To put things simply, this blender is the essence of what a blender should be. It has everything a blender should have (which many don't) and nothing that it doesn't need (which many blenders do).

Design: The heavy glass carafe is crafted in a unique clover-leaf shape that continuously forces food back into the blades. A side-effect of this design is that while it doesn't *appear* to have a pour spout, it actually has three; Pour lefty, righty, or straight. (Well, four, if you're the kind to chug right from the carafe. I wouldn't, but that's me). The bottom isn't one of those screw-off jobs that never goes back on right. This is solid, one-piece construction... and it still cleans up in seconds.

Usability: Get your blender out of the cabinet. How many buttons does it have? Eight? Twelve? I think my mother's has sixteen (eight buttons, with a two-level switch). Okay, now... how many of those buttons do you use? How many are even labeled in words you *understand*? Two, maybe? That's fine. You've mastered your two-speed food processor, and never wished for six more. The Waring has a three-position toggle switch: High, Low, and Off. Two speeds. It crushes ice on Low, and obliterates it on High. If you want six more buttons, you're delusional.

Power: It crushes ice on Low. That's not enough for you? Okay, how's this action for ya: It makes peanut butter. You might actually need to scrape down the sides once or twice in the beginning before it really gets going, but it requires no oil for emulsification. Natural peanut butter in minutes, at half the price that you'll get it in the store. And this stuff won't separate, either.

This hot little number kicks butt, and isn't bothering to take names.

in search of the perfect blender

after witnessing 3 or 4 blenders from costco and others which I thought were to be 'the blender' self destruct, I decided to do a little research. The waring professional bar blender got rave reviews so I bit the bullet and poneyed up for one. I must say, so far so good.
I like it's simplicity, 2 speeds (what are all those speeds for anyway), no funky plastic screw on base( the blades are integrated into a very nice heavy glass jar) and clean lines that look good with any decor. Did I mention that this thing eats ice, fruit and anything else like nobody's business...it does. It also seems create some sort of circulation pulling stuff down to the blades so that I don't have to continually shove things into the top to try to push unblended ingrediants to the bottom of the jar. Bottom line this blender works great, seems to have been designed to last a long time and looks good. Is it worth the price...... ( my only possible complaint)? after my frustration with various cuisinart, oster, hamilton beach ........I say yes

Great blender

After reading blender reviews I decided upon this one. It is powerful enough to make great smoothies with frozen fruit and ice easily. I like that it only has two power selections. It's also beautiful enough to leave on the counter. A week after I received the blender, I dropped the carafe and broke it. I went to the waring website, ordered another carafe, and it arrived in 3 days. Great company support of the product.

This is a fantastic blender, and is perfect for the amateur or pro user. All I really wanted to do was make milkshakes and smoothies, which have been ultra-easy to do. While it takes some adjusting to understand what consistency of each item you're inserting to produce the taste you'd like, it's a fun process. The noise level is slightly high, but it only takes seconds to blend whatever you're making. After all, they put spleens into blenders on Fear Factor, and that didn't take long to chop up. Overall, it looks great in a kitchen and is VERY stylish. Cleanup is a snap.

I am very pleased with the blender's power after a full month of use. This blender is by far better than most you will find at department stores. It is worth the extra money if you like to blend frozen fruit. This blender handles frozen strawberries, grapes, peach slices, and banana chunks just fine. In my opinion this blender is the solid value - the Vita-Mix has more power but also is very spendy.

Waring Blender is a superb product!

We purchased the Waring blender because we make protein shakes every day and the cheap blender was leaking and just not cutting it anymore. I found this blender at cooking.com and love that it is all one piece with the blade so you don't have the leakage around the seal and it is easy to wash with a bottle brush. It is super fast that when we put pudding in our shakes you have to watch it because they get so thick you have to eat them instead of drink them. I would recommend that when making mixed drinks to use crushed ice. That is the only thing I have found is that there are still ice chunks in the bottom of my shakes. Other than that it is a great blender and quiter than my last one which is a blessing. Love it and would tell others to purchase this product.

Great power, good blender,very average cover.

This is a good blender for drinks and ice but for sauces and soups, not so much.
I tried blending a 28 ounce can of dice tomatoes and plashed 3 of my kitchen walls and myself profusely.
The cover is simply to soft ( yes I was holding on tightly ) and starting this thing creates such a vortex that it bends the cover out of shape and all juices exits in a hurry.
So unless you try blending really small quantities of soup or sauces ( less than 15 ounces ), use a food processor of this blender 10 times!
I was hoping to use only this blender and replace two older model, food processor and blender.
Guess what? I am now looking for another food processor !

I bought one of these last summer, and was dismayed at the funky/rubbery odor that the unit produced. I'm not sure what it was about, but since we needed a blender at the time, I just kept using it. Eventually, the unit quit making that funny smell. I mention the issue, because other reviewers have complained about it, and found it reason enough to return the unit. We were sort of stuck, needing a blender, so I persevered.

It works great, but you do need to load smoothie ingredients into it in the proper order, or you'll be left with ice chunks. (i.e., dumping everything in at once and just turning the unit on is not the way to go.)

I've been careful to wash mine by hand, rinsing it completely immediately after use, and had no particular problem keeping it clean.

Great blender

I purchased this unti to replace another, a machine that due to faulty design had to be replaced by the manufacturer 3 times! This blender is wonderful, makes my frozen banana smoothie in SECONDS where the onther one used to take a minute or more. Powerful motor. And it cleans up fast. Highly recommend

Broken in a week!

Overall the quality of this blender looked great. The carafe was a little small, but not too small. The baldes are not removable for cleaning which makes cleaning hard. Worst thing is that it broke in a little over a week! The nut holding the blades on sheared off! Cooking.com says they will send me another one to replace it. I'll give the second one a go before making my mind up on this one.

Great blender...we're making smoothies almost every day now!

Horrible for Smoothie Makers

I thought this blender would replace my cheap ten dollar blender of five years. Boy was I wrong. This blender only lasted a month. The screw, nut and blade fell to the bottom of the carafe. I only made ten smoothies. Wow! I have had good luck with other products by Waring. This blender is not worth the price.

Excellent Blender

Extremely happy with this blender. Most I've ever paid for one (but still could have paid much more) and I am glad I did. Very solid feel, heavy glass top and who really needs more than 2 speeds? First night out of the box it made some awesome frozen margaritas and handled the ice cudes with no problem. Been using it a lot ever since.

I have other blenders, i.e. cuisanart and oster, but this blender does everything so much better. It chops ice and makes icey drinks with a hesitation.

Awesome performance and style

8 seconds on low for perfect frozen margaritas. No stirring required. We timed it. Zero mess when pouring and leftovers in the carafe go right into the freezer. Clean up is nonexistant. Rinse it out and dry it after use and you are done.

After dealing with a previous ~$50 Smoothie Pro Blender that took about 2 minutes to grind ice, dripped and made a mess everywhere and eventually started leaking I threw it in the garbage. It lasted a grand total of 2 years.

I bought the Waring because I used to work in the food service industry and they have Warings that have been around forever. You get what you pay for. This blender is awesome and will last for a very long time. The copper color is gorgeous.

The only problem I can see is that the carafe is glass, and therefore the potential for breakage is there if dropped.

product is not as durable as earlier models, the motor make a terible smell when crushing ice.

Waring Professional Bar Blender

This Waring Professional Bar Blender is a pleasure to use. It's a breeze to clean up, mainly because you don't remove the blade assembly. Also, there was a rebate offer for a set of stainless steel bar tools. Usually these things take forever to arrive, but mine came less than two weeks after I sent in the form. Overall, I am totally pleased with my new blender. Thanks, Waring.

Blender bender

smoothies, margaritas, soups, ice - handles all easily great design good motor sharp accurate blades superfasy easy to clean

Smoothie delight

This is not your mothers kitchen blender with all the buttons that doesn't even crush ice. This blender delivers. You can put rocks in this and it will blend them, but really this blender works great.

Works great! My mom had a Waring same style and it lasted her entire life. Great product! Goes great in out newly remodeled wet bar!