The Oster 16 Speed Blender features extra durability due to its all-metal drive system and the strong, robust 450 watt motor. The latter makes pulverizing ice easy for excellent smooth frozen drinks especially with the high performance blade specially designed to handle tough ingredients like ice.

The 6812 Oster Blender also features a pleasant design with touch push button controls and a glass jar that make cleanup a breeze.

The Oster 16 Speed Blender offers a full range of powers so that you can make anything from smoothies to salsas, cream soups and much more. The 5 cup glass jar is the perfect size for quickly whipping up smoothies for two and is also scratch-resistant and dishwasher safe for easy cleaning.

The all-metal drive guarantees extended durability versus units that offer brittle plastic housing. The special stainless steel ice crushing blade means that the blade will maintain its razor sharp edge for a very long time.

The 450 watt motor offers the unit sufficient power to effectively blend the toughest ingredients and features 16 different speeds for excellent precision and control over the final product. The pleasant design is enhanced by the unit’s cord storage so that unsightly cables can be kept out of the way.

Advantages

The Oster brand is considered to be synonymous with reliability and quality. Reviewers appreciate the blending abilities of the unit as it can easily crush or whip.

It’s pleasant and robust design as well as the control its 16 speeds provide are also advantages that are highly appreciated. The sturdiness of the glass jar removes the fear of cracking, as with some of the plastic jars available on the market.

This Oster 16 Speed Blender also presents the extended life associated with most Oster branded products. Another excellent advantage is the price point and thereby the value this unit offers.

Disadvantages

It appears that this Oster Blender has a design flaw whereby the jar leaks from the bottom. One reviewer experienced this with two Oster blenders, after returning the first one to the store due to the malfunction.

Even though the reviewer expressed she would be keeping the blender due to its reliability, the issue is still quite annoying. It seems that no matter how tight the bottom is screwed on it still leaks, therefore it is not an assembly problem.

Another issue experienced by customers was that it did not perform as advertised nor did it last as long as expected. In fact, two reviewers found that the unit stopped functioning after a mere 20 usages, with one reviewer actually experiencing this twice first with the original purchase and then with the replacement unit.

Conclusion

It appears that the design of the Oster 16 Speed Blender is not all it’s cracked up to be and even though some customers will be keeping the blender due to the high expectations they have from Oster, they are less than thrilled that they have to do it by compromising. After all, a leaky jar is more than just a mere annoyance.

Although, one could state that you get what you pay for, these are obvious malfunctions and paperweights are much cheaper in the long run. If Oster cannot produce a properly functioning blender at the price point they are offering it at, then they should consider raising the price so that customers don’t end up abandoning the Oster brand for good.