| | |  | Bar Blenders | Home » » VIKING VBLG01SG Professional Blender Countertop Appliance - Stainless Gray | | | | | | | Description: | | This high speed blender processes anything in a minute. It has a rugged, high-torque motor engineered for commercial use, and an electronic mixing sensor that maintains a smooth and continuous speed. Additionally it features cyclonic blending action due to optimized carafe and blade shape. You can add stuff while it's blending if you like and the jar and blade assembly come apart for easy cleaning. Finally this blender fits easily under standard height cabinets. | | | Features: | |
• Rugged, high-torque, commercial-grade motor
• Easy to disassemble and clean
• 40-Ounce tempered glass carafe
• Attaches to base with positive lock system, which eliminates stripping of gears or carafe tipping
• Stable, die-cast metal base with no-mar rubber feet and wipe-clean finish
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Weight:
| 10.5 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 11 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Viking: Beware of Brand Erosion!Sep 01, 2008
Typical case of a high-end manufacturer trying to make a few bucks by building to second-rate standards on their non-core products. This blender performed far worse than our $32 Oster. It was unable to effectively blend a 50/50 mix of milk and ice cream. And judging from the other reviews here, it wasn't an anomaly, Think about that for a minute before buying into the brand-name hype here. Viking needs to be very careful here. These poor quality (build and performance) machines will certainly color our view toward buying any other product in their once-respected line. I hope to post a video soon showing how poorly this thing works. I'm giving it the 2-star benefit of the doubt -- if we ever need to blend water, I think this might be up to the task.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Broke During First UseAug 11, 2008
This Viking blender stopped working after one use. I was making a smoothie with 5 ice cubes and no other frozen items. After one use, the motor ceased to work. At first I thought the motor overheated; so I let the machine rest. I tried turning on the machine again, but this time the knob sheared off. I do not recommend this Viking blender to anyone.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
plastic moving parts wear outJun 25, 2008
The connection between the blade assembly and the motor unit is made out of plastic and thus quickly wears out. A new blade assembly, again made out of the same plastic, costs $20 + shipping. If you turn this machine on once a day then you'll be going through at least one blade assembly per year. I should've bought a Waring.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Powerful but poorly packagedFeb 24, 2008
The rotary switch obviously got something in it, because it takes all my considerable strength to turn (hold everything tight, lest you toss your blender and contents on the floor). This was a nice concept very poorly executed.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Great while it lastsFeb 04, 2008
I wish I could recommend this made in the USA product but we don't always make long lasting products. This blender does perform great as long as you don't break any of the parts. OK, there really is only one part to break, the blade. I've broken it twice in the two years that I've owned it. Once by accidentally dropping it on my stone tile floor, the other time by just using it. That's right, it's supposed to crush ice easily, but I've never tested it with ice, just frozen fruit in very moderate quantities. The plastic holder for the blade still gave up. I'm going to get something more sturdy this time. The engine started giving off too much burning odor anyway and that just for making smoothies twice a week. Not good.
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