Hamilton Beach 50256WV 10-Speed Blender

Pros: Quiet operation, separate "cup blender" feature
Cons: Cup could be larger

There are all kinds of blenders out there. I kept going for wattage. My last blender was a Black & Decker with 600 watts. What a piece of junk. This thing was loud, and every time you turned it on, it was the full 600 watts so if the lid was just a ...

Pros: inexpensive, very quiet, very fast, easy to use of Sureloc safety base
Cons: It is just my suggestion.-can they make retractable cord? it would be very handy.

This is my third blender-somehow I broke the other two.
It is not one of those expensive & fancy kind which I don't want but it just works fine and good enough.
I like its glass jar for soup and the little cup works great when my husband wants to make drink just for himself.
I always put a rag under the blender for making less noise but this one is pretty quiet(I love it!)even when I use frozen fruit. Comparing to my old one -I thought it was a great blender(foreign brand) it's much more quite and much faster.(smoothie)
When I put frozen fruit in my other blender, I could see those chunks of fruit were hanging(?) on top of the blade and I had to work on it with a wooden spoon.. but this blender works great with a couple of cups of frozen fruit.
I also love the Sureloc safety base.-easy to lock and unlock.

Pros: Easy to clean.
Cons: The personal blending cup is only big enough for an 8 oz shake.

I was looking for something that was easy to clean because it would get used every day. Found it! Powerful, easy to use, inexpensive. It's also powerful enough to get the shake powder off the side walls just through blending without having to stop and stick a spatula in there. I haven't used it to crush ice or anything, and it may not be a good option if you're a soup person because the instructions say not to blend anything hot, but if you're looking for a personal shake maker, this is probably a good blender for you.