Krups 572-70 Power Xtreme Blender, White

by Krups

Product Features

• Large-capacity blender holds 50 ounces of liquid
• Auto ice crusher quickly crushes ice without water
• 400-watt, quiet motor with 8 speed functions, including pulse
• Easy-to-clean, 1-piece touch pad
• Measures 14-1/2 by 8-3/4 by 8 inches; 1-year limited warranty

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 8.8 x 14 inches ; 8.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 11 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00004SPEB
• Item model number: 572-70
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #481,560 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

If you need to make a lot of margaritas or daiquiris, this industrial-size blender will be the life of the party. The wide sturdy base and heavy calibrated glass jar make it a warhorse in the kitchen. It crushes ice with the special auto-ice button, and it has an auto-pulse setting so you don't have to stand there pushing buttons. The Soft-Start feature helps prevent liquids from splattering by starting out slow and gradually speeding up. The one-piece touch pad is easy to clean, with no little nooks or crannies that might fill with sticky liquid. --Shannon Borg

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great Motor, but Poor Connection to Blade, March 22, 2001

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Leigh Armstrong "texexpat" (Stocksund Sweden) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Krups 572-70 Power Xtreme Blender, White (Kitchen)

We bought this blender, but have been extremely disappointed.

Worst Feature: The motor may be good, but the gear it spins is made of rubber, which fits in to a piece of plastic which turns the blade. If you use the pulse function, the rubber gear has a tendency to "give" a bit, eventually spinning inside the plastic sleeve. Basically, it is like a big rubber eraser that erases itself away. We had the rubber gear replaced twice, but then noticed that the plastic it fits into was also wearing (being erased) away.

Second Worst Feature: The plastic gasket, mentioned by a few reviewers, is also hard to re-seal. It is hard to dismantle the unit for cleaning, and then get it to go back together properly. If the plastic isn't perfectly aligned... well, then you have something interesting to clean up!

Third Worst Feature: After one of those gasket-leaking experiences, the little rubber feet stuck to the cabinet instead of to the blender. A couple of them wouldn't go back to where they were supposed to, so we ended up with a wobbly blender.

The motor is really good, and the results are great - when it works. If you have one, just be careful of the little rubber gear!

34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't break the Rubber Gasket, May 3, 2000

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F. Francisco "bogatronics" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Krups 572-70 Power Xtreme Blender, White (Kitchen)

I like it!, but the problem I have found it with it is The Rubber Gasket on the button of the Glass Jar, is you don't align it perfectly then you will have all over the counter the liquid that you are trying to mix.

And then, other problem I have found out with it is trying to buy a new Rubber Gasket, Krupps doesn't have a place on the web or anywhere else, where you can buy accessories, so please take care of it.

The Blender (if you didn't break the Gasket) it's real easy to clean, to use, and all the buttons make it incredibly easy to get the results you really want.

If you press WHIP button, you really get it whipped. If you press the Mix button is really mixes it, crushed ice is perfect.

Overall is the best piece of equipment you can have in your kitchen, and best Blender I have ever used not design for industrial use, only and only If you don't break the Gasket!, then the whole blender is useless..

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yummy frozen drinks, low price, December 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Krups 572-70 Power Xtreme Blender, White (Kitchen)

I am a big fan of this not so little blender. The blender is somewhat of an optical illusion because this puppy holds 50 ounces of liquid.

Unlike other customers, I have had no problems with the functionality of the blender. No drippage. No seepage. No problems putting the blender on and taking it off. No problem cleaning the unit.

For frozen drinks, don't use the auto ice crusher. I found this feature only works OK - particularly if the ice has been in your freezer for a long time. However, if you pour all contents in and use the liquify button instead, you will end up with one well blended pitcher of frozen delight.

I used to have a lower end blender that, while functional, did not really mash the ice in an acceptable form. After each blend, I'd needed to pick out the really large chunks of ice that remained at the top of my frozen concoction. That blender is history.

Additionally, I've used other higher end blenders and yes, they make good frozen margaritas as well; but you can get just as impressive results with this blender at a lower price.