I really do like my blender
343566
I really do like my blender.  Powers through the frozenest (?) stuff (loudly but it does).  If you need it to go beneath the cupboards I would recommend finding the shorter carafe.  I put young coconut, red grapes, fresh pineapple, frozen bananas and frozen strawberries in it every day so far for a month and it has not slowed down.

I have made marinades, chopped nuts and even made the hummus.  No problems.
3857731
This blender is awesome for me. I have to drink protein drinks for meal replacements every day and I have not had one problem with it. It is easy to clean and I love the spout
3629792
I am so happy I bought this, it has worked wonderfully! I've had it for a few months, used it on all sorts of thing, no problems. The best little thing about this blender is the buttons on the front don't have any open space for food to get in them. I love that! It's so easy to clean, and I hate trying to gouge dried food out of little corners.
1309465
I have had this blender for almost two months and use it about 4-5 times a week for smoothies.  Overall, I like it and I think it blends well.  I wish the plastic parts could be washed in the dishwasher because I really hate hand washing.  They are 'recommended to be washed by hand'.  I also think the lid is a little too tight on the blender and seems hard to get off sometimes.  So I normally don't even put it on all the way.

As I don't use item for anything besides smoothies, I only use the smoothie function and haven't tried the other ones.  For the price, I am happy with this item.
2813233
I got one the other day just because I like to make a couple of smoothies a day and I can take it with me anywhere. So far so good and it is very simple and simple to clean. I hope it last me a while though and the motor doesn't burn up on me because if you leave the finger press it starts to smell.
1135459
My first immersion blender.  Loved using it!
163460
this blender works like a charm.  I love it.  The only thing I've found that I don't like about it is it's noise.  Quite noisy.
2914681
That's blender is really really awsome ,my friend and co-worker both need this one, but looks like currently unavailable .
2869014
Thank you, reviewers, especially G. Harkness, who I followed all over the web while researching this! The Puree and Smoothie features on this blender are very useful, and not as noisy as using it at High. I have small hands so sometimes it's hard unscrewing the bottom, but I've learned first to tug on the side of the base, and if that doesn't work (perhaps because the frozen fruit in the smoothie has caused the plastic to contract), I let the jar sit for a minute or two and then put it back on the base to give me extra leverage for untwisting.

So far I've use this blender for smoothies, soups (several kinds), pesto (which is much easier to make than in a narrower blender because there's more room to push down the basil leaves), and mixing oj from concentrate.
1359110
My mom has the older version so I went with the newer one myself. I love it! It rinses clean, blends things up nicely and is easy to use. The safety button on the base of the blender is a little annoying; you have to use two hands to blend; but I still love it.
2053050
I have had this blender for a couple months now and I love it! I'm really glad I got 2 jars and 2 lids. This blender may be small, but it blends up frozen fruit really well. I love that I can just blend for 30 seconds, lift, and drink!
3165596
First, I have to say that I love that I can put the "water bottle" style drinking spout on the top and then easily grab and go for a no fuss on the go breakfast smoothie.  I have two other personal size blenders, but with teen daughters- It can be difficult to find all of the parts, especially the cups because they are often taking them "to go" and then it is weeks sometimes before I get them back from where ever they mysteriously disappear too.  I am thrilled that my new 200 watt Wise Tiger Blender is GREEN and therefore easily identifiable if any of my little blender thieves should ever make the mistake of trying to use mom's green blender they will easily be caught.  As for the blender itself? It is adequate for what I need it for which is to mix up some frozen fruit, protein powder and a handful of greens for a quick on the go meal.  It seems to blend well as long as there is enough liquid in the cup and although it is definitely no "Vitamix", it has plenty of power for what I need.  I do wish that I didn't have to hold the button down the entire time that I am trying to blend something, but that really is just my personal preference.  Overall, I am pleased with my purchase and do recommend this personal blender for others to try.
* I did receive this blender at a discount in exchange for an honest review.  Receiving a discount in no way inpactd my opinion or review.
3863653
I'm still on the fence about my blender. The blades are really short so you really have to chop the fruits so they can be caught. I've cursed my blender just about every other morning and shook it to try to get the fruits at the bottom and within the blades' reach, however when they finally get caught you do end up with a super smooth smoothie!
3139698
This is an awesome little blender that I used to replace my Magic Bullet. I wish the base of the cups were a bit larger, they they had handles, and that they came with more lids. Other than that I love it.
4335971
I got one of these blenders free from a community exchange and I love it.  I make smoothies consisting of bananas, strawberries, pineapples, LOTS of kale and a little water.  I have to blend it for about 3-4 minutes, but it blends very well.  My daughter crushes ice in it and makes protein shakes regularly. I make creamy salad dressing of out cashews, water and spices, and mock tuna pate out of almonds, sunflower seeds and veggies.  It does everything perfectly for us.  I do plan on purchasing a Vitamix soon just because I want one as I go more into the direction of become largely raw / vegan.  However, the Black & Decker has been a strong and reliable blender for me.  I can't imagine giving it anything lower than a 5 out of 5 rating.
153900
love this blender, I used it a lot to make juices and smoothies
2554962
I received this as a Christmas present from my parents. They knew I was really into juicing and smoothies but didn't have a real blender. I only had a small Bella Rocket. The Bella was fine but I wanted to make big batches of smoothies and freeze them for easy-to-grab morning smoothies. For the first three months after I received this blender, I used it every day. Sometimes I would only drink smoothies for the day (with oatmeal and other filling things). This blender does the trick and blends things quickly. It crushes ice in seconds. I have even made some 10 second margaritas in this blender.

I have used the food processor to make gluten free bread and batters. It blends sticky ingredients and dry ingredients easily.

The individual serving cups are great for post-run protein smoothies.

The only thing I don't like about this blender is that it doesn't completely liquify the veggies like I want it to. There is a $500 blender I see at Costco all the time that seems to actually liquify everything. I don't want a $500 blender and I don't want my parents to spend that much on me so I am happy enough with this blender.

To make the "chunks" as small as possible it is important to cut veggies into smaller pieces first (the first couple times I just threw pear halves and apple halves in the blender... it didn't work). Also, always start with a good amount liquid as a base. Then blend the harder veggies until well chopped up. Then add softer things (like banana, kale, etc.). Blend. Then add ice at the end to beat those chunks into submission.

I also ordered some big, fat boba straws to drink my smoothies. The chunks don't feel as obvious when coming up through a fatter straw. Sounds weird but it's true.

Overall, this is the best blender I have ever owned. If I were really concerned about making the drink super smooth I would peel everything and juice the greens before adding them. But I'm lazy and that's not going to happen anytime soon.