Oster BVTY06 eLume DIgital Blender with Glass Jar

I bought this blender today even after the salesmen recommended a wide bottom Cuisinart blender for smoothies. Of course I'm a stickler for technology, and I though that this blender was really cool. The salesman warned that this model wouldn't blend ice very well, but he couldn't be more wrong. I just made a smoothie on the "Frozen Drinks" setting and it came out amazing! I then tried the "Ice Crush" setting and it was amazing. I put a few ice cubes in the blender and pressed the button and the ice turned into snow in less than 30 seconds. This blender works amazing, is built solid and looks great. I definitely recommend getting this blender, it's awesome!!!

for the money this is an excellent mixer. compared to $200 top of the line mixers obviously would not be a fair comparison.

mixes well, unless you have to many frozen fruits you want to blend into a smoothy.

you have to stir it with a spoon and mix it around..

if you do things slower, the mixer does very well..........and has steel blades and a fairly good motor again, for the price.

This blender can whip through anything as long as there's enough liquid for your smoothie...which would be true of any blender.
Be VERY careful when washing the jar if you don't remove the blades. They are VERY sharp. I've stabbed myself a few times now, and they have my utmost respect.
All in all, a great blender, I love the looks of it too.