The Durabrand Blender - Is it the Blender of Everyone's Dreams?
I've been craving a blender for years, and after poking around haphazardly, I decided to take the plunge with a minimal amount of savings to spend. Looking at blenders that have been priced $40 and above, I almost did cartwheels and back flips when I found the Durabrand Blender at Wal-Mart for only $10!
Being a bit of a tightwad, but not wanting to waste money on something that doesn't work, I figured I could afford to cough up the money and take my chances. Bringing it home, I instantly found something I could blend.
I pulled out some strawberries and plain yogurt that I had made, and threw them into my Durabrand Blender. With not as many buttons as the fancy brands, I had my choice to Chop, Mix, Grate, Blender or Liquefy. Not being a gourmet, blender cook- I thought those choices more than fulfilled my minimal blender needs.
I played around with my yogurt, strawberry mixture until it had turned into soup. Thrilled by being the proud new owner of my Durabrand Blender, I just felt the need to play with it for a good chunk of time, it didn't matter anymore what my strawberry yogurt looked like in the end.
Testing out each of the buttons, and being enthralled by watching the blades spin, I finally settled on the plain, old "Pulse" button.
While all the extra buttons are great on the Durabrand Blender, I'm finding that if I need something blended, I use only the "Pulse" button. So far, my blender has held up well, and I've done a lot of blending, chopping, grating and liquefying. My Durabrand blender has taken a beating over the last several months and it's still blending as it did on day one.
Overall, I have to give my two thumbs up for my Durabrand Blender. I'm incredibly happy with the minimal $10 price tag, and since I generally only use one button, I don't feel the need to spend upwards of $40 on a "name brand" blender. If you want a great blender, with a fraction of the cost, definitely pick up the Durabrand Blender!
Published by Cee Belair
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21 Comments
Post a CommentWORST BLENDER EVER!!! I HOPE I CAN FIND MY RECEIPT AND TAKE THIS P.O.S. BACK!!! WALMART caught on quick and stopped carrying this sorry thing...
I have a durabrand blender.Model #202603.I can't get the bottom off the glass container to clean it.How do I do this?I've tried twisting it.It won't budge'
I AGREE "This is the worst blender I have ever had".I ONLY USE IT FOR ABT.5 TIMES AND IT CAME OUT A BAD SMELL WITH SMOKE AND NEVER WORK AGAIN,I CAN NOT FIND MY RECIEPT,THE WALMAR REFUSE TO CHANGE IT.
This is the worst blender I have ever had. Leave it on the shelf and run away! It's so noisy you need ear plugs and does NOT blend anything! Huge waste of money!
I bought it from Wal Mart looking at the price.Huge disappointment! Makes so much noise, I think somebody around my apt. is going to complain against me and I am going to be caught;) Inspite of the noise, the output is zero. My yogurt turned into buttermilk. Am not going to use it much so that I can return it before the jar breaks.Final Verdict: DO NOT BUY.
I wrote this bad review for Durabrand yesterday, but after buying (and returning) a Chefmate blender ($13.99) from Target today, which didn't work at all (all my one inch banana pieces were still one inch after blending), I went back to Wal-Mart. This time I bought an Oster blender with a glass pitcher. The price tag was over $50, but to my surprise, it was less than half price at the checkout counter. So for about $12 more, I got a much better blender.
My sons used the blender a few times to make smoothies. Last night the blade assembly loosened from the plastic jar while the blender was spinning and the contents leaked out all over the place. After cleaning up the mess and cleaning the two parts that separated from each other and after twisting the blade assembly tightly again, we attempted to make another smoothie today. The same thing happened, except this time parts of the bottom of the plastic jar broke off. So now we cannot twist the blade assembly back into the bottom of the jar. We now have a base, but no jar.
I like the Durabrand 5 Speed Blender, but it does make a lot of noise. My ears are ringing after I use it for just a few minutes. They need to add some padding around the motor and then it would be a good deal for the price ($13).
This blender is HORRIBLE! I can't get it to chop, grate, pulse, blend, mix or anything it promises to do. All it does is make that loud blender sound and spins food around and that's about it. I should have spent an extra 5 bucks for something that actually works. HUGE disappointment :(
I bought the cheap blender at walmart. i was using it for the first time and the motor blew up. sounds like this company is really taking advantage of people who cant afford the big name high priced products.