can it crush ice for smoothies?
621945
It can crush ice. You have to get accustomed to working it through the cubes.
1533653
Yes you can. You have to be careful not to put anything hard or hard frozen in it. It will strip out some of the plastic parts inside the blender. Also do not over load it. It is one of the better blenders that I know of but, it can be damaged easily if you are not careful.
21279
Tried it--suggest leaving out ice a few minutes to before blending - then it does not blend into real small pieces very well. BUT Oster has ice crusher blades to buy, on Amazon, I think. OR call Oster Customer Service 1-800-334-0759
1650210
I use this blender everyday to make a smoothie with big frozen strawberries and ice. So yes this will work quite well.
425875
Of course! It's a very powerful blender. I've blended many batches using frozen ice cream in the base.
1194606
It will definitely crush ice and rip through softer foods, but it is not compact the shaft is probably around 11 inches in length. But the thing has plenty -o-power.
1862187
Yes, very powerful. Crushes ice with ease, have made soups with heavy ingredients. Something really dense would be helped by making smaller chunks. I am very happy with this blender.
1150022
Don't know-it was purchased as a gift and I only heard it was great for malts and shakes. I would suspect blades are too light for crushing ice-I wouldn't use it for that job.
223914
No, it will adjust a little to depth of cut for shaved ice but not like real crushed ice. For that you need either a towel and a hammer or a powerful polycarbonate pitcher blender.
1670458
I have my doubts it would have enough power to mix anything with ice involved.I ended up donated my blender to a charity. Not of any use for making protein smoothies with frozen berries either!
2133780
Most likely not, it is built to crush ice day in and day out. At worst, it might have made the blade a little blunt. Don't worry, your Vitamix will last forever.
759878
No - it says in the manual that it is not to be used to crush ice or grind coffee.
1987350
yes, absolutely . The only tip i have is if it is having trouble blending take the blades off and shake the prod around a bit. if it is too full it creates a sort of vaccume other than that it works perfect with ice or frozen fruit.
1037245
No, it only juices the fruits and veggies. You need a blender for that, some fruits like berries you can just throw in blender with the ice and whatever else.
1254671
Probably not. It is not the intended use. The blender is for soft fruits and veggies.
1908319
Yes, it does. You don't have to put alcohol in the drink. I've used it with fresh berries, yogurt, and juice to make smoothies. I think it gives a better texture than with my old blender because there are never random chunks of ice in the bottom. You do not have to always use ice either--you can manually blend without shaving the ice and vice versa.
102922
You probably don't want to try this to crush ice. You can use it for soft, cooked potatoes to make mashed potatoes.