Amazon.com Review
Equipped with a button that quickly releases its stainless-steel blade from the 50-ounce jar for cleaning, this eight-speed, 400-watt blender crushes ice, stirs batters, purées soups, chops vegetables, mixes salad dressings, blends smoothies, grinds coffee beans, and liquefies lumpy gravies. It has a dial for selecting the proper speed, a power button for crushing ice quickly, and a pulse control for precision work. A double-lock system provides extra safety, with both the plastic jar and the jar's lid needing to be secured for the blender to work. A removable cap in the lid serves as a 2-ounce measure. The blender stands 16-1/2 inches high.
--Fred Brack