• Reviews around ice (2.05 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)

    • and it even crushes ice!
    • This blender does NOT crush ice it doesn't even blend watermelon smooth
    • It was kinda cheap, and it didnt blend up strawberries and ice very well, not very satisfied with this product
    • It doesn't seem to crush the ice almost like it needs longer blades
    • 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.
    • So dont expect it to crush perfect ice for yr mojito😄
    • It crushes ice and frozen fruit
    • I really love this product it blends my smoothies to perfection and crushes ice like no other.
    • I like the fact that it will crush ice.
    • I realize its not a pricey unit, but it was advertised to crush ice and frozen fruit.
    • So smoothies are difficult if you like ice in them
    • It barely grinds ice for frozen margaritas & smoothies, even though it has an ice crushing/grinding button on it
    • It doesn’t crush ice and frozen stuff at all
    • I loved it it blends ice really well
    • The only negative is that it doesn't fully crush the ice.
    • NO GREAT WITH CRUSHING ICE
    • It doesn’t crush ice and frozen stuff at all
    • Doesn't blend ice or frozen fruit very well for smoothies
    • And the ice doesn’t gets crushed that easily
    • Only thing I have issues with is it doesnt crush up ice as easy as I thought.
    • Best Ice
    • Therefore, it is useless in making drinks with ice, crushing ice or making anything with frozen fruit
    • I really love this product it blends my smoothies to perfection and crushes ice like no other.
    • But on this one the major blending button, the lowest speed, stopped functioning after about 2 weeks, so I had to use the next one up for a smoothie, and it whipped the contents into the consistency of soft-serve ice cream, better eaten with a spoon than drunk.
    • 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 dont expect it to crush perfect ice for yr mojito😄
    • 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.
    • I purchased this to replace an old Osterizer blender, whose motor had burned out when I tried to crush ice.
    • Great blender but when used to blend ice or frozen fruit not powerful enough.
    • It was kinda cheap, and it didnt blend up strawberries and ice very well, not very satisfied with this product
    • Works great for food recipes (like sauces) and smoothies (even with added ice and frozen fruit)
    • This blender is easy to operate, powerful enough to crush ice and hefty enough to sustain daily use with no worries
    • Ice and fresh or frozen fruit blend efficiently and quickly with no lumps using smoothie mode
    • Got here super fast, enjoying a orange/mango smoothy now,, completely smoothed the ice...
    • I have a smaller blender outside of this one and a different brand and it really crushes the ice
    • Don’t crush ice or frozen fruits...
    • I needed it to be able to crush ice, easily clean, and I had to be able to run it off my solar system so it couldn't be too high in watts
    • I'm having it,does not crush ice,sending back
    • I needed it to be able to crush ice, easily clean, and I had to be able to run it off my solar system so it couldn't be too high in watts
    • This blender is easy to operate, powerful enough to crush ice and hefty enough to sustain daily use with no worries
    • Don’t crush ice or frozen fruits...
    • I use it mostly for making smoothies from frozen fruit, and it does a great job of chopping rock-hard ice into a delicious smoothie quickly
    • And does not crush up ice in small chunks
    • 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
    • must go to an e-waste dump.