Oster 4093 Classic Beehive Blender, Silver
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Oster 4093 Classic Beehive Blender, Silver
Customer Review: 13 years of hard service and still kicking
Summary: 5 Stars
Maybe I got lucky: 'Planned Obsolescence' being what it is, perhaps one of these made today will not be the same quality as the one I bought 13 years ago. But I bought this blender in 1997, and have replaced the ice grinding blade once, and now must replace the plastic collar at the base, because I dropped the glass carafe on the floor, and it bounced, did not break, but the collar and blade popped off... because the plastic collar had broken, yet the glass was unharmed.
About a year ago, I smelled that bad familiar smell of motor windings going, and feared I would soon be shopping for a replacement. It did lose a little power. So I have been babying it along, still grinding ice, but pulsing and pausing to stir down, instead of just running it straight like before.
Still getting granitas and mudslides out of it, just fine.
It also has been put to hard use grinding table salt into 'superfine' salt which I keep in a jar and use on popcorn.
Definitely one of the kitchen workhorses I treasure, but again, that's the model bought in 1997. I can't vouch for current manufacturing.
Customer Review: Smooth like a Blender should be
Summary: 5 Stars
I use this blender 3-4 times a week, mostly for smoothies (always with ice and some kind of frozen fruit, often large strawberries) and I LOVE IT. It blends very smoothly - I never have to turn it on and then off and on again for it to blend everything in the jar, it does that in one blending cycle.
Two cycles is all you need and more - especially when they work this well. I went to my mom's over Christmas and used her "Oster 6663 Designer 12-Speed Blender with Glass Jar" and it was world's apart - could hardly crush ice (even on the 12th speed, which had no difference from speeds 6-11) and left smoothies and milkshakes with a lot of floating, un-blended objects. Not so with this blender - it is as smooth as my local juice joint.
It is a blender, so there is some noise, but it was much less louder than I anticipated given the reviews here. Its never bothered me and I beleive it not as loud as the one at my moms (poor mom, need to get her one of these for next Christmas!).
And it is beautiful to have on my countertop. Easy to clean as well.
Customer Review: keep it simple stupid
Summary: 5 Stars
When my last blender gave up the ghost after several years, I noticed that I had rarely used more than two buttons on the machine (on and pulse). My old machine also had a "plastic" blend container, which eventually cracked. (I think it was the dishwasher). I determined that my next machine would be as simple and tough as I could find. Most of the machines I found were the "do everything" variety which to me means that they don't anything particularly well or they had plastic containers,parts,add-ons, etc.etc. As I said, I was looking for a simple, well built machine. The Oster 4093 seems to fit the bill. The blend container is heavy molded glass, and fits easily on the base with no hassel. The base is heavy metal, not plastic. It is sturdy and does not wobble. Parts are easily available (I checked). To operate the machine there is a simple toggle switch directly on the front of the base with only three settings-- on, pulse,and off. No buttons, extra switches, various speeds, etc..etc. If you are looking for a machine that does one job well, I recommend this one.Customer Review: Finally a blender that makes a smoothie!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been looking for a good smoothie blender that isn't made just for smoothies. I find that the actual smoothie makers are incredibly noisy and made of too much plastic for my taste. Also, the handy pour spouts are difficult to keep clean. Thus, the search for a classic blender. I tried the Kitchen Aid model which costs $100 circa and ended up trading in all the bells and whistles for this classic model. The Kitchen Aid brand left a lot of fruit chunks even after a few minutes of blending at the highest speed. This Classic Beehive Model is durable, powerful, and makes a nice creamy smoothie in under a minute. Also, the one I purchased came with a handy travel container for my blended drinks in which I can directly make on the blender. It only has two settings, on and pulse, which are more than enough. For smoothies, I switch the machine on to full power and then for more delicate foods I just use the pulse button once or twice. I recommend this blender for the smoothie fanatic! It makes delicious smoothies and much more...Thumbs up!!!Customer Review: Best Value Blender for Dog Lovers
Summary: 5 Stars
Not everyone will relate to this review, but those of you who feed Dr. Billinghurst's BARF diet to canines, look no further for your next blender! My old Oster blender of THIRTY-ONE years finally died last month. For the last TWELVE of those years I had been using the blender on an almost daily basis to grind fruits and veggies for my pack of Dalmatians. When the old blender finally gave up the ghost I came to Amazon within the hour to order a new "Osterizer."
The old blender had many speeds and a plastic jar, and since I needed just one speed, "liquify," this blender was the obvious choice. Yes, it's loud, and it surprised the Dals on the first go-round, but what used to take my old blender one full minute to process, it takes the Oster 4093-008 only fifteen seconds to puree everything to a fine, pudding-like quality.
So, if you're looking for a blender that blends to perfection and will last for thirty years (!), this is the one for you.