Hello,

I purchased a 400 watt Cuisinart blender 3-4 yrs ago from Bed Bath and
Beyond for $60, and it doesn't seem like it can crush ice easily even
though it claims to do so. There is also some occasional burnt rubber
smell.

I use it to make smoothies and crush frozen fruits.

I'd like to get suggestions on best blender that can be used to make
fruit smoothies/vegetable juices that is under $100.

I also need it to be easy to clean :-)

Is Juiceman good for this purpose?

Please advise. Thanks!

lora wrote on Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:02:54 -0700 (PDT):

> I purchased a 400 watt Cuisinart blender 3-4 yrs ago from Bed
> Bath and Beyond for $60, and it doesn't seem like it can crush
> ice easily even though it claims to do so. There is also some
> occasional burnt rubber smell.

> I use it to make smoothies and crush frozen fruits.

> I'd like to get suggestions on best blender that can be used
> to make fruit smoothies/vegetable juices that is under $100.

> I also need it to be easy to clean :-)

> Is Juiceman good for this purpose?

I'd second that request for details of an easily cleaned juicer. I have
a juicer attachment for my Krups but it is *not* easy to clean, IMHO.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Apr 26, 10:09*am, "James Silverton" >
wrote:
> *lora *wrote *on Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:02:54 -0700 (PDT):
>
> > I purchased a 400 watt Cuisinart blender 3-4 yrs ago from Bed
> > Bath and Beyond for $60, and it doesn't seem like it can crush
> > ice easily even though it claims to do so. There is also some
> > occasional burnt rubber smell.
> > I use it to make smoothies and crush frozen fruits.
> > I'd like to get suggestions on best blender that can be used
> > to make fruit smoothies/vegetable juices that is under $100.
> > I also need it to be easy to clean :-)
> > Is Juiceman good for this purpose?
>
> I'd second that request for details of an easily cleaned juicer. I have
> a juicer attachment for my Krups but it is *not* easy to clean, IMHO.
>
> --
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

I have a Juiceman Jr that I use for juicing fruits and vegetables.
It's easy to clean and works great.

If you want to make whole fruit and/or vegetable smoothies (especially
using greens) there is no household blender that
will do a good job. You might check Craigs list or eBay, etc., to see
if you can find a Vita Mix or Blendtec used in
good condition, but they are spendy.

lora > wrote:
>
>I purchased a 400 watt Cuisinart blender 3-4 yrs ago from Bed Bath and
>Beyond for $60, and it doesn't seem like it can crush ice easily even
>though it claims to do so. There is also some occasional burnt rubber
>smell.

Overloading. Place less ingredients into that blender, or obtain a
larger capacity blender. Blenders are not ice crushing machines, none
are designed to crush ice... all they can do is to incorporate ice
with liquids but they cannot make crushed ice.