Oldie but goldie: my mother's classic 1950s Waring Blendor

[no_hypocrisy]

Still kicks ass especially making Smoothies with solidly frozen strawberries.

[Jazzgirl]

1. I just saw a new one yesterday while I was looking for a new smaller crockpot.

It looks exactly the same as the one in your picture!

[Warpy]

6. I have the vintage knockoff Oster

It's got a glass jar on a black beehive base. The toggle switch on the front has two poles: pulse at moderate speed and run continuously at high speed and this is all I've ever needed in a blender.

I was thrilled to see the vintage knockoffs come back because with the simpler design, they're easier to clean and there's less to screw up.

Besides, all those buttons never disguised the fact that the two speeds of a blender have always been "off" and "on." None of those separate speeds did anything special.

[freshwest]

9. That's what I have now. It leaks a little, but it works.

I use it for making smoothies and almond milk.

[Warpy]

10. The improvement on the vintage knockoff is the removable base

and if yours is leaking, maybe a rubber gasket of some type would stop it. If it's leaking around the blades, I have no idea what would stop it except a visit to their website and ordering a new bottom assembly.

I've actually used mine more than I use a food processor. Nothing makes better harissa or Chinese BBQ sauces or buzzes up tomatillos and hot peppers for soups, carnitas and the like. Cleanup is usually just a squirt of detergent into the jar and letting it process itself clean.

[freshwest]

11. Thanks for the tip. I also use it for chopping up carrots to have with raisins and kefir.

[HopeHoops]

2. Yeah. Sadly, appliances now are made to fail.

I've still got a garage refrigerator from 1987, and a Montgomery Ward washer and dryer from the same year. The latter went through three daughters worth of diapers and neither has ever failed. The former was a kitchen fridge until we got a place that already had one. It's been through more beer than a frat house. Our Electrolux vacuum is the same age and it still works. They USED to build products to last. That violates the business model now.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. One better: My father still has in very good working condition a Hotpoint Dishwasher

installed in 1965. Going on 50 years . . . .

Similar to this:

[Lucinda]

3. Nice!

I need a good blender.

[csziggy]

5. Try one of these - they can blend nearly anything!

http://willitblend.com/

My favorite:

[HappyMe]

7. lol! It's a Bic-o-matic!

I would prefer a Bass-o-matic!

[csziggy]

8. They blend lots of other stuff - you can send in suggestions

But I remember the Bass-O-Matic - that was fun!

[shanti]

12. oh yeah

mom had one too! didn't it have a ribbed glass container?

[no_hypocrisy]

13. Yes, it's ribbed. Thick glass.

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