Cuisinart Smart Stick® Variable Speed Hand Blender w/3 Cup Chopper, CSB-179P1

Where have you been all my life? I'm not much of a cook and never owned anything like this before, but this blender has made me the smoothie king of this house. So easy to use, super easy to clean, and it's transformed boring cereal into basically drinking my fruits and veggies in delicious seconds. Every day I experiment with new ingredients, and every smoothie keeps me coming back.

So easy to use! I have been using this for marinades and pesto so far. I've never been able to get the blending so precise when I use a whisk or an older hand mixer. Well-made and easy to use. I like the idea of using a power cord. No running out of battery in the middle of blending.

I went a short time without this cuisinart smart stick blender. My previous one lasted 13 years with very frequent and varied use. I recently was gifted this replacement. The many options and functions make it a workhorse for any kitchen. And with the Cuisinart brand you are guaranteed high quality long lasting product.

This is our third stick blender and BY FAR the best. We have gone through two others, one cheap one that broke because we used it a lot, and another that is okay but we wanted something more powerful. This is the best stick blender I have ever used. It's fast, it blends perfectly, and it takes on big jobs. We make our own dog food and blend it with the blender so it gets used every 2-3 days on meat and vegetables - we put this through its paces and it really delivers. It took a second to figure out the safety lock (and no I didn't read the instructions first) but once I had that down, I couldn't be happier.

I appreciate having the unlock button to get the blender started initially. It's a little fiddly, but with 2 kids I really like the safety feature. It blends well and quickly. If the liquid is thin enough, the blender mixes while blending it up so I barely have to move it.

I had been without an immersion blender for a while, and this one was certainly worth the weight. Very easy to use and great attachments. The blender attachment mades quick work of everything for smoothies. Easy to disassemble and clean. I can’t wait to use the chopper attachment.

As a person over age 80 who lives alone, I am a "sometimes" cook and I'm pretty good (as long as I follow recipes). But when these recipes called for certain food prep treatments, I had to look for something that is up to the task. I found the Hand Blender and its handy helper attachments to be just what I need.

My smart stick hand blender is a kitchen essential for everyone in my family - fro. Soups to smoothies to salad dressings and also as a handy chopper for salads. Can't live without it!

Great immersion mixer/blender. Very powerful. Variable speed - lowest setting works well with eggs & milk. Haven't tried it yet with nuts, dough or ice drinks. Should do fine. Two annoyances: it is a bit heavy, and you need to push a button to start it. Agree this is a safety feature, but...

It is move convenient to use than a blender. I used it for soup. The pot needs to be deep and I allowed the soup to cool. Be very careful because it splatters all over. I have not used the other attachments. My regular Cuisinart food processor is larger, so I prefer to use that instead.