It gets the job done. For the price it can’t be beat.

reasonably sized compact blender for medium or small kitchens

This small appliance woks very well, I like the fact that there is a small blending cup.

I had this blender for a few weeks before I got around to testing it on an old recipe for Strawberry Daiquiris. I knew if it could do a good job on those it would do a good job on anything. I placed the following in the larger cup: A couple tablespoonfuls of frozen lemonade, 1/4th of a carton of frozen strawberries, a few spoonfuls of rum, and around 1/2 cup of ice cubes. I knew if it the blender could mix those ingredients smoothly without having a tantrum it could mix most anything I would need to pulverize. This Castaway blender did such a quick and thorough job of mixing the daiquiri that I made a couple more just as quickly and smoothly. The only drawback in my mind is that I would normally make at least four daiquiris at a time in a normal blender using an entire small can of frozen lemonade, a lemonade can of ice cubes, a small lemonade can of rum, and a whole block of frozen strawberries (with sugar). The cups that come with this aren't large enough for mass production. However, you can quickly and easily make one or two at a time with this blender so it isn't really an inconvenience. Now, I don't want anyone to think I make frozen daiquiris all the time. I don't. This Costway blender works great with bunches of fruit and vegetables too. Adding ice and frozen items was my big test. It worked! I think this is a good product for a good price.

I bought this blender to replace my old ninja one period this one works even better period it's fast effective and is not too loud. Great buy.