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43 of 43 found the following review helpful:
 Great Until It Breaks Jul 08, 2001
By Mary
I've purchased two of the Cuisinart blenders (a SmartPower Seven-Speed- broke after about 45 uses and a SmartPower Duet - broke after about 30 uses) and both have the same the problem with the black plastic gasket on the bottom breaking. (Call me dumb for purchasing the second one!) Really a cheap part for the Cuisinart product. (All I've used these blenders for was fruit smoothies! I doubt the Duet would have made it throught the first challenge of food processing!) The Cuisinart product may be smart but they sure aren't very strong. I certainly would not classify them as heavy-duty! An improvement would be making the gasket either metal or a plastic with more give. (I won't be going back for thirds!)
91 of 97 found the following review helpful:
 an excellent and versatile appliance Jun 27, 2001
By Stephanie Dunham
I was excited to get this Cuisinart a month or so ago because I love to cook, but I'm a college student who lives in an apartment. I don't have tons of space (or money, for that matter) to blow on two appliances. I have done many things with the SmartPower Duet, and it hasn't failed me yet. I've made deliciously smooth and thick shakes (including one with rum for a party - it was a hit.) I've made amazing salsa. I've made gazpacho. For some of these, I used the recipe book that comes with the machine. There are a lot of good recipes, indeed, but as an added bonus, the recipes give you helpful hints about how to use the appliance the best way - like, which ingredients to add first, instead of just shoving everything in.Just last night I made a pasta salad with about twenty ingredients, most of which had to be chopped or minced or sliced, so I used the food processor with the chopper to pulverize the garlic and other spices into a nice smooth blend (thus avoiding the dreaded clumps of pungent garlic). Then, I took the spices out and added red and green peppers and other vegetables and chopped them up coarsely, like salsa. Then I put the slicer attachment on to the food processor and sliced perfectly thin slices of cucumber and red onion. I added this to some pasta, provolone cheese, and some olive oil, and voila, I had a great pasta salad in less than half of the time it would have taken me to prepare all of those veggies by hand. I certainly haven't had any complaints about the workmanship. I love how it feels so sturdy without being bulky - the base is a little wider than most and not flimsy like most other blenders I've used, and the thick, glass blender jar is squat instead of tall and thin, which seems to make blending things a lot easier because the ingredients can easily move around near the blade. The keypad controls are enclosed so it's incredibly easy to clean up splatters and spills. The processor bowl doesn't seem to be flimsy to me (perhaps they've fixed the problem ?). In other words, this thing is great.
136 of 148 found the following review helpful:
 Versatile, but breaks easily Aug 05, 2001
By J. Daprato
I have owned the duet for approximatley one year. I use the blender mostly for milkshakes. The food processor is small, which is ok with me, except I do not like the feed tube. With a processor this small, it's unlikely one would use it to slice or shred, so why bother with the slicing disk and therefore the feed tube? Also, the feed tube makes it too tall to work with right under kitchen cabinets--you must pull it out to use. The motor is loud for both appliances. And the biggest problem is that mine broke this morning while I attempted to make a milkshake rendering both applicances unusable, since now the blade will not rotate. There is a small black plastic disk that fits between the base and the jar that has shattered all on its own. After reading your other reviews, I see I am not the first person to experience this. Buy this item with caution.
45 of 46 found the following review helpful:
 Makes excellent smoothies Jul 05, 2000
By Rak
I have been looking for a good blender and also a food processor for a while and one day I came across this cuisinart combination in a store. I liked the fact that I could get one device which was both a blender and a food processor (hence saving $$$ and space). I read a few good online reviews on this product and decided to purchase it from amazon a week ago. I've so far used this device half a dozen times to make smoothies and they come out perfect each time. The motor is very powerful and it gets the job done really quickly. It is also very easy to assemble/disassemble hence making the task of cleaning it very easy. My only wish is that this product came in other colours too but now I am only being picky.
40 of 41 found the following review helpful:
 Great until a piece breaks Dec 03, 2000
By Fiona
This is the second duet by Cuisinart I have purchased. The same piece has broken on both of them. The plastic piece on the base that fits into the bottom of the glass jar has cracked and broken on me twice. At first I thought I didn't fit the pieces together correctly and that it was my fault. I exchanged it for a new one and the same thing happened to me again, this time I know it wasn't me because now I make sure they fit correctly before I blend. When it is in working order it is a great blender, loud but very good. I wish all pieces were metal.
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