Do not come closer to the expectations

The blender was mainly purchased for the production of smoothies, also was the opportunity for the production of crushed ice, a purchasing criterion. However, I have to say, both does not work as expected.

If you try to make smoothies with the use, it does not create the blender to mix the large parts with crushed already in the lower part. The vortex effect is in the tough material (we have carrots, turnip greens, apples, oranges used) just too weak, whether you are large or small the pieces cut beigibt. We ended up having Although our smoothie, but it was much more complicated than expected.

Crushed Ice I have only once made with the mixer (if you can call the result so). So far I have used a device with hand crank, which pretty decent crushed ice made from ice. The AEG SB 3300 against producing more slush. The ice at the bottom are crushed into mud that not even further up. One must then redeploy tedious and slush quickly to water. I'm faster with my winch device and the result is significantly better.

Handling & Processing:
The cleaning is not very easy (but that is probably all mixers of this type so); the assembly must be done accurately, otherwise it will not turn on (safety function, but I've already seen better); the drive gear for transmitting power from the engine to the knives is made of plastic, let's see how long it holds. Conclusion. In principle, the mixer do something, but it could be better.