Budget 🥰 Oster Blender | Pro 1200 With Glass Jar, 24-Ounce Smoothie Cup, Brushed Nickel 🤩

6 reviews for Budget 🥰 Oster Blender | Pro 1200 With Glass Jar, 24-Ounce Smoothie Cup, Brushed Nickel 🤩

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   CarefulConsumer – January 9, 2016

   Update to my Update! I’ve now been using this for about six months. I still believe it beats the Ninja I owned hands down, but I have noticed a couple of things. 1) I think the blades have begun to dull slightly; it seems to take a bit longer to get the smoothness I had been getting. 2) While I still prefer a glass jar to a plastic jar hands down, the first jar broke when a dish fell on it (see below) and the replacement I got now has chipped at the spout. I’m not sure how/where that happened. I don’t *think* I’m especially hard on things, and I am careful loading the dishwasher, but it does make me wonder if there’s an issue with the glass. The jar is still usable, it just seems odd. Nonetheless, despite my bad experience with customer service, I still think this is a much better product than those promoted in infomercials, at a very good price.I am downgrading my review of this item from five stars to two because of VERY poor customer service. I still like the product, but the customer service, as outlined in the copy of an e-mail to the parent company copied here, is atrocious. I am currently writing a letter on paper to the CEO of Jarden Corporation, the parent company of Jarden Consumer Solutions, which in turn is the parent division for Oster products. The e-mail was sent on March 22, 2016, and never acknowledged or answered (I write this on April 18, 2016) I will re-post here should I receive an answer of any sort, but a product is only as good as the company that stands behind it.BEGIN E-MAILDear Madam/Sir,I write to you directly because I have already contacted Oster customer service both by e-mail and by telephone, with bad results. My next step WAS going to be to write to Jarden Corporate, but I thought I would try this approach first.First, let me say that I am a fan of many of Jarden Corporations’ brands, and recently had an excellent customer service interaction with those at Estee Lauder. I’m also a fan of Oster products, from long before Jarden purchased the brand.On December 31, of 2015, I purchased, via Amazon, one of your new Oster Pro 1200 Blender Plus Smoothie Cup after having to return a lesser brand that didn’t work. I wrote a glowing review; one of the first Amazon reviews for it, other than Vine Voice reviews, and seven people marked it as ‘helpful.” You can see it at this permalink: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2SU7B36ZQC35Y/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm.I still like the product, and like that it fits under kitchen cabinets on a counter, unlike other blenders, including Oster brands. However, in early March, as I was getting a dish out of the cupboard above the blender, and had the cover off of the blender, the dish fell onto the glass blender jar, hitting the rim, and the jar broke into three large pieces (I will be glad to send a photo, if you like.) I don’t know if this indicates a weakness in the glass, or if it was just one of those weird acts of physics that can happen, since the dish I dropped on it didn’t break.I at first e-mailed your customer service, via a form on the website, so I don’t have a copy of it. I did have some problems getting the requested codes off the plug prongs, so I took photos, which I can provide to you, to help me read them better. I got no response to that e-mail. Ever.At roughly noon, EDT, on March 10, 2016 I telephoned Oster Customer Service, and spoke to a representative named “Pat” in Florida (I had to ask for this information.) She said there was no record of my e-mail, though found one that I had written on December 31, just letting you know that the Oster website’s discount code hadn’t worked, so I purchased the product on Amazon. (I used to work in a corporate communications office, so I know feedback can be valuable.)I found “Pat” at first brusque, which rapidly deteriorated to rude as I explained the problem. However, I gave her the model number, and the model information from the bottom of the blender, and she informed me that for a replacement blender jar I would have to pay 9.99 plus shipping, though she would discount it to 8.99 plus shipping. When I asked about the Oster Warranty, she brusquely said “the warranty is only for the drive train.” I also asked if the replacement jar was available on Amazon, since I am a Prime member and often need not pay shipping. Her response was “I don’t know, you can look there.”When I repeated the request regarding the warranty, she said (and I quote-I’m a writer. I take notes): “I’ve been here ten years and I’ve never heard of someone dropping a dish on a blender “ {and breaking it.} The warranty is only for the drive train”I repeated that this was a new product for the Oster line, and she dismissed that. I felt like I was being accused of lying–possibly because I WAS being accused of lying. I have since re-looked at the Amazon page for this item, and note that there is also a “three year satisfaction warranty.” I’m not satisfied.However, I just wanted to get the jar and move on, so I ordered one. I got an order confirmation; my card was billed for 14.95–8.99 for the jar, 5.95 for shipping. Eventually I got a shipping confirmation, and the item arrived yesterday. The WRONG item. It’s a jar for one of your older model blenders; as you no doubt know, the Pro 1200 has a larger blade, a wider jar, and a profile that allows it to fit under a cabinet.It appears to have been packed by a third grader with a passion for bubble wrap. The box is for a Rival Ice Cream maker, and not sturdy. And, more importantly, it’s the WRONG JAR.I don’t know if I”d have taken the time to write this had it been the right jar. Maybe, since “Pat” was so offensive. But after all that, this is just too much. I was actually contemplating buying an Oster countertop convection oven, as well, but after “Pat” and this incident, I’m pretty much over Oster as a brand.I do plan to update my Amazon review to reflect all of this, but I’ll wait a bit. I need the correct jar, since I still like the blender. But I do expect a full refund of what I paid for the WRONG jar. AND I expect the correct jar. There is a three year satisfaction guarantee. I’m not satisfied. With the jar that broke, with the customer service, or with the ‘replacement jar’ that is not the replacement jar.End copied e-mailBegin original product review:I just had to return a Ninja that died after less than three months of daily smoothies, so let me offer a direct comparison between the two. I am pasting my review of the Ninja Auto IQ (including the response by customer service) below this review, for comparison. But here are the basics:First, I was a bit concerned when I ordered this Oster, because the reviews were mostly Vine Voices, but I took the chance anyway–and am very glad I did.1) I make daily smoothies that include nuts, seeds, carrots, greens, sometimes cauliflower, yogurt, almond milk, and frozen fruit. The Oster handles this better and faster than the Ninja did. The reversing blades are a huge advantage, and the resultant smoothie is much creamier.This Oster is by far a better built, more efficient machine at a far better price with a better warranty. The all metal drive system makes a difference, even in just how solid the machine feels. The Ninja visible parts are all plastic, and the blades are not nearly as solid.2) The Ninja 24 oz smoothie cup really doesn’t allow enough room for all needed ingredients (see below). Their customer rep sent me a 32 oz cup, which helped, but shouldn’t have been necessary.This Oster 24 oz cup solves that problem in two ways: First, the cup is wider. Second, the blade assembly doesn’t doesn’t protrude nearly as far into the cup, leaving more room for ingredients.3) The “smoothie” setting on this Oster actually does the job right the first time around, unless you don’t add enough liquid (I tend to eyeball my ingredients.) However, it will make a very nice sherbet/sorbet if the fruit and yogurt are at the top; I’m planning to play with that more in the summer. The Ninja sort of did that, but it didn’t pulverize all the frozen fruit.4) The Ninja lid had to be screwed on very, very tightly or the ingredients leaked out, though they did that even when the lid WAS on tight, perhaps because the sealing ring tended to escape from below the blade, which I noticed on the third usage. I had to keep tucking it back in, and I was hand washing it.The Oster sealing ring stays in place, but the (very good) instructions tell you to be sure it is, just in case. The Oster has not leaked even when I overfilled the cup (deliberately, for comparison.)5) The Oster starts with 1200 watts and delivers 900 when blending. The Ninja says it starts with 1000; it doesn’t say how much it actually delivers on blending. The Ninja seems to generate much more heat; sometimes sufficient blending resulted in a warm smoothie even when I started with frozen fruit. That has not happened with the Oster.6) The Oster IS a bit noisy. But it is quieter than the Ninja. My cats headed out for parts unknown when I turned on the Ninja. The Oster doesn’t bother them. I take that to mean that the Oster is cat approved. :)7) The Oster offers much better instructions, including a warning that the jar should be held down during blending. However, even not held down, the Oster doesn’t ‘jump around’ on the counter nearly as much as the Ninja did, and in my experience not at all except for the time I didn’t add sufficient liquid.The Oster isn’t perfect– the reviewer who said you need “big hands” has a point. The jar top is wide. But given that the width of the jar is what makes it more usable for ingredients, I think it’s an OK tradeoff. A rubber glove or rubber jar opener can help slightly arthritic hands–although I haven’t needed one, and I do have a bit of arthritis. Still, you might want to hold both jar and top with something rubber if it’s a problem.The Oster smoothie cup probably won’t fit into most car cup holders. That didn’t bother me, since I don’t travel with mine.Other reviewers here have noted that other Oster blender components likely won’t fit on this one because of the width. That may be true, but I suspect if this one is successful, accessories may become available. As it is, even the Oster that does not include the food processor comes with a glass blender jar in addition to the smoothie cup and lid So you’re starting ahead of the game.And then there’s price: My Ninja was a refurb. I paid $69.99 for it. Full price here on Amazon is $119. There is no blender jar, but there are two smoothie cups, one 24 oz and one 16 oz. I never used the 16 oz.As I write this, this Oster is, at full price, $66.12, including a glass blender jar and the 24 oz smoothie cup. For another $20 I could have gotten a food processor attachment. If they become available separately, I may order the food processor attachment in the future.But to compare directly, this Oster with just the smoothie cup cost LESS than my refurbished Ninja was, and considerably less than a brand new Ninja.If anything changes as I continue to use this Oster, I will update this review. But right now, after using both for the same job, I highly recommend the Oster.FOR THOSE INTERESTED, MY ORIGINAL REVIEW OF THE NINJA FOLLOWS.1.0 out of 5 starsSTOPPED WORKING AFTER 2 1/2 MONTHSByCarefulConsumer on November 18, 2015Style Name: BL482UPDATE: DECEMBER 29, 2015I purchased this on October 15, started using it a few days later. As of December 27, with daily use, it has died. If you plug it in, you may or may not get it to light up; if it lights up, it will run once, for a limited time, then not run at all. Yes,it was a refurb, but in my experiences refurbs mean that the problems have been identified already, and fixed. Either way, this does not reflect well on the company or the item. Don’t waste your money.Original review complete with compliments to Ninja Customer Service (at the end.)I purchased one of these as a refurb on an Amazon subsidiary site. After using it daily to make smoothies that include greens, fresh and frozen fruit, nuts, carrots, cauliflower, yogurt and other veggies for just over a month, here are my impressions:It does blend well, given enough time.The “IQ” really is pointless. It’s merely a timed pulse/blend cycle. I have often had to do it two or three times, and things still may not be smoothly blended. If you run two cycles, even if you used frozen fruit, you may find that you have a warm smoothie. (Which also speaks to the heat generated by the motor.)The instructions that tell you in what order to load the cup really aren’t useful. I don’t use ice, I use frozen fruit, and because the blade goes fairly deeply into the cup, if you overfill even by a little bit, the fruit will stick to the blade (though that can turn out a nice sorbet) and the rest of ingredients won’t blend in. I now put the frozen fruit closer to the middle of the cup. You will have to experiment to see what works for you.You need to close the lid VERY tightly lest wet ingredients leak into the base. That means that getting it off, especially if you have used cold ingredients, can be tricky, since the cup will be damp from condensation and hard to hold. I’ve taken to using a rubber glove to hold the cup and another to unscrew the lid.Because of the depth needed for the blade assembly, the 24 oz cup isn’t 24 oz. This may be my biggest complaint. I use spinach or greens blends and other veggies in my smoothies, and even tamped down they take up room. By the time I add the fruit, yogurt, nuts, etc, I’m pretty much out of room. Heaven forbid I put the yogurt on top and overfill–when you put the lid on, it oozes out, and if you haven’t put the lid on tightly, some of your liquid may go into the base in any case. I’ve never even used the 16 oz cup. There are 32 oz cups, but they’re outrageously expensive for what they are.It’s loud, and it ‘jumps around” on the counter as it blends.Before I bought this I had been using an old Hamilton Beach 450 watt blender, and it blended everything just as easily and smoothly as this, with more room for ingredients. The only reason I decided to get something new is because I lost the lid to it, and had to use a dish as a cover. I rather wish I’d just gotten another decent blender. There is some convenience in just using one container, but the hassle loading it makes that a wash.For the refurb price it was OK. At full price, especially compared to a decent blender (even a 450 watt one), I’d feel robbed.(I also can’t resist pointing out the absurdity of the “nutrient extraction” claim. Hey, if it EXTRACTS the nutrients, I don’ want to use it. The nutrients are already there. All it does is make them drinkable. I’m amazed sometimes at what consumers will fall for!)UPDATE 12-6-15Ninja customer service was very helpful–they sent me the 32 oz cup, as well as silicone grips for the cups. The 32 oz cup really does make a huge difference, even in smoothies for one. If you’re making a smoothie with many ingredients, they need room. The 24 oz cup blends down to about a 14 oz smoothie. With the larger cup I was able to add more ingredients, specifically more greens, so more smoothie doesn’t mean more calories or carbs. The silicone cup-band solves the problem of holding the cup when there is condensation. That said, I still don’t think this blender is worth full price, but I do appreciate the customer service.END NINJA REVIEW

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   T. Krivanek – July 7, 2016

   I, as many here, did a lot of research. There isn’t much out there on this blender. What I ended up doing was comparing the parts of each blender from the viatmix to Ninja to blendtec etc. that made them work better than others. The Ninja (I bought one [not from amazon] but realized as I opened the package it had been hastily washed, repackaged and returned. Obviously the first purchaser was not fond of it. I chose to return it promptly because 1. it had these blades that looked cheap and so much molded plastic everywhere. 2. the spindles were too loose. Which made me think it wouldn’t last long and if the lids didn’t lock they’d come flying out at me. 3. 90% of all the parts are cheap plastic; research shows ALL plastics are estrogenic not just BPA. I have a 3-year-old daughter who loves smoothies, I am not even going to attempt using a machine like it. 4. The jars crack frequently, and the blades need replaced way to soon. $$$. The Ninja belongs in a class of it’s own… Infomercial hype and should never be used to compare a blender’s ability to do its job. I digress…After comparing many reviews and weeding through the hype and learning how the commercial blenders work I decided to search for something that shared those qualities, all Metal Drive, Reverse action, lots of power for home use and a glass or stainless steel blending pitcher to reduce exposure to estrogenic plastics and reduce the cost of replacement parts. on Ebay I learned that the old trusty Vitamix’s of the 90s had stainless steel pitchers and an average wattage of 850. If 850 watts was all a commercial business needed then that’s all I need at home. I won’t be making 100 smoothies a day like the Vitamix would be expected to do. The Oster 1200 pro is an average of 900 which is more than the older Viatmix 3600s. Logic would say this blender is all I would need. So far I have made 4 smoothies and some frozen banana strawberry ice cream. I’ve read complaints of people not being able to use it without added liquid… why would you not add liquid to your smoothie? It is important to lubricate the blades and not push any machine with too many frozen solids or tough stems.I used the commercial Vitamix blenders for 5 years at Starbucks. Even those machines had to have a thawing period for frozen fruit, had to have a liquid in them along with the ice and other ingredients to make smoothies and Frappacinos. They are indeed workhorses, but i don’t need a workhorse like that at home. This blender is enough for me. It performs like a Vitamix. It creates a vortex, is programmed, has a glass pitcher, doesn’t runaway on the counter (no serious vibration) yes it’s loud (get a sound a dampener like smoothie shops have if thats a problem for you) Someone mentioned rust on their blades… don’t rinse it and let it sit. I run soap and water through the blender then take it all apart and rinse each piece then air dry. I had to do the same for the vitamix’s. Both the pitcher and the to-go cup work great on the blender.The only Con i have experienced is the lid on the to-go cup. It slides forward when you take a drink, a minor annoyance. Maybe add a locking mechanism on the lid? I have no serious complaints about this blender. If I encounter anything I will update my review.All in all this is a great machine.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   StaceyG – November 9, 2022

   I have used this 3-4 times a week for smoothies for 6 months now and it still works perfectly. For the reviews that complain it doesn’t mix frozen fruit well, I don’t know any blender that is going to do that unless you thaw it out just a little. I microwave my fruit for a minute (just enough that it is still a little icy but soft) before I add it to the blender. Love that I can drink my smoothie from same container I make it in. Convenient, quick and easy cleanup. I just put everything in the dishwasher when I’m done. I use this mainly for smoothies, but it’s a great blender in general. Bought it (with glass jar) to replace my 40 year old Sunbeam blender that still worked but I could no longer get a replacement jar for. It has never leaked with either smoothie cup or glass jar. I give it 5 stars for everything but noise level because it isn’t quiet, but never expected any blender to be nor do I care about that. This is exactly what I wanted and I’m very happy with it!

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Crmstrong1 – December 2, 2022

   The powerful blenders Amazon handles in this price range have cheesy plastic containers.Adding bits of plastic chipped off those blenders has no appeal to me. This unit has the option to buy a second container and ice crushing blade, which I added.Wish it had a timer, but it’s for home use, so OK.

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   William VanNess – December 6, 2022

   we received our blender and it had a chip in the glass blender. We contacted Oster immediately and a new glass blender was sent.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   John Amin Happel – December 6, 2022

   Exactly as I had hoped. Had a vitamin knock off and loved it for what it did but wanted a blender with non plastic jug. This does well for making smoothies. Very happy with the smooth and efficient function. And it’s quieter. We bought an Almond Cow to make almond milk as it’s doubtful this would work well. Goal was no plastic jugs and we achieved that. Would recommend