Oster Classic Beehive Blender Review

What the Reviewers Like:
The glass jar that ships with the Oster Beehive blender is stain resistant. Reviews indicate that it's easy to clean and does a great job puréeing soups and making sauces.

What The Reviewers Don’t Like:
In tests, the Oster Beehive blender crushes ice well enough, but can't quite pulverize ice chips enough to make a consistent smoothie. The most common complaint is that it's very loud.

Oster Classic Beehive Blender review highlights

Blenders may do well in tests, but the true measure of a blender is its performance over time. Reviewers indicate that the simple Oster Beehive blender, which has a switch that toggles between on, off, and pulse, holds up better than others in the long run. In fact, the main complaint we read was that it’s loud. Owners like the tapered 40-ounce glass jar, which not only funnels food to the blades but also pours well and doesn't absorb odors. While we found mixed reviews for many inexpensive blenders, the simple Oster Beehive gets more consistently good reviews as the best in its price range.

We read a single professional review of the Oster Classic Beehive in Cook's Illustrated, which has prepared the most rigorous evaluation of inexpensive blenders, evaluating models on their ability to chop ice and purée soup. Owners have posted numerous reviews of the Oster Beehive blender to Amazon.com, Epinions.com, and Cooking.com, so we were able to form a good assessment of its overall performance and reliability.

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*In order of credibility (see our Ratings Criteria).

1. Cook’s Illustrated
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Inexpensive Blenders
Editors of Cook's Illustrated
Jun-05

Cook’s Illustrated testers prepared broccoli soup, ice-filled smoothies, and pesto in blenders that cost less than $50. The Oster Classic Beehive 4119 earns praise for its puréeing ability and quick work with pesto. It didn't blend a completely ice-free smoothie, however.

2. Amazon.com
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More than 75 owners have posted reviews of this blender to Amazon.com. They award the Oster Beehive blender an overall rating of 4 stars (out of 5) stars. Most owners are pleased with this blender's strong motor and simple controls: its switch toggles between on, off, and pulse. The most common complaint is that it's very noisy.

3. Epinions
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The Oster Beehive blender has garnered over two dozen owner-written reviews here, most of which are positive. Owners say it's simple, stylish, and powerful. A few owners wish it had multiple speeds, and some say that this blender is loud.

4. Cooking.com
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The Oster Beehive earns an average of 4 1/2 stars in 5 owner-written reviews posted here. Owners say that this blender is well made and adept at crushing ice. We found a larger number of reviews for this blender at Amazon.com.

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Oster Classic Beehive Blender Review