I have two Osters, one is a Kitchen Center with mixer, food processor, meat
grinder, etc. I've owned this for 25 years and it still runs great. About
10 years ago, one of the internal gears split in two, but Sunbeam sold me
the part, it was easily repaired at home on the kitchen table with a
phillips screwdriver. Recently, I needed an extra glass vessel, so I just
bought a mixer at Goodwill for $5. Now I find that it's handier most of
the time to just use the "new" mixer, since it's smaller without the mixing
bowl part that the other one has. Otherwise the two units are identical.
My mom has one that's probably closer to 40 years old that gets daily use.
They're great units, you can get parts easily and cheaply and they last and
last. Almost every yard sale or thrift shop has one for less than $10.

-JD

"Rina" > wrote in message
. ..
> I've always used an Oster, it's not expensive but the container is heavy
> duty glass. It comes apart for easy cleaning, also can screw a small jar
> to the blender bottom to mix salad dressings right in the jar.
>
> I make frappes & smoothies, start cream soups, and smooth lumpy gravy
> occasionally but not much else.
>
> My blender is an older one with a 400 watt motor and 16 speeds. If it died
> tomorrow, I'd buy another Oster, but probably wouldn't do the multiple
> speeds just a couple will do.
>
> Rina
>
>
> "Claudia" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>>I would love to get some opinions on the best household blender. For
>> smoothies, soups, and shakes. Waring so far seems best, but I'd like
>> to be sure before I buy. Any recommendations?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Claudia
>>
>
>



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