Cuisinart PowerEdge 700 Watt Blender

Almost Idiot-proof blender.
DON'T BELIEVE the BAD reviews of this blender! Some people could destroy an armored tank, because they are such idiots, they can't read and follow SIMPLE instructions, and don't know how to treat electrical appliances with a tiny bit of care and respect.

I bought this blender to replace my Cuisinart Smart Power blender, which was 500 watts, and served me quite well for over 2 years of very heavy usage. I searched HARD and read reviews on every make of blender out there to replace my Cuisinart. I was hesitant after reading so many negative reviews of them here, and elsewhere, but in the end, bought this Cuisinart because I had been so happy with my previous one - it still works, by the way, but the On/Off button is starting to wear out, and I wanted a little more power, because my smoothies have a LOT of frozen fruit, but not a lot of liquids, which seemed to strain my 500 watt Cuisinart more than it does my new CB-1400. I am fully confident that I made the best choice...

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Good:

The glass jar is thick. The lip seals the jar well. The various mixing speeds (and pauses) are a real plus. And the blender crushes ice with ease.

The Bad:

The blender's ability to make smoothies may depend on your recipe. For larger batches, you must include twice as much liquid (juice/milk/water) in your recipe as solid (fruit/yogurt/sugar/honey/fiber/ice), or it will not mix.

The Ugly:

Pouring (or should I say after-pouring) is a nightmare. Because there is no pitcher spout, part of the mix runs down the outside of the jar every time I raise the jar to stop pouring. And you have to stop the run quickly before it gets to the gap between the glass and the base of the jar, or you will have two simultaneous pours (from the spout at the top and from the gap at the bottom) the next time.

UPDATE:

After 2 months, the plastic blender coupling broke.

Powerful blender that does the job....for a couple of weeks
Update:
I should know better than to review a blender before I've used it at least a couple of months, rather than a couple of weeks. As noted in my initial review, it had a lot of power and worked swell for my demanding smoothies, which I prefer so thick you have to eat the with a spoon rather drink them. This requires lots of the frozen fruit I mentioned and very little liquid, a half cup of milk, so the blender has to work pretty hard with almost entirely frozen fruit and a splash of milk. After only a couple of weeks, a small PLASTIC ring that was part of the mechanism that actually rotated the blades, essentially stripped and separated from the gear that turned the blade, rendering the blender completly USELESS. Needless to say, I returned it to Costco, which typically has a relatively small selection of blenders, and went to Tarshay to peruse their blenders, which can vary from real cheap to over priced. I had had reasonably good experiences with Osters in the past,...

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