Oster BLSTPB-WPK My Blend 250-Watt Blender with Travel Sport Bottle, Pink

About two months ago my wife purchased a competitors smoothie maker. My 18-year-old daughter uses it five out of seven days weekly. I have been on this ability for the last five years and really look forward to new and exciting things to break up my morning routine. So after about two weeks of having to share the smoothie maker with my daughter and wife. I did the only thing 50-year-old man can do. I researched, read reviews, cost considerations, and the most important features for me were, power (of course) ease of clean up, brand name reputation. I craved, my very own so I didn't have to share. (Jokingly) First thing that struck me right away was I didn't have to poor my smoothie, from the machine, to a glass, travel bottle, to consume it. My daughter can now endure, cleaning the machine, the blades, the drink container. Let's not forget it's not an exact science. Her end result is generally either, too much smoothie for her container, or not quite enough.My turn, My OSTER, My Blend, My Personal, Best Designed, SMOOTHIE Creator. Blender base is, compact, attractive, & very powerful. Perfect design implementation, to blend, & enjoy my smoothie, from the same 20 ounce travel container. I have yet to have the not quite enough nor have I had too much smoothie for my container. Also I have never had to search for a container to consume my smoothie from. I simply rinse blade base, Exchange the sports bottle top. I am all finished with my smoothie, with my Sport bottle container, nothing left to clean or put away.Meanwhile my daughter has to clean the two part plastic unit and the four blade system with the competition. And then try to find somewhere to store beast the beast.The Oster my blend personal smoothie maker what's 35% less than what my wife paid for hers. At the same time I purchased an extra sports bottle. On sale, it's still in the box I haven't even had occasion to use it yet. I also called the customer service 800-number searching for smoothie recipes and was informed about the 12 month warranty. My experience was excellent customer service personnel. I AM, very very pleased definitely recommend the family I would buy a second one in a heartbeat

It blends the ice and everything real good it makes it look like a slushie.

Chronicles of my blender experience:I've owned a blender for as long as I can remember. I love smoothies and shakes. And I tend to cling to a blender when I've gorged on food 9 times too many and need to focus on clean eating for a while (i.e. diet). I've always had a giant one enough to make smoothies for 4-6 as it's used for the family. It's always been a hassle to clean around the blade. And taking a smoothie with me requires an extra step of pouring it into another bottle. If I just want to make a small smoothie for myself, it seemed like a lot of work. So I bought another individual small blenders a few years ago. The product was so underwhelming that I forgot the brand. It looked like my big blender but miniature size and I can make an individual smoothie with it. It died on me within a few months. I then went try the BlenderBottle, which was a craze at the time and I see everyone with one. Personally, I didn't like it. It's just a plastic bottle with a metal ball. The bottle wasn't high quality and always felt flimsy to me. The metal ball was no magic ball and didn't do anything in terms of blending. Even a simple powder and almond milk tasted super clumpy. So in a week, it was demoted to obscurity... I don't even remember where it went. Maybe storage in the garage.I've went back to my big blender since then but don't use it as much as I want to. I recently stumbled upon this blender and decided to purchase.I've had this blender for about 10 days so far and now can't see myself without it. It's super convenient and perfect for those needing a smoothie or shake on the go. And the blade is small and easy to clean. It takes me a few minutes to make a smoothie and I'm out the door.It's also the perfect blender for one. I like that there are individual bottles for sale so the whole family can have individual bottles to use. Since I received mine, I've been using it to make a smoothie right before I head out the door. It's also perfect for going to the gym. I like the shape of this as it's thin and tall and saves me space on the kitchen counter. It sits nicely nice to my giant blender and doesn't take up much space. The bottle also looks durable and easy to carry around. Highly recommended!