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Brian M. Edwards
June 06, 2025
Excellent First Impressions
My first impressions of this cordless smoothie blender is that it's pretty impressive. At first glance while unboxing, it appears a bit small and the plastic blender body appeared to be a tad thin but its not an issue at all, and after charging this up and making a smoothie I am impressed. I used apple juice, a chopped banana, some berries and a few pieces of sliced and chopped Mango.I blended it for 20 seconds (starting upside down for 2 seconds) and it came out near perfect. I found about three tiny pieces of banana but for such a short blend I think that was really good.The best way I found to clean this is to rinse it out as soon as possible after use, then add ONE tiny drop of dish soap, then add water to about half way and run it 20 seconds then rinse again. I left it to sit on a paper towel until dry.Be careful when cleaning. Although it has a safety feature that prevents it from turning on without the blender body, its still good practice to keep your fingers well away from the blades!I have made three smoothies so far. None using ice or frozen fruit, I have used frozen fruit but allow it to defrost before adding it to the blender.Note; I live in hot and humid south Texas. Strawberries and berries etc. seem to go off pretty fast even in my fridge. I had a 2 day old pack of strawberries that seemed to shrivel up and show signs of mold. Grapes seem to do much better though...so if you can buy frozen fruit, it’s pretty inexpensive (nice to be able to say that nowadays.) and you can make a new mix for every smoothie.Also I use orange or apple juice or good old bottle water. I mix my protein powder into one smoothie a day.I will do an update on how this is holding up and how many uses I get from each charge but I will likely recharge after about 6 uses. So far its a good smoothie blender and I recommend it.
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Nice, light little personal blender!
I bought this for a house/dog/cat sitting couple of weeks for a friend who didn’t have a lender (or not that I could fine). I also thought it might be good for travel, since I like smoothies in the morning. This little thing does the trick. I did not try any greens in it, but it was fine for liquid, yogurt and berries. Simple to use. Love the rechargeable feature. I’m not suer how many times one can use it on a charge, since I just plugged it in after use, but it is exactly what I wanted. So far, so good, and I really do think its lightweight will make it easy to throw in a checked bag and be on my way to a vacatioN! Recommend.
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Kieran Smith
December 29, 2025
HB PRODUCTS, worthless?
I ordered this in October 2025. To this day , 12-29-25, I have NEVER been able to get it to work. Tried to get help on line, after I had realized it was too late for me to return it. Made a phone call to an 800 # and when I couldn’t get through for 13 min., I proceeded to try to get help on line, as the phone recording suggested. After giving all the info on my failing product, I received NO HELP for the problem. Instead was referred to a technician for a fee! Look here I paid for the darn thing and refuse to pay to get assistance for a Hamilton Beach Defective product! Forget HB products!
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A very good little blender (updated after 2nd and 3rd use)
I like this little blender, for the most part. I am hoping my first use is user error as my drink did not blend well. I placed my powders in the cup and then the liquid—I recommend that you put the liquid in first, then powder as the powder stayed up at the top (Bottom) of the blending cup and did not get incorporated well. I am hoping it’ll be better tomorrow, we shall see. Other than that, it’s a sturdy little thing and I like the size of the bottle, the attached lid is nice and the pink color is cute! Currently this blender is getting only 4 stars 1. Because of the above, and 2. Because the bottom of the cup does not have a smooth bottom, it has indentations, and high/low areas (see pic) where the powder bits get stuck to, and in turn it was hard to mix it in, and ultimately clean it up. Again, hoping this won’t matter tomorrow. I’m hoping I can edit this review if the problems get solved with better techniques on my part.UPDATE: better on the second and 3rd go. Definitely place that liquid in first! I am keeping it at 4 stars though, because I highly dislike the bottom of the cup not being smooth. Finally, it actually is fairly easy to clean, so thumbs up there!
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Erika Diaz
April 22, 2023
Convenient
I make a lot of smoothies lately and I want to be able to make fresh smoothies at work. So I came across this and decided to give it a try. I don’t regret buying this. It charges via a usb-c cable. So you can take it anywhere and make your fresh smoothie anywhere, anytime. It holds enough charge to make one smoothie at a time. So it needs to be charged right away after you use it. Other than that, it fits in my lunch bag. You get everything you need in it. A measuring cup and a flip lid.
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Simple and easy
Love that you don’t carry the battery around with you. I bought this just to make easy morning protein shakes and it’s perfect for that. I wouldn’t say this is ideal for making a smoothie bc it doesn’t have much space but for smaller sized protein shakes it works great. I got this after I had Bariatric surgery so it has made my mornings easy. My big blender is great for future use and smoothies but this does the trick for simple quick and simple.Battery is rechargeable but it doesn’t last the longest. I’d say about 3-4 days of use and it’s time to charge again. Come with a blade cover which also works as a measuring cup.Highly recommend if you using it for the right things
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