Cuisinart BFP-650 1 HP Blender/Meals Processor, Silver, 3_cup

Bought “Used – Acceptable” and I’m pretty sure the unit is brand new!
First of all, I normally try to buy used products on here since they’re cheaper and saving waste going to the landfill. Usually, I can tell that the used products are in fact used, as they have scuffs or other things just slightly off. For the unit that was shipped to me, the only thing that looked used was the box itself. Everything else was still packaged like new, with plastic wrap around individual items and even the outlet plug cover was still attached! I tested everything out and it’s working like new. Hoping this will last for the long haul!

Loud, Defective, and Overall Poor Design
After working with Cuisinart’s easy and helpful customer service on a warranty issue for my coffeemaker, I thought that Cuisinart would be my go-to kitchen electronics brand. However, this blender has been trouble from the beginning.The first issue was the noise – noticeably louder than my previous Ninja blender but, even if I had to plug my ears, not a problem if it does the job. Spoiler, it doesn’t. The shape of the pitcher changes at the bottom to contain the blades in a narrow well. This design means that your food will not begin circulating until the items in the well are very thoroughly blended. This makes the blender extremely slow but it also means that you have one choice of consistency (mush) – and that you will invariably end up babysitting the blender to manually agitate the contents.At this point, my blender is just annoying. But for making smoothies once in a while or blending spinach for saag every few months, I’ll make it work. A month after having the blender (3 or 4 uses), The blender was doing a particularly poor job and after watching it from the top, I found that it was was not moving the food at all. When I poured out the contents I found two parts of the blade mechanism had detached and were mixed into the blended items in the well of the pitcher.Since this took place a day after Amazon’s 30-day return policy, I had to call Cuisinart about the issue. After looking up the part, Cuisinart confirmed that this was a defect in early models and said that they would send me a replacement blade assembly. This wasn’t my ideal solution since I never quite felt safe using the blender afterwards but, again, I figured I’d make it work.The blender spent a number of months in the cupboard and I had simply made do without it. However, a craving for saag meant pulling it out once again. With the pitcher reasonably filled with wilted spinach, I turned on the blender and was met with a new high-pitched screeching as the blades turned. I dumped the contents to make certain that the blade assembly was in place, and finding it secure and my spinach already emptied, I threw the device in the garbage (thus ending the saga). I don’t simply not-recommend this blender, I think it’s dangerous; it needs to discontinued.

The latest purchase was one we gifted our daughter. Our own has been with us for over 2 years…. and going!!! It’s a great purchase and used fairly regularly. The only problem we have ever faced is with the food processor plunger. It is so invisible that if you unconsciously tilt the processor lid with it in it that it falls off. It’s happened a few times and the plunger, made of plastic, has cracked. Would we buy another one the next time? Definitely. It serves us for our Indian grinding and processing very well.

Worked great but was extremely loud. Travel cup did a good job making smoothie. I am someone who is not easily bothered by machine noises but couldn’t tolerate this one, ended up returning just for this reason.