Breville BCS500XL 9.6V

It looks nice

The charge light doesn't work but 1/2 the time ; The battery in the unit gets so hot just from charging that you can barely touch it ; Worthless for any use other than very fluid liquid ; I tried to chop already broken ice for a smoothy and the device...

Well constructed ; Holds charge well*/ NiCad battery ; It blends and is comfortable to use ; Newegg had a great price when I purchased it ; If you read the booklet that comes with, it states to never use over 1 minute without letting it cool 1 minute....

Have to hold down the power button as you operate the blender. Not such a big deal as they have it right where you hold it anyway, but something I had to get used to

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battery sucked...cordless feature was useless, b/c it would not hold a charge for more than 2 minutes. Exchanged for a new one and thought that it was the battery and still the same problems w/ pwr

I purchased this immersion blender based upon some good reviews. I was looking for a new immersion blender to replace an old Braun which had partially cracked. I returned a Christmas present and got myself this. Boy, have I been disappointed. The unit...

This is probably the worst stick blender I ever purchased. When trying to blend milk (nothing added) the motor constantly stops forcing me to reset every 2-3 seconds. If I feel daring enough at actually add protein powder to be mixed in the problem...

I bought mine when Wms. Sonoma was selling them. I loved that it had its own stand for keeping it charged on the counter. Mine worked so well I called it the Terminator of hand held blenders. Until last month when I started pureeing 6 oz. (weighed out)...

Excellent product while it worked. Got one for Christmas 2 years ago. Within a month had a problem with the base shorting out, plastic melted on charger base. Loved the product though. Took it back to Williams Sonoma and it was exhcanged without a...

This was a terrible waste of money. It is a very atractive device that just doesn't work. It never will run longer than 20 seconds at a time. The battery has plenty of juice because if you wait 30 seconds it will run for another 20 seconds. It...