't make a difference. I guess I'll have to try "grind" and "ice" next. But it seems to me a blender this powerful ought to do a better job of disintegrating small pieces of fruit (that HAVE been defrosted).
I love the sturdy glass upper. This blender has a clean design with a safety feature power button, and a powerful blending ability that’s perfect for smoothies, salsas, açaí bowls and much more.
We ordered this one the same day our old one died. The cord in the old unit jammed and ruined the electric supply to the unit. We leave the cord extended on the new one. It’s better to have the cord show than wreck the unit trying to hide the cord inside.