Beast Mini Blender Plus, Countertop Blender, Mist, 600W

This is a great little blender! It's powerful, whipping up (in the big container) a personal and satisfying smoothie in seconds, while easily fitting into the corner of a cabinet. As for the ridged design of the container, I have no trouble washing those ridged sides clean with a simple bottle sponge and soap. This is quick and effective enough that I haven't bothered putting it in the dishwasher.

Only have used it once but it worked flawlessly

One particular design flaw is causing me to regret this purchase. I have other issues with it and will outline below. My main issue is the rubber seal/O-ring around the blade. This isn't a sealed in part and allows what's being blended to get underneath. The O ring isn't easy to remove to clean the gunk amd smells so foul after just a couple uses. We use for mostly protein shakes. If you have ever left a protien shake container in the car, you know the smell. I now have a special pir of tweezers to remove the ring so I can clean this properly. Other issue, the blending of whole bits of fruit doesn't really work well. I've attempted apple sauce and blending shallots for a salsa. Both ingredients were not frozen, cut up and the appropriate amount of liquid was added. Neither blended without me shaking the container around a bunch of times or removing the fruit/veg and only doing a little at a time. Last issue is the base vibrations make the container unscrew just enough from the blade component to spew liquid onto my back splash and counter. I have to stand with the blender to give it a twist before it finishes that first blend cycle. Sure, it's cute. But it's ultimately nonfunctional. I'm out of my return window so I'll be put it in the trash or donate pile soon.

This is a great blender, high enough powered for me, bottles are gorgeous, easy to clean. I dislike the straw lids because they're so leakproof that they create a vacuum that makes drinking difficult (simple enough to unscrew the lid a little when I'm sipping and tighten back when I need to be leakproof). I saw some reviews that knocked it for not being able to clean under the gasket on the blade housing and wanted to share how to remove it for cleaning. The gasket son the lids and the blade attachment are L shaped, with the vertical part being toward the middle. You can take an object like the loop part of the straw and pry back the vertical part and it will come off. On the blade attachment, there is a plastic lip that covers the vertical part of the gasket. The seam is very flush and hard to see, but once I got the loop to pry it back enough, I slid a fork in there to help pull it off (don't use anything with an edge, ie knives or scissors!) It does get gunk in there, so very important to clean!

I couldn’t love this more! The sleek design and delivers a perfect blend every time - with NO leaks!