Oster BVCB07-Z Counterforms 6-Cup Glass Jar 7-Speed Blender Review

Product Review: Oster BVCB07-Z Blender

Company: Amazon via seller Oster

Price Range: $60-$70

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Pros:

The Oster BVCB07-Z Blender wins the award for the best blender for less than $100.  With a powerful motor, easy to manage controls, and a great blending container, the Oster Counterforms Blender is the absolute best choice for anyone looking to get into the world of blending.

All too often blenders costing less than $100 are underpowered pieces of junk designed to last no more than a year. Oster went above and beyond designing this model of blender. With a 600 watt motor this machine can get through almost all basic jobs. Blending fruit smoothies and icy drinks is a simple task for the Oster's blending power and stainless steel ice crushing blades. Unlike many of its competitors, the Oster is clearly made with quality and built to last. Do not expect to find laughably cheap parts being held together by plastic that begins falling apart right out of the box.

Enjoy a surprising amount of versatility from this little blender. Two programmed functions come with this blender, food chop and a smoothie making function. With the food chop function you can employ the Oster as a semi-food processor for quick cutting of vegetables and salsa making. For smoothie making, the programmed function actually works quite well. Instead of just trying to rely on brute power to liquify the contents of the container, the Oster BVCB07-Z creates a vortex to pull everything down to the blades. Along with the vortex, the Oster will spin the blender's contents in reverse to prevent any sort of jamming to occur. Such a simple task is ingenious and makes up greatly for its 600 watts of total blending power.

Return to the days of glass jar blenders. I have always been around plastic jar blenders my entire life. Looking back on the 1970's and before, the imagery of old school kitchen appliances always impressed me. One thing in particular caught my eye, the classic blending models with their glass jars. Oster chose to go with the glass blending jar for this blender with great success. Glass is easy to clean, dishwasher safe, tends to not scratch, and there is no worry of BPA plastic contaminants.

Cleanup is a as simple as 1-2-3. Do a quick rinse of the blender in the sink after emptying the blending jar. Fill the blender halfway with warm and soapy water and pulse it a few times on the Oster Blending Stand. Dump the soapy water in the sink and transfer the Oster Blending Jar to the bottom rack of the dishwasher. There you have it, the complete cleanup process for the Oster Counterforms Blender.

Cons:

Many claim this blender makes great green smoothies, they are wrong. The Oster BVCB07-Z technically can make green smoothies, but you will be left with small leafy green fragments. Make no mistake, the Oster will blend the leafy greens into a passable state. Compared to all other sub-$100 blenders, the Oster does a remarkable job thanks to its reverse blending technology. However, the Oster is by no means as good as a Vitamix blender when it comes to liquifying leafy green vegetables.

Guarantee:

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Value for money?

The Oster BVCB07-Z Counterforms Blender is my number one choice for anyone looking to buy a blender that costs less than $100. Especially for people looking for their own beginning blender, you can not go wrong with the Oster. While I will not claim this is a machine that will last you a lifetime and cover all the blending needs there could ever be, the Oster does a darn good job at basic tasks. In particular, the Oster does fantastically in making icy smoothies made mostly of fruit and ice.

Where to buy:

Amazon - Oster BVCB07-Z Counterforms 7-Speed Blender

Continue to read reviews at Amazon:

"Easy to clean." - Peter Musumeci

"I like the way the blade reverses a few times to get everything moveing." - Mother of Invention

"It crushes ices well too, perfect for making frozen drinks, veggie/fruit smoothies." - CH

By Mat McNeile