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Viking Professional Blender | 
enlarge | Brand: Viking
Buy: $144.99 - $149.95
Temporarily Out of Stock...
But Amazon Should Have It
Rating: 11 reviews
MPN: 290308
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Product Description Blend with the same blistering power as the professionals. Elegantly contoured and easy to control, this blender has no more than a single two-speed control knob and pulse feature, guaranteed to get the job done. From soup to smoothies (and beyond), be assured you've made a smooth move. One-year full warranty.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
Viking: Beware of Brand Erosion! September 1, 2008 damg1 (Tulsa, OK) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Typical case of a high-end manufacturer trying to make a few bucks by building to second-rate standards on their non-core products. This blender performed far worse than our $32 Oster. It was unable to effectively blend a 50/50 mix of milk and ice cream. And judging from the other reviews here, it wasn't an anomaly, Think about that for a minute before buying into the brand-name hype here. Viking needs to be very careful here. These poor quality (build and performance) machines will certainly color our view toward buying any other product in their once-respected line. I hope to post a video soon showing how poorly this thing works. I'm giving it the 2-star benefit of the doubt -- if we ever need to blend water, I think this might be up to the task.
Broke During First Use August 11, 2008 K. Marwong (San Jose, CA USA) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This Viking blender stopped working after one use. I was making a smoothie with 5 ice cubes and no other frozen items. After one use, the motor ceased to work. At first I thought the motor overheated; so I let the machine rest. I tried turning on the machine again, but this time the knob sheared off. I do not recommend this Viking blender to anyone.
plastic moving parts wear out June 25, 2008 polytime 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The connection between the blade assembly and the motor unit is made out of plastic and thus quickly wears out. A new blade assembly, again made out of the same plastic, costs $20 + shipping. If you turn this machine on once a day then you'll be going through at least one blade assembly per year. I should've bought a Waring.
Powerful but poorly packaged February 24, 2008 b2b_dna (seattle) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The rotary switch obviously got something in it, because it takes all my considerable strength to turn (hold everything tight, lest you toss your blender and contents on the floor). This was a nice concept very poorly executed.
Great while it lasts February 4, 2008 V. Vanderbent (Riverdale, NY USA) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I wish I could recommend this made in the USA product but we don't always make long lasting products. This blender does perform great as long as you don't break any of the parts. OK, there really is only one part to break, the blade. I've broken it twice in the two years that I've owned it. Once by accidentally dropping it on my stone tile floor, the other time by just using it. That's right, it's supposed to crush ice easily, but I've never tested it with ice, just frozen fruit in very moderate quantities. The plastic holder for the blade still gave up. I'm going to get something more sturdy this time. The engine started giving off too much burning odor anyway and that just for making smoothies twice a week. Not good.
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