• Reviews around fruit (2.01 of 5)

    Hamilton Beach Power Elite Blender with 12 Functions for Puree, Ice Crush, Shakes and Smoothies and 40 Oz BPA Free Glass Jar, Black and Stainless Steel (58148A)

    • Frozen fruits, fresh fruits, this blender doesn’t care
    • Wanted to use it to make smoothies... won’t grind up frozen fruit.
    • blends frozen fruit like a charm!
    • No chunks of ice or frozen fruit in my drink.
    • I gave three tries and it leaked every single time I used it, regardless if I were making fruit smoothie or protein shakes
    • Isn’t good for drinks with a lot of ice or frozen fruit.
    • Good for healthy drinks blend fruits great
    • Smells like its burning up and motor hot bought to make smoothies from frozen fruit, I used almost totally unthawed fruit
    • So use only fresh or thawed fruit
    • Does not blend frozen fruit well.
    • It crushes ice and frozen fruit
    • and it smells like burnt plastic everytime I use it it barely blends on any of the settings all I use it for is to make smoothies I don’t even use ice just frozen fruit soft fruit and
    • Wouldn't recommend to buy for a smoothie maker unless used mainly for fresh fruit.
    • I realize its not a pricey unit, but it was advertised to crush ice and frozen fruit.
    • Doest crash ice and frozen fruits
    • Just frozen fruit, yogurt, and milk (it’s for my 2 year old daughter).
    • Doesn't blend ice or frozen fruit very well for smoothies
    • Blends fruits extremely well, With the peel on
    • I’ve put in ice cubes, chunks of frozen spinach, and frozen fruit all at the same time and as long as you put in enough liquid (water, juice, milk
    • I made this delicious fruit blend and it taste great
    • still have very small chunks of ice or frozen fruit still in my drink, but thats not a big deal, overall though its easy to assemble and dissemble.
    • Doesn't blend ice or frozen fruit very well for smoothies
    • Doesn’t blend milk, frozen fruit, and protein powder which is all I needed it for
    • Works really well with liquid but ice or frozen fruit not so much
    • After about the second use I started to notice the blades dulled even more and would take 10 mins to make a simple basic smoothie (it could not grind the fruit down)
    • and it smells like burnt plastic everytime I use it it barely blends on any of the settings all I use it for is to make smoothies I don’t even use ice just frozen fruit soft fruit and
    • so I can mix in fresh and frozen fruit
    • So disappointed did not crush ice or even fruit never got to use it because it didn’t work and the blade was extremely dull could slide my finger right over it.
    • Great blender but when used to blend ice or frozen fruit not powerful enough.
    • Blends my smoothy fruits very well.
    • I even mix hard frozen fruits and ice cubes
    • It is not a powerful blender but fine with smoothies with soft fruits and veggies if you'll cut to tiny pieces.
    • blends frozen fruit like a charm!
    • Works great for food recipes (like sauces) and smoothies (even with added ice and frozen fruit)
    • Frozen fruits, fresh fruits, this blender doesn’t care
    • Don’t crush ice or frozen fruits...
    • You’d be better off crushing ice and fruit in a plastic bag with a hammer instead of This junk.
    • Great blender but when used to blend ice or frozen fruit not powerful enough.
    • Can crush frozen fruit very easily, amazing product for the price!
    • I've tried mixing the ratios of liquid to frozen fruit, but without fail there are always some things left unblended with this blender (no matter what setting I use)
    • Usless unless you just want to blend fresh (unfrozen) fruit and milk or yogurt, forget about anything frozen.
    • I tried to puree soft fruits and vegetables without
    • But as soon as I use ice or frozen fruit or anything else with a little bit of substance, like peanut butter, it doesn't work
    • I was so angry and disgusted with this item which bearing in mind was a replacement which had the same problem as a previous one I
    • n’t be too bad and longevity will hopefully compensate