Cuisinart Cordless On the Go Blender Review

The Cuisinart Cordless On the Go Blender is succesful however not capacious. Its mixing energy is spectacular, however because of the slender cup, little or no may be blended at a time, notably in the case of ice, tougher veg, frozen fruit or seeds. This blender’s principal promoting level is portability, and whereas the principle unit is gentle, it’s not precisely handbag-sized. However, it’d show helpful for holidays, picnics or exercises, offered there isn’t a queue of thirsty/hungry individuals ready for his or her share. As soon as its energy runs out, the equipment should be recharged, however it could actually’t be used throughout charging.

Introduction

The On the Go Blender is a part of Cuisinart’s Cordless assortment, which additionally features a hand mixer, a hand blender and an automated wine opener. It’s a extremely moveable equipment, with the field together with such compact options as a consuming lid for the mixing cup and a protecting cowl for the blades.  

Whereas the capability is kind of small right here and the narrowness of the cup means additional limitations, this equipment’s mixing energy continues to be spectacular.

Design and Options

• The blender can’t function whereas charging is in progress
• Whereas the working capability is 450ml, the cup’s fill line is at 400ml
• Most elements apart from the blades are dishwasher secure

The On the Go Blender is gentle and moveable and, in response to Cuisinart, can be utilized for as much as eight smoothies on a two-hour full cost. Whereas it comes with an adapter for the USB cable, which is beneficial for “finest efficiency”, the latter will also be plugged in just about wherever for a fast increase. Nonetheless, when you run out of energy, you’ll have to attend for it to cost for a minimum of just a little bit, as this equipment can’t be used whereas plugged in. 

The three battery-level indicator lights are on the highest entrance of the principle unit. They may gentle up blue when the equipment is charged and operational, and flash when it’s charging or operating low on energy. 

Like different home equipment in Cuisinart’s Cordless assortment, the On the Go Blender has a metallic plastic physique with some shiny metallic and white textured components. Whereas this casing is prone to go well with most tastes, it doesn’t look solely sturdy, with the shiny components prone to scratch or chip with age and use. Remaining fairly conventionally kitchen-ny in design, it doesn’t fairly shout “moveable equipment” to me. 

With just one management – an influence button – the blender may be very simple to function. When switched on, it’ll flip off robotically after operating for 1min. 

The marketed working capability is 450ml, however the guide warns towards exceeding the utmost fill line, which is at 400ml. This implies mixing a most of 1 giant or two smaller drinks at a time – so it’s finest for particular person quite than group use, placing a damper on its potential for out-of-house social events, resembling picnics. 

Along with a guide, you additionally get a small booklet that accommodates recipes starting from smoothies to sauces, soups and cocktails. Nonetheless, the soup recipes for 2 individuals require mixing one portion at a time. 

Handily, the mixing cup, blade protecting cowl and consuming lid may be cleaned within the dishwasher (prime rack solely), whereas the blade ought to be washed by hand.

Efficiency

• Acai Bowl and Inexperienced Smoothie blended fantastically in 1min
• Six ice cubes blended considerably inconsistently
• Cocktail combine with frozen fruit and ice had a nice slushie texture

The On the Go Blender was excellent at mixing fruit, however it struggled with bigger parts of tougher components and ice specifically.

I began my assessments by attempting out a few the recipes from the offered booklet. The components for the Acai Bowl really crammed the cup previous the fill line and the cup wanted a little bit of shaking earlier than and through mixing. After the beneficial 30secs, there have been nonetheless a pair unblended sections, so I shook it and resumed mixing for one more 30secs. 

I had comparable match points with the Inexperienced Smoothie recipe, regardless that I used barely fewer pineapple items than beneficial. I blended it for about 50secs, however it seemed accomplished after about 30secs. 

Along with the suggestions of reducing meals into 3cm items and inserting the toughest components into the cup first, the guide does acknowledge some mild shaking of the cup could also be wanted throughout mixing.

My trickiest smoothie check recipes – one containing small items of laborious veg and fruit, resembling carrots, apples and broccoli, and a chocolate smoothie with frozen strawberries, ice, cashews, flax seeds and cacao nibs – additionally required some shaking and resulted in barely bitty/crunchy mixtures after 1min and 1min30secs of mixing respectively. That mentioned, the guide does advise that when mixing tougher components, the cup shouldn’t be crammed previous half approach. That doesn’t, nonetheless, depart a lot room for mixing something.

I confronted the same problem when attempting to mix my commonplace check of six ice cubes, which remained under the fill line. Whereas the underside cubes received floor to a high quality powder, two on the prime couldn’t be correctly crushed even after shaking the cup – once more exhibiting that the total capability of the cup can’t be used for such a tough process.  

Nonetheless, impressed by the Pina Colada recipe within the booklet, I had success crushing some ice and frozen pineapple with a little bit of rum, syrup and pineapple juice right into a easy slushie texture. Equally to the ice check, the blender was rather a lot noisier on this case than when mixing any fruit or veg, however the drink was prepared in 35secs. 

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