Black & Decker FusionBlade Personal Blender #PB1002 The Black & Decker FusionBlade Personal Blender's performance was quite impressive — it ground coffee beans rapidly and whipped up small-batch milkshakes, margaritas, and soups with ease. The sleek red-and-black blender comes with two functional 20-ounce jars that make grab-and-go beverages a breeze, and the one-button control pad is easy to operate and clean.

But beware: Positioning the jar on the blender base was challenging, and removing it tended to be messy.

Jamba Professional Blender #58910 With the brand new Jamba Professional Blender, fans of the famed smoothie chain can make their own professional-grade beverages at home. The Jamba produced a delightfully thick smoothie and a luscious milkshake, but they both contained significant amounts of large strawberry bits and ice cream chunks.

However, it blended almost perfect frozen margaritas and ground coffee beans in record time. It was easy to operate and comes with lots of pulse options.

JCP Cooks Power Pro 700 Watt Blender Looking for a blender that can make large-batch or single-serve drinks? Consider the JCP Cooks Power Pro Personal Blender.

Unlike many small or inexpensive competitors, it turned out evenly ground coffee beans and smooth margaritas, milkshakes, and soups with ease. The Power Pro Personal blender is your home smoothie bar in one 13-piece package: It comes with two 24-ounce and 12-ounce tumblers, two blades for grinding and blending, and a variety of rings, lids, and a shaker lid. The stylish black, red-trimmed base is extremely easy to use, as there's only

Wolf Gourmet High Performance Bl This new addition to the blender market certainly has the presence that Wolf products are known for. The Wolf GourmetHigh Performance Blender is sizeable, powerful, and professional-looking — and it bears the brand's signature red knob. An LCD timer and a variety of pre-programmed settings make operating the Wolf stress-free.

It ground coffee beans into a velvety texture and pureed soup with ease. However, there were a few large ice chunks in the frozen margaritas, and kale flecks in the green smoothies. For such a steep price, we expected a little better.

Oster Versa Performance Blender #BLSTVB The Oster Versa Performance Blender boasts an eight-cup clear plastic jar with sleek red design elements, and a black and red base. It was one of our best-testing blenders overall, smashing through coffee beans, pureeing soup, and churning out thick and creamy milkshakes in practically no time.

The dial control lets you blend at various speeds, but does make wiping off the base a tad "sticky." The blender comes with a food processor bowl and blade, two 20-ounce sport bottles, a tamper accessory, and a recipe booklet.

Vitamix 4500 by Sheila (Mumbai, India) I own a red color Vita-Mix 4500 blender and to tell you the truth, it is one of the best blenders I have ever known. The looks of this blender are elegant and classic. Though this blender comes in three colors; white, red and black, I opted for red as it compliments my kitchen very well.

It's been almost a year now and till date it has proved to be efficient. The blades used in this blender are made from non-corrosive material. The jar is a new BPA- free Carafe made of Tritan copolyester. This jar comes with a unique lid-locking mechanism, w

Smeg 50's Style #BLF01 The Smeg retro style blender is one of the most unique-looking blenders we tested — it has a sleek 1950's-esque design, with silver lettering on the side of the blender base. It pureed vegetables into a smooth, frothy soup that tasted deliciously creamy, and was able to quickly grind coffee beans into velvety grounds.

On the negative side, the Smeg struggled to process frozen strawberries for smoothies, and curdled ice cream in milkshakes. Still, if you want a blender with a 1950's aesthetic, this is one stylish-looking, easy-to-operate option.

Skinnygirl by BELLA 700W Personal Extraction Blender #66006 It doesn't take much to operate the Skinnygirl blender — simply put the tumbler on the blender base and push down to start processing. This multi-serve model comes with two 24-ounce tumblers, one 12-ounce tumbler, one lip ring for comfortable drinking, one storage lid, two drinking straws, two travel lids for when you're on the go, and one Skinnygirl recipe booklet.

The package also includes a grinding blade for harder foods and a blending blade for liquefying whole fruits or vegetables. Unfortunately, the Skinnygirl blender was just

Apple iPod shuffle, 2Gb - Blue The all new iPod shuffle Small, but big on music. Take hundreds of songs everywhere you go with the small, wearable, and colourful iPod shuffle. Use the clickable control pad to easily play your music.

Never leave a favourite tune behind. iPod shuffle has up to 15 hours of battery life and storage for hundreds of songs. And because your different playlists and Genius Mixes are just a sync away, you'll always have the perfect music mix ready to complement your every mood. Key features: Small and wearable Polished anodized aluminum design Built-in clip Easy-to-use control pad for playing your music, audiobooks, and podcasts VoiceOver button to hear the song title, playlist menu, and battery status

Black & Decker FusionBlade Digital Blender with Personal Smoothie Jar #BL1820SG-P The Black & Decker FusionBlade Digital Blender is a user-friendly product that offers a choice between making large-batch (48-ounce) or single-serve (20-ounce) smoothies. However, we can't promise that your smoothie won't have flecks of fruit and ice in it.

The full-size blender consists of a large glass pitcher topped with a one-ounce measuring cup (inserted into the lid) and a simple four-speed control pad (with speed levels from one to three, plus a smoothie button). Although this blender wasn't a top perform