Proctor Silex 7-Speed Blender 342009

I bought this blender for the sole purpose of making smoothies. I was quickly disappointed. Unless you use small, crushed ice, then it is almost impossible to get the ice to crush to make the smoothie. After you put the ice cream on top of the ice, it...

This is a good blender to have if you like smoothies and protein shakes. On the opposite side it doesn't work well for grinding, chopping, or crushing lots of ice. It can eventually get the job done but it takes a while and a lot of effort with shaking...

This is overall a good starter blender. Inexpensive and serves it's purpose pretty well. Ours is kind of old so it is starting to fall apart, naturally like things usually do. We usually use it to make smoothies in the summertime to help cool us off....

Soft items work well in this blender like, milk shakes with fresh fruit. I did not find it that easy to chip up ice for a smoothie. Blending Power It does not chip ice like I thought it should. Understand that it is not a high end blender so I guess...

This has been a great blender! We purchased it about 3 years ago (yes, I said THREE) when our last one burnt out. Like blenders always do. This was reasonably priced and got good reviews so we purchased it. We use it for smoothies and sauces, making...

I needed a new blender and found the **proctor silex 57171 7-Speed Blender** being sold for a fairly low price, particularly as far as blenders go. I didn't want to spend a ton of money, so this one won over the fancier, more expensive blenders on the...