I've had my magic bullet awhile when I got a good deal on it.. I've just now begun making smoothies every morning with it.. I've been using fresh fruit that I've frozen (doesn't get as rock hard as store bought frozen fruit).. Mix yogurt, carrot juice, powders.. Yesterday my magic bullet starts making some weird noises so I remove it. The blade spins using a rubberized grip that sits into a hard plastic turner.. The turner completely ate up the rubber.... Lucky yesterday I found my spare blade.. Go to work with my smoothie.. This morning, same thing!! The blade didn't even make it to finish one smoothie.. Now I'm going to have to just jump back into my ninja since I know that works.. Only plus to the magic bullet was the perfect cup to go.. OH and now I have this weird white powder from the rubber all over my kitchen that I have to clean up for the second time!!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I wasn't sure what I would do with the Magic Bullet. I quickly found out that I've been missing out on the greatest small appliance on the market! So far, I have made smoothies for my kids after school packed with fresh fruit, milk, etc. I've also used the Magic Bullet for grinding herbs rather than taking the time to cut them. So many uses! I encourage you to give the Magic Bullet a try as it will become your partner in the kitchen!

I have had my Magic Bullet Blender for over 8 years now. The base still works and I used it about 300 days out of the year. It came with plenty of different types in anticipation of it's many uses. The only things I have had to replace is the chopper blade, because I put it in the dishwasher and some of it melted, But that's my fault because the directions say not to do that. I need new cups as I have lost one and the handle broke on the other, otherwise, I consider this one of my better investments.

I am on my 3rd Bullet. Not because of the motor failing but due to the failure of the blades. They wear out and then leak. I use my bullet daily and I am happy with the results. But the failure of the blades due to friction causes wear and then leakage into the motor. Against the instructions advice I cleaned it under the sink and it got very wet. Let it dry and still works. I had 2 more motors/bases so had nothing to lose. I am waiting for replacement blades to come in and I hope they work. They have a limited life and will not last forever. I am trying to keep them lubed with olive oil now to see if they will extend their life. I have noticed the cups are starting to crack and haze and some of the "ears" on the cups have broken off. I would consider this normal wear. I do however see the blade wear as excessive and a point failure. I not even sure if a replacement blade will fix the issue since it may have increased the size of the hole in the base as it wore out. And as I said I use mine daily. I find the flat blade excellent for grinding nuts into a paste suitable for a nut butter. And so much easier to clean then a large blender. If you are good knowing you will be replacing the blades and possibly the black base occasionally or buying a new one then I recommend this product. Note: My use may be excessive, I use mine bullet maybe 3 times a day everyday. And the motor is like a tank, that, I'd rate easily a 5/5.

I realized that I was avoiding using the bullet because it is a nightmare to keep clean. I Do Not overfill it yet find myself wiping out the motor cup constantly. All the cups do it. The various blades make no difference. Since you cannot rinse it out, all you can do is wipe. Remains get clogged in the white housing around screws to motor. One other issue is that you have to stop and scrape down sides alot. I am not overfilling it or using wrong items. Takes forever to crush 3 ice cubes.

I've used Magic Bullets every day for years and they've been fantastic. When my latest finally quit after several years, I tried replacing it. Three new Magic Bullets in a row had to be returned. They all were barely able to spin a smoothie, smelled bad, overheated and stopped in less than 30 seconds. You've ruined a great product with whatever product or manufacturing changes you've made. Sad.

I used my girlfriends old black unit and it works great, so I bought one. The new unit was orange and was weak and overheated quickly. They sent a new blade but that did not help, so they sent me a new grey unit that worked better but not as good as the old black one. Both newer units bog down under load, then stop in less than a minute, and smell hot/burning.

I got this 11 years ago as part of a 2-1 deal with a baby bullet. The baby bullet survived at least 5 yrs and 4 babies before I lost track of it. My bullet is still going strong and I have only come to this site to order a replacement blade. I ordered a substitute replacement blade from a different company and it barely lasted a year.

Didnt own the product for less than a year and all the blades stopped working because of a design flaw. I got the usual "the product was manufactured in 2013 so it's no longer covered", as if its the clients fault for knowing when a product was manufactuted. Then I had to pay money to extend the warranty on the magic bullet so that I could get replacement parts. Theses parts costing almost as much as a brand new machine.

I bought this last year for college since I had to start "The Virgin Diet." I was really excited not to have to lug around a huge blender and the package clearly stated it could make smoothies. So I finally got to using it this month and the first day it took me over an hour (this is giving the bullet a break after 40 seconds of on usage because it cannot run for longer than a minute at a time) after this time, my fruit was still not chopped up. I had to eat my acai bowl with hard frozen fruit in it. I tried to make a smoothie next with only 1/4 a cup of frozen fruit...still frozen fruit does not chop up. I left my frozen fruit out for 2 hours while I ran hoping that may be the problem, still, my fruit does not chop up. I had the NINJA at home and truly wish I had spent the extra money on that then this awful thing. I can't do anything with it, it's just as loud as a blender, and the results are just basically what you started with with a little mush here and there. Extremely upset over this product.