Most blenders work for exactly what you want them to do, making malts and shakes. The one thing that some blenders have a problem with is the act of crushing ice or other hard objects thrown in. This is where it helps to have a heavy duty blender.

When a person starts looking at buying a blender for the most part they just go out and purchase a pretty cheap one at the local Wal-Mart. Unfortunately, this is not always the best way to go about picking out any product. Now the first step to picking out a blender is to look at the statistics. You will easily be able to find thing such as horsepower, RPM (rotations per minute), and other features. Obviously higher horsepower and RPM means that the blade spins faster are should allow the blender to crush better. This is true except that more often than not the reason that a blender does not crush well is because the ice never gets pulled into the blades.

This is where finding product reviews will be most important. There are many places where a consumer can find user reviews easily, and the easiest is on websites such as Amazon.com that allow users to submit their own reviews. Here a person will be able to read things like how a pocket of air keeps this particular blender from crushing ice. There are also other sites that offer product reviews that you can find on the internet.

The moral of the story is that any average blender will not always do the work that you want it to. Sometimes you are going to need more of a heavy duty blender. Also you should never go into buying any product without checking out some user reviews. That is where you can find all of the juicy details that any advertisements will not share.