"Buy with Caution" 2010-08-02
By
Lucky Lori
Oster was the go-to brand for me, so I purchased the 6608 to make smoothies. After two uses, the black plastic screw-on base decided to start chipping off around the drive gear. The terrible odor of hot plastic caught my attention, so I lifted the blender jar to find black plastic shreds on the base. Not wanting to spend $100+ for a blender AND wanting a metal drive motor, I even-exchanged it at the store for the same model. Time will tell if this one holds up. Shoulda kept my old harvest gold Oster I sold at a garage sale a few years back!
"Bottom cap breaks easily" 2010-01-30
By
Mattia Landoni (Durham, NC USA)
After about 20 uses, the plastic bottom cap broke. Unfortunately, it broke off when the blender was full of hot onion cream that it took me an hour to make. So I almost killed myself and had to clean the kitchen for half hour. Nice, huh? It's a pity because everything else seems high quality, engine, blades, glass cup etc.. Really a pity.
"JUNK!!" 2010-01-15
By
JB (Kentucky)
Once-upon-a-time, Oster blenders were a quality appliance. No more. I purchased my blender 4 months ago and have gone through two of the black plastic bottom caps (hold the blade and gasket to glass jar.) They are CHEAP. I'm a careful user, but the cap cracks and will no longer hold the jar. Oster gives me the run-around each time I contact them and won't replace. (The last part I had to pay for myself.) Jarden currently owns Oster, Sunbeam, Mr. Coffee, Crockpot and other brands. (see [...]) I've gotten the same negligent responses regarding disintigration of the plastic parts on one of their Crockpots. I will no longer buy any Jarden product for myself or anyone else and check their website to be sure I'm avoiding them. I won't give them another chance to steal our hard-earned money.
"Osterizer 6694 14 speed Blender - Osterizers rule(d?)!" 2009-05-14
By
D. Musicant (Berkeley, CA USA)
5.0 out of 5 stars Osterizers rule, May 14, 2009
I've owned blenders for decades. I started with Waring but tired of their motors burning out and bought an Osterizer 10 speed with glass container some 25 years ago. That blender finally died this week, the motor burning out (what a smell!). Now, it was only 120 watts, so I suppose I was fortunate it lasted for around 25 years considering the punishment it got -- I often made peanut butter in it from oven roasted peanuts, and it died making peanut butter!
Soon after buying my 10 speed Osterizer, I bought an Oster food processor attachment for it for $10 at a local store, and I've used that exclusively for grinding meat. It does a very nice job. So, in replacing my burned out 10 speed I figured I'd get another Osterizer so I can continue to use this food processor as well as the two glass containers I have (I picked up an extra somewhere). I was pleased to discover that the present Osterizer line accommodates the old containers, etc.
Yesterday I made the rounds at the local big box stores and picked up the 6694 14 speed. The glass container is wider than the ones I had already, and I figure that's a very good thing. It will be easier to scrape out peanut butter, smoothies, whatever using a plastic spatula. Now, the glass isn't as thick, so I will have to be even more careful... I have no backup wide glass container, after all. I now have two sets of blades (the new one looks identical to the old one I bought 25 years ago!). The new one is incredibly sharp, but I'm sure that some day I will need to sharpen it, like I did with the old one (which I will hang onto, of course). I have used a small fine file to sharpen the blades on occasion.
Noise! Yes, I've read a lot of reviews of the Osterizers that discuss noise. Well, I keep ear protection handy in the kitchen just for this purpose. Used to be foam plugs, but now I reach for a $2 pair of earmuffs I picked up at Harbor Freight! Works like a charm and eliminates that painful sensation of too loud noises (I use this when using power tools around the house too, or anything else that generates excessive noise).
My 6694 is white and matches all my other kitchen appliances very nicely. I considered the Beehive and some of the other high power Osterizers (the ones I saw yesterday were 600 watts!), but decided that the 450 watt 6694, which cost 1/2 as much, might actually serve me better (assuming it doesn't burn out... have my fingers crossed). It's bound to be quieter, has high and low power toggle switch and thus two pulse settings. In other words, it's more versatile than the new 600 watt Osterizers, which evidently have only one pulse setting (with the exception of an electronic version I saw yesterday, which has two). My old 10 speed had 3 separate pulse buttons. When using the food processor attachment, a variety of pulse settings is important. The 6694 is also a little shorter than the 600 watt models, one of my considerations because it has to allow my kitchen cabinet doors to swing over it. The 6694's very tallest part is at about 15 inches above the counter, which is the same height as my old 10 speed.
I'm worried about the new 14 speed, though. I've read reviews about the base breaking and inspecting I find that indeed the plastic base is relatively flimsy. It's barely if at all more than 1/2 as thick as the plastic of my old 10 speed. The 14 speed's base weighs in at 2 lb. 12 oz. while the 10 speed is 3 lb. 6 oz. And the 14 speed has a much more powerful motor, which tells you that the construction of the base has been sacrificed on the alter of skimping on materials. Well, if the new 14 speed dies a premature death I'll probably spring for a high end Osterizer, and I'll do more homework next time.
This 14 speed Oster 6694 passed its first real test, making peanut butter. It behaved pretty similar to my old 10 speed. It was about the same loudness. I measured the power consumption during the process. Rated at 450 watts, it actually drew about 600 watts at the highest speed and maximum load (i.e. when it was laboring with a thick sludge of semi ground peanuts). When the peanuts were somewhat better ground, the consumption dropped to around the rated 450 watts and when things were pretty smooth it dropped down to around 260 watts, all this at the highest speed.
"OSTER IS STILL THE 1ST NAME IN BLENDERS!" 2007-02-05
By
JACQUELINE CLONAN (Buffalo, New York---gooooo Bills!)
I HAVE PRETTY MUCH EVERY MODERN APPLIANCE & GADGET A KITCHEN PRINCESS COULD EVER ASK FOR. MY ONLY PROBLEM WITH MY PURCHASES IS THAT COLORS CHANGE SO I MAY NOT WANT TO DISPLAY THEM ON THE COUNTER. SUCH WAS THE PROBLEM WITH MY ORIGINAL 10 SPEED OSTERIZER CIRCA 1969, A BRIDAL SHOWER GIFT FROM MY MOM, IT IS AVOCADO GREEN. I WANTED TO SHARE THE COUNTER WITH MY WHITE CUISINART FOOD PROCESSOR, GREEN KITCHENAID MINI PROCESSOR, GREEN KITCHEAID STAND MIXER, & WHITE MR. COFFEE------BUT NOT AVOCADO!!! THE SCARRY PART IS, THAT ORIGINAL IS STILL WORKING TO THIS DAY, 36 YRS. LATER, & STILL CRUSHES ICE TO BOOT! IT STOPPED ON ME LAST YEAR & AFTER I CHECKED IT OUT, IT WAS JUST A LITTLE BUILT UP STICKYNESS IN THE BASE. CLEANED IT OUT ----- GOOD TO GO! WELL, I BOUGHT THIS ONE IN WHITE & IT'S JUST AS WONDERFUL AS THE ORIGINAL. I KNEW I COULD COUNT ON OSTER! THERE'S VERY FEW CHANGES, & THE ONE I LOVE IS THE NEW SHAPE-----WIDER GLASS JAR----NO DOUBT THEY LISTENED TO THE CONSUMER----THAT WAS THE ONLY THING I MIGHT HAVE CHANGED. THIS BABY IS A GREAT MACHINE-----BUT THEN "MOM" IS STILL A GOOD OLD GAL TOO! BUY "THE NAME" IN BLENDERS, & I HOPE YOURS LASTS 3 1/2 DECADES ALSO.
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