Oster 4093 Classic Beehive Blender, Chrome

In fact, most of the top choices by CR were reviewed very poorly here. I know you can't trust everything you read, but it was almost impossible to find a blender that didn't have a number of major complaints.

In the end, I went with the Oster because my girlfriend's mom had hers for over thirty years and it still worked like a champ. After several months of near daily use, I can say the following:

Bad - noisy; the glass flutes make a great place for powders to get stuck and not dissolve; not so easy to clean them

Good - strong motor; two speeds are fine (I almost never use the high speed because it goes from noisy to screaming banshee); decent looking.

What can I say? This blender continues to serve me well. It was reasonably priced and been very reliable. I would give it five stars except for the noise.


Heavenly Smoothies!   May 31, 2002
16 out of 17 found this review helpful

I've had many blenders over many years. This brand by far makes the best smoothies ever! I use ice cold water, protein powder and solidy frozen fruit. With other blenders I've always ended up with chunks even after I've given the fruit time to slightly thaw. What good is a frozen smoothie if it has to thaw first?! With my new Oster, there is no waiting, and all ingredients are smoothly blended with just a brief touch of the power switch. My Oster is so beautiful to look at, sometimes I just leave it sitting on the kitchen counter.


Metal parts strip too quickly   August 8, 2004
T. Ulrich (Portland, OR)
16 out of 18 found this review helpful

After using this blender for a year the metal center of the agitator blades was stripped rendering the blades useless.
I bought new blades and within a month the part of the motor that fit inside the agitator blades was stripped rendering the motor base useless. I loved the performance of crushing ice and making extra smooth smoothies, but the metal parts wore down way too fast.


Smooth like a Blender should be   February 12, 2005
A. Manning (NY, New York)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful

I use this blender 3-4 times a week, mostly for smoothies (always with ice and some kind of frozen fruit, often large strawberries) and I LOVE IT. It blends very smoothly - I never have to turn it on and then off and on again for it to blend everything in the jar, it does that in one blending cycle.

Two cycles is all you need and more - especially when they work this well. I went to my mom's over Christmas and used her "Oster 6663 Designer 12-Speed Blender with Glass Jar" and it was world's apart - could hardly crush ice (even on the 12th speed, which had no difference from speeds 6-11) and left smoothies and milkshakes with a lot of floating, un-blended objects. Not so with this blender - it is as smooth as my local juice joint.

It is a blender, so there is some noise, but it was much less louder than I anticipated given the reviews here. Its never bothered me and I beleive it not as loud as the one at my moms (poor mom, need to get her one of these for next Christmas!).

And it is beautiful to have on my countertop. Easy to clean as well.


great blender!!!   April 12, 2006
C. Freeman (Seattle, Wa. USA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful

I burned through 3 blenders in like a year and a half because I make a smoothie almost every morning for breakfast and I guess the other blenders just couldn't handle it. One didn't even last a month! Then I bought this Oster, which not only looks great, but also has lasted me almost 2 years now and is still going strong! I really love this blender so I had to write!