I bought it recently on a friend's recommendation but I am extremely disappointed by the quality of this product. It is useless for blending anything unless loads of water is added. Chopping any veggie is out of question. Apart from its performance, the design of containers is also a total failure. The base of the containers make them prone to tipping over frequently and the four useless lines on the insides of the containers make them difficult to clean and in no way user friendly. Total waste of money.

We purchased our Magic Bullet 12/1/20. We used roughly once a month since purchase, but was happy with it when using it. It died just the other day on me while blending yogurt, milk, and frozen fruit. I am disappointed in how few uses we got out of this small appliance.

I purchased this original Magic Bullet in 2006 and it has been wonderful so far. I have made pancakes, ground coffee, peppercorns, made milkshakes, etc. I think the only thing it does not do well is chop vegies (especially onions). But I am so glad I purchased it.

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 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.

Mine is one of the first. It has provided me with yeeeears of service. Everything from egg shells/kitchen scraps (for my compost pile) to finely ground bacon (use the flat blade) to frozen fruits...it has served me well. The base gear finally broke but the replacement is cheap (the fact that most of the parts are replaceable means good design...not disposable junk) and the fact this thing has lasted so long has me very satisfied. Oh...it's also very, very easy to clean. The sheer simplicity of the design is no-frills and less to clean/break.

I asked for this product for Christmas 2012. 7-8 months later and I am still using this product on a daily basis. I make shakes almost every morning and I was frustrated in having to use a large blender and clean that blender every day. With the magic bullet you only need to rinse/light clean the blades until you do a load of dishes and place your cups in the dishwasher when your done. There is a feature where you turn the cup and it blends automatically without your need to hold it. I would refrain from using it. The nodes that hold your cup in place (and activate the blending when you push down) can snap off if your blend is thicker than a juice. It renders the cup useless at that point and getting the plastic out from the machine can be very hard to do. I have had to replace my machine because one of the plastic peices wouldnt come out of the base and I had snapped the plastic nodules off 2 cups in 7 months of use from the automatic setting. If you buy this, just push down and wait the 10 seconds.. dont twist it to have the machine hold it for you. I recommend anyone who would like to make morning shakes or uses the blender on a regular basis.

We bought this product several years ago and have used it for everything plus. I am sad that we can not buy the replacement part that drives the blades in the cups. Now we have the main body that is not useable and the cups. The piece that is broken is not showing as a replaceable part.

I'm on my third magic bullet. I use them mostly to make smoothies. My major complaint is the cleaning instructions! Why would you say "Just place any of the pieces (except the Power Base) on top shelf of dishwashe" THEN...next sentence is "Do not put the blades in the dishwasher." I haven't done that but the gasket on my last bullet leaked and the base has liquid coming out the bottom. There is no visible problem with the gasket so it must be the quality (lack of). These things are so cheaply made that this will have to be my last one.

Don't get me wrong, I am happy with this product. I love it for single serving smoothies. But it's just not very good for making any of the other things they claim it should be able to do: hummus, pico, dicing onions. The product isn't really able to do much beyond blending things completely. Also, it has never been able to chip/crush ice for me. It makes a horrible sound and the ice cubes just tend to bounce around in the blending cup without anything actually happening to them, which has been the one thing I've found to be fairly disappointing.