| | |  | Smoothie Makers | Home » » VillaWare V5785 Smoothie Bar Blender and Server, Stainless Steel | | | | | | | Description: | | If smoothies are a part of your daily routine, why not make your life more enjoyable by selecting a blender dedicated to making the perfect smoothie? This one has 700 watts of power behind the stainless steel blade assembly and it has a spout for dispensing the contents of the carafe neatly into a waiting glass. While it is not recommended for crushing ice on its own, it can crush up to a cup's worth of ice along with other liquid ingredients. The carafe is conveniently marked with typical smoothie ingredient measurements and it comes with some recipes too. | | | Features: | |
• Stylish 7-cup smoothie bar for blending and serving smoothies
• Durable stainless-steel housing, drip tray, and blades
• Serving spout accommodates glasses up to 6-3/4 inches high
• High and low speeds, plus pulse; smoothie stick included
• Measures approximately 6 by 10 by 17 inches; 1-year warranty
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 13.2 inches | | Product Width:
| 8.8 inches | | Product Height:
| 8.7 inches | | Product Weight:
| 9.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 12.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.9 inches | | Package Height:
| 8.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 7.6 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 27 reviews |
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 DisappointedNov 16, 2008
A good blender would have worked as well if not better. The only thing that made this close to a smoothie maker was the spout. Big deal! And then that leaked when it worked and wasn't clogged. It didn't crush ice any better than my regular $39 blender. It's heavy and hard to clean with too many pieces to take apart just to lose. I put it away and got out my blender. Don't waste your money just buy a blender with good blades made to crush ice
 works great the first few times, then it craps outAug 04, 2008
we got this blender as a wedding gift. we thought it worked great until it broke about 6 months later. we got another one and thought that the first one was a fluke but then the second one crapped out after using it only a few times. i didn't even have ice in it - only orange juice with a little bit of mango. this machine is definitely not built to last! at first, it looks great with the metal frame but it really is just made of cheap plastic parts.
Update: called customer service and they are going to send us another unit. they were very friendly over the phone.
 Powerful Motor, Weak JarAug 22, 2007
The motor on this blender is so powerful. It crushes ice better than any blender I have tried under $100. I use it at least once a day. But, like many of the other reviewers have stated, the pitcher/jar is poorly constructed plastic. The motor is smply too powerful for it. I have replaced this machine twice. For $19.99 it's a good buy - even if it only lasts a year or so.
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BlenderFeb 07, 2007
This is an excellent product. I bought it for home, but had it delivered to the office and I thought I would test it out there and then bring it home. Everyone fell in love with the machine and now it is a permanent fixture in the office break room. I am going to have to order another one for the house. It works well and cleans up like a charm!
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 Truly Mediocre blender; Truly disappointing smoothie makerNov 18, 2006
I have owned this blender for two years now and will have to replace it due to one of the plastic mixer pieces snapping off, causing it to continually leak. Unfortunately it appears that I have to buy a whole new unit instead of just the pitcher portion.
Overall, there were definitely questions of durability over the years as small pieces broke off one by one, but it did tend to blend things.
As a blender alone: It was not the most effective blender I have ever seen but neither was it the worst. It was truly mediocre through and through.
As a smoothie maker: the mechanism used for the pour spout didn't allow any chunks to pass through, and it never quite seemed to blend well enough to break up those chunks. So as a smoothie maker it was not a good choice.
On the good side, the stainless does look nice... although it was a little tall.
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