BELLA Personal Size Rocket Blender, Perfect for Smoothies, Shakes & Healthy Drinks, Easy Grinding, Chopping & Food Prep, 285 Watt Power Base, 12 Piece Blending Set, Stainless Steel/Black

I had an identical "Cooks" brand blender. After going through a move recently, I pulled it out and it had some "sticky" in it that never got properly cleaned out. While installing the cup to make it work, bam, the plastic snapped. It was stuck due to sugary gunk and I pressed too far and broke the plastic inside the notches where the blender cup went.I had all those accessories lying around, so I looked for a unit that would replace it. Voila, this did. Cooks and Bella apparently are using the same thing for the base and cups. Now my old accessories work with my new motor and I have new ones, too.I don't think the Cooks brand (which I am sure is made in the same place as the Bella) should have broken as it did, but when you don't take care of your cheap appliances -- and someone in my house didn't and it could have been me -- you have to expect it. So...Pros: Works with other models/brands and the accessories are interchangeable. Perfect for smoothies, cracking pepper, coffee or spices with the mill blade and the multiple cups and closure lids really aid in storage. This is the perfect blender for something small. If you own this, get rid of your electric blade coffee grinder/spice mill. This does it all and saves cabinet space. Looks good. Kids enjoy using it... very simple operation and I don't mind because, well, it's cheap. If they break it or fail to clean it, not the end of the world. Fun attachments/blades for many different purposes including a spice lid for shaking pepper/other spices onto food. Really handy stuff.Cons: It's inexpensive, so you have to expect you'll eventually replace it. This isn't a KitchenAid mixer... it's a $20 blender/spice mill. Only has one speed, so you use time to get the right blend or texture in the case of spices and coffee. Sometimes it's tough to time it right. All those cups do take up some cabinet space and it's easy to get pieces you need separated from the rest of the kit when you run a home with four people and all of them are putting dishes in strange places once they're cleaned up. My kids pick strange cabinets for clean dishes unloaded from the dishwasher. You wouldn't believe the places I've found the cheese grater...I love it, but it has limitations. I still have a full sized blender put away for times when I need it.

I had one of these years ago, and eventually broke the motor, or wore it out. I kept the extra cups, lids, and blades tucked away in a cupboard. Recently, wanting to get back into healthier eating, and making smoothies again, I decided to buy a new personal blender... but the prices of some of the more popular ones were a bit too much. So I searched and found the Bella like the one I had years earlier. It's more reasonably priced, and I already knew it was of good quality. I use it almost every day, from making smoothies to nut meals, oat flour, guacamole, etc. A bonus for keeping the previous cups, blades, and lids is that now I have plenty for company...though I must admit, they give you a lot to start with.Update: Murphy's Law prevails... The very DAY that I wrote the above review, I was making a wonderful strawberry and ricotta cheese low carb creamy dessert and it blended beautifully, as usual. I couldn't wait to taste it, but I also couldn't get the cup/blade assembly off of the base! It wouldn't budge a millimeter and was completely locked into place. So frustrating! However, after talking to customer service, everything has been taken care of and a new one is on the way. I hope it lasts longer than this one did, lol.

I’d give it 5 stars if it lasted longer.I use it every day to make a smoothie. It is so easy to use. It’s small and compact & fits in my kitchen cabinet. The cups fit in my car cup holders well. I throw the cups and the blade in the dishwasher & it’s great.It is powerful. It works. It’s a little bit loud, but grinding ice isn’t a quiet process & it’s quick.I have purchased this blender at least 5 times. It burns out from daily use. But, the price is fair and it’s worth it to me.I also tried the Magic Bullet because I got weary of needing to replace this so often (max 2 year life span?) and the Magic Bullet was louder, less effective and bulky! The cups on the other brand blender were big and took up so much more space. This is a sleek design.All in all, this is a handy blender and I will likely buy again as I am assuming the motor will burn out in planned obsolescence in about 18 months.I still love it.

Ok.... I do love gadgets and this is definetly a gadget..but it works so well and easy to clean and yes it is noisy but so is the regular old blender. The blender is big, takes longer to clean and you still have to dirty a glass... not so with this. The blender cup is what you will be drinking out of. It is small and easy to store..... go on now... try it ........... you'll like it.

We love this small rocket blender. We used to have this really big brand large expensive blender that we used on the daily. I drink a fruit smoothie everyday and my husband drinks his protein shakes every night after the gym. It was getting really tedious to always have to clean this huge blender. So I finally bought this smaller one with no regret. It is so powerful and easy to clean up. Also it comes with more than one cup so that my husband and I dont always have to wash that ONE cup between the two of us if the other cup is in use. My husband loves this rocket blender and how small and powerful this machine is that he bought a second one for his office. This is totally worth the price. I love the Bella brand.

I use this product daily for 30 seconds to blend protein shake with 6 ice cubes -- it works as intended, either blade set is an excellent mulcher with zero chunks left at 30 seconds. Cups fit in car cup holder -- a big plus! I do wash the cups by hand -- bought extras so I always have clean ones, and none have broken. Also bought one set for my son as a gift; he uses it and has no complaints. Highly recommend! Don't fill past raised fill lines on outside of cups. First one lasted years. Have bought 4 altogether at different times -- very happy with them!

The media could not be loaded. Muy satisfecha con la compra, el motor es de 285 vatios no de 700 wats, pero la potencia es suficiente para triturar muy bien zanahoria y manzana no deja nada sin triturar nadamas hay que cortar en trozos las cosas y agregar algo de liquido, trae todo lo que dice son 12 piezas, en las fotos se ven, algo a tener consideración es que el vaso grande la capacidad máxima es de 13.5 Oz(399ml) y el del chico 6oz(175ml) es menos de lo que esperaba pero suficiente para una porción individual, me gustó que trae dos tipos de cuchillas una para licuar y otra para moler y que trae tres vasos, otra cosa es que dice el manual que no se haga funcionar el motor más de 1 minuto a la vez y dejar descansar 3 minutos antes de continuar, aún así nunca eh necesitado más de un minuto para que todo quede muy bien mezclado, también se puede usar en pulsaciones igual no más de 1min, no trae botones, se activa presionando y girando el vaso a la derecha y a la izquierda para soltar, es un excelente producto por el precio hasta mi esposo empezó a hacerse licuados, ya solo quedaría ver qué tanto dura, al primer uso olió cómo plástico pero después de 4 usos se quitó ese olor supongo de producto nuevo

Its a best in class blender, compared with food food blender bella blender is too good.

Por la brevedad del espacio para tomar desayunos me resulta práctico para elaboración de licuados rapidos

This product is amazing!!

Relación precio calidad, esta bien.