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175 of 183 humans found the following review helpful.
I’m amazed this blender has no reviews!
By Pilgrim
I purchased this blender regarding a year ago from Wal-Mart. I’ve had a number of blenders over the past 30+ years but always ended up giving them away because I seldom if ever applied them — too much bother — and have this thing when it comes to getting rid of unused stuff but finding yet another pardon why I “need” to buy another blender. I got it strictly for smoothies. My sister convinced me they were good for me, but I wasn’t with regards to to compensate $3-4 a pop for one smoothie. I was going to do all the exploration but saw this blender in Wal-Mart and just liked how it looked and genuinely liked the price, around $18 at the time. I thought the spout thingee was neat, but I was in truth blown away by the 500 watts on this thing. I figured how bad could it be with 500 watts. If it blew out after recouping the price of 4-5 smoothies, it would be a reasonable tradeoff in my view. I’m not a technical person but after comparing the wattage of this one with the others on display, I thought what have I got to lose?
It’s plastic, very lightweight and easy to move around. That works for me. Soooo easy to clean and disassemble when doing a exhaustive clean. Immediately after use I rinse it, fill it less than half full with hot water and a drop of liquid detergent, hold the lid down and give it a couple of whirls on pulse. Take it off and shake it around to get the top clean, then rinse again and make sure I open the spout to let it drain. If you don’t clean it right away, you’ll have to scrub it clean. You may disengage the spout, replacing it with the screw cap at the bottom of base, if you don’t want to use the spout. My smoothies are so thick now I just pour it out.
The firstborn few times I employed it, I smelled burning rubber but I do push this thing as far as filling it with ice and whatsoever else I want and doing it as speedily as I can, using the setting that gives me the quickest results, be that pulse or smoothie or whatever. Again, I like this blender so much I figure I’ll replace it with the same if I blow it and it’s not under warranty. So far, so good. (It’s a 3-year warranty.)
No more burning rubber even altho I still fill it with ice and a mixture of everything. I’m reading “Green for Life” so I’ve added greens, celery, carrots and other vegetables, chia seed gel, flax seed, a little honey, etc., to my juice and fruit mixtures, both frozen banana and other fresh and frozen fruit, all of these things at the same time. DELICIOUS! My husband didn’t like the vegetables added at original but now he actually looks forward to them, which is just when it comes to each day or each other day now. The blender works like a charm. It doesn’t pulverize the greens (spinach or romaine lettuce)100%. There’s a little amount of greens that doesn’t get chopped up – but very minute bits that aren’t that noticeable and not worth the price for a higher-priced, “better” blender, as none of them get 5-star reviews anyway and mine works well sufficient to suit my needs. No problem whatsoever with ice. It has only bogged down on me once, but I just turned it off and nudged it around with wooden spoon and it’s been good to go. Now, if I may remember, I put the ice cubes in after the juice, which is first. Sometimes I put them in last.
I’m not that easy to please, but I’m very satisfied with this blender. It’s still a pleasure to use. I’m sending one to my son for his bday.
47 of 49 people found the following review helpful.
A great party blender
By S. Swartz
I purchased 2 Wavestations this summer for an annual beach blender party I throw. Armed with a portable generator and tiki bar, I in a literal sense mixed over 100 batches of frozen drinks in each unit in just one afternoon (I stopped counting at 100). I have bartended in a professional manner and recreationally for over 20 yrs and I have never run all over a mercantile blender, let alone a household version that may manufacture fast, consistent smooth mixes AND serve them to the last drop from a built in pour tap without ever having to remove the top from the base. Yes, the tap genuinely works, and works great! I’m buying more just in case numerous corporate moron decides to drop the line. Don’t let the low price scare you, the Wavestation is in truth one of those rare items today that in truth work as advertised. Enjoy, and do not forget to party in moderation, or at least give your car keys to someone how can! 
89 of 100 persons found the following review helpful.
Don’t buy this – get a real blender
By Carol Griffith
I purchased this for $20 at Wal-Mart, and after using it for a few weeks, I went back and purchased an Oster blender for $25 and I am so much happier. With this Hamilton Beach Wave Station, my smoothies had ice chips, which I could ignore, but what genuinely sent me back to the store was that the way the bottom is attached to the blender, you have to take it detached each time you use it because other than as supposed or expected the smoothie gets down into the threads of the blender at the bottom and then spoils. Disgusting! Just washing out the blender doesn’t get the smoothie out of that area.
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