KitchenAid® Diamond Blender

Had this blender a few weeks now, and have been using it several times per week. Very sound construction. Easy to clean with minimal parts to separate. Chops ice or frozen fruits with ease. Blends everything to very smooth consistency. Highly recommend for smoothies! I have no complaints

If you're looking for a blender to really blend well including crushing ice, this is a great blender. It has a 60 ounce capacity so it can hold a lot of ingredients. It is built like a tank so I am pretty sure it will last for years. Overall, the quality and durability is great. Some of the things I don't like:
Its too tall to fit underneath my cabinet on top of my counter so in order to have it fit on my counter, I have to take the lid off when not in use.
The locking mechanism on the blender is awkward and difficult to unlock. But its probably a good thing to have a locking mechanism for safety reasons.
You need to make sure that you unplug the blender before trying to remove the locked pitcher otherwise you can inadvertently turn the blender on while trying to unlock and remove the pitcher.

My husband and I are avid smoothie drinkers. This blender whips up a frozen-fruit smoothie with ease. We love the different speeds to help mix and blend at the different stages of the process. We learned that to get the best results you have to add more liquid than we had thought. Once we figured out the perfect ratio of frozen fruit to juice, the process became a breeze. It crushes frozen bananas, berries, and pineapple effortlessly.

Clean up is simple and the carafe/lid is sturdy. The lid creates a nice seal onto the carafe--no worrying about splattering or leaking. The design is sleek and the red color pops on our counter top.

My one problem with the blender is that the carafe is difficult to remove from the base. You need a serious amount of muscle to unlock it.

I would definitely recommend this blender to a friend. We look forward to using it for more than just smoothies!

We replace our old worn out blender and could not be happier with the unit. It is the best blender we've ever had and crushing the ice in frozen drinks. You do not have chunks of ice to deal with like other blenders. We've always looked at KitchenAid products when we shop for kitchen appliances. I like the way this unit locks down the container so you don't have to worry about slippage or wobble of the container. It does cause some problems for my wife to remove the container from the unit but overall it out ways the inconvenience. We recommend this unit.

We needed a blender to use for baby food and smoothies and this product has worked very well for us. Very versatile product

It could use a little more ease when going from slow to fast, things seem to splatter, but it does a great job blending and is very easy to use.

This blender does the job, but it has problems with the design. The motor is strong, but as you blend, it tends to move the blender around the countertop. After blending, it is very difficult to remove the pitcher which has to be unlocked by adjusting the pitcher counter clockwise. Since the base is plastic, the movement is not smooth, and is often very difficult to adjust. I would not purchase this blender again.

I am extremely pleased with the blade angles that this machine has. The speeds and functions allow me to process any of the food items that I need to mix and chop (puree etc.) any items that I need to make everything that I have desired to make so far.

I really like the smoothness and icecream delights that I regularly make with this machine. Cleanup of this machine is easy and efficient.

I will definitely recommend this machine and look forward to getting more Kitchen Aid machines in the future.

We purchased this blender to make smoothies pretty much exclusively. It does a pretty good job of crushing and blending. My issue with this machine is when you are making smoothies, if they are the least bit thick, it will only blend the bottom. If you run the speed over 2, it will get an air pocket at the blades and quit blending completely. It will NOT blend anything with the consistency of an average frappe. The other issue I have is this thing vibrates unmercifully. The lid just sets on top and if you don't hold this machine down firmly, the lid pops right off. It vibrates so badly that it's wearing the paint off the base where the pitcher rests and also wearing the pitcher base. Chose the kitchen aid over the Ninja. Think I chose wrong.

overall it has been a good blender which is very powerful.The cover has been a bit of a problem,it vibrates off.I have to hold my hand on it.The cover also pops out,unless i hold my hand on it..

I needed a blender that could easily crush ice, not make ice marbles.
After doing research, this is the model I chose.
It Is very powerful with 5 speeds, plus a pulse (for any of the 5 speeds), and a cursh ice button. Oh and all of the buttons are sealed ... which makes cleaning a breeze.
It is great for pureeing meats, and making smooth soups.
I am completely satisfied

I am very happy with my new Kitchen Aid blender. It's made well, and does the job beautifully. I use it every day to make smoothies with a lot of ingredients in them, including nuts, fruit, greens, and ice. This blender turns out very creamy delicious smoothies quickly. The well fitting top of the blender stays on perfectly, and also functions as a noise reducer. I highly recommend this product.

Note: it takes some pretty good arm strength to detach the blender pitcher from the base after blending. It was difficult at first for me, and has become easier. Keep this in mind if extreme lightness and ease of use is a must - this blender may not be for you in that case.

Had this same blender, started to leak around base thought it was wore out,
so I bought a new one love the powerful motor my brand new one also leaks around the base would not buy this blender again

I am very satisfied with the purchase smooth operation from ice crushing smoothies to hot soup pureeing no mess no staining on the jug even with the tomatoes strong yet light and a breeze to clean and noise level much easier on the ears...all round very good purchase priced well

We make smoothies with frozen fruit and I have burned through several blenders and had to shake them to get them to work, etc. This one works like a dream!

Seriously, I am amazed at how powerful this blender is. This is one serious piece of kitchen equipment.

One caution: It's best to unplug it, not just turn it off, before removing the pitcher. Reason, it takes a bit of force to rotate the pitcher to the unlock position, and when doing so, your fingers can accidentally hit the on/off button and turn the motor on. (How do I know? Because it happened to me the first time I used it. And since I had already removed the top, a quart of gazpacho went flying around my kitchen). Perhaps they should've designed the on/off button differently. Or maybe I'm just a kltuz.

Anyway, other than that, I am very impressed with this blender. It makes the previous blender/processor I owned seem like a toy in comparison.

The reason I didn't give "Performance" an Excellent rating, was because it isn't the best for making Smoothies. It lets the contents cavitate. I have to keep taking a spatula and pushing the contents down to the blades.

Generally KitchenAid makes good products. I don't recommend their blenders. If you buy one be prepared to replace rubber drive piece on the motor. I'm on my fourth one.

My KitchenAid blender died. (KSB560MCO) Bought a new one yesterday and washed the pitcher as directed and dried it thoroughly. This morning I made a smoothie and I lifted the pitcher off the base,which was no easy feat,but finally after I removed the pitcher, I saw a bead of something around the base. It had blackish grey mixed in when touched it with my finger. Liquidy that looked like oil , but wasn't sticky or totally oily.
I am a bit curious as to what made the bead of yuck.
My sense is that came from the machine in the base, and because of the centrifugal force going on inside the dohicky on the base, it landed in a circle around the edge? Of course I plan to return it, but it irritates me when KitchenAid blender design goes from an alright product to one where it's nearly impossible to even remove the pitcher. They've de-improved it tremendously.argh...Oh and the lid wreaks of nauseating plastic that lingers in the air.

Good simple and easy to use and clean machine. Good quality and does what I expected. Would prefer a glass container but the plastic one is ok so far.

Only drawback is that the clear lid insert leaks when blender is set to "pulse". Even when I am sure it is secure.

I love the look and options of this blender, and it does make great smoothies. I especially like the 'crush ice' feature.
There are 2 drawbacks, however?
First, the blender is just about impossible to remove from the base after blending. I have to use 2 hands half the time.
Secondly, the blender 'dances' all over my counter while blending! Very entertaining, however, I didn't think I was going to have to hold my blender down every time I used it!
Thanks!

Recently purchased this diamond blender in crystal blue. It is well made and beautiful too. Quickly blends, purees and liquefy's foods. The best smoothie maker I have used! I have used it to puree soups most recently and it does a superb job.

This is an excellent product. The ice crushing feature is very beneficial to smoothie makers. This is also an excellent blender to blend up vegetables into a smoothie like mixture. Anything that I want to blend, it can go into here. In my opinion, this rivals the top of the line blenders such as VITAMIX. The blender is light weight as well. I have no issues with this blender. There is one design flaw. At first, the blender is difficult to remove from the base but easy to attach. After a few uses, it got easier to remove and there aren't any issues.

To tall to keep out on counter...doesn't fit under the cabinet

This is my second Kitchenaid blender in 30 years. My cobalt blue old blender served me well. I plan to give it to my son as it has many, many more years to go. I purchased a new blender a month ago in tangerine to match my kitchen and I love it. I designed my kitchen around my Kitchenaid appliances. Love them.

I have gone through TWO $400+ blenders in the last 5 years and this KitchenAid blender puts them both to shame. The power is amazing, cutting right through the toughest frozen fruit and ice, like there is nothing to it. I would recommend this blender over any other brand or model.

We finally purchased this blender after having used many cheaper brands that wouldn't last. We have been impressed with the ease of use and the power of this blender. Lives up to the Kitchenaid name and I am glad that we spent the money for a quality product.

Very happy with the blender. Love that it's purple!

Love the new Kitchen aid Diamond blender. Makes quick work of my shakes. Love the tangerine color, matches my color scheme in our kitchen.

The blender is a solid piece of equipment. Very powerful and easy to clean.

Best investment we ever made and it is so easy to use.

I initiated the machine while I was processing fresh pumpkin -- the pumpkin had already been baked, so it was softened, but I used the blender to process all the pieces into a puree for pies.

Though it did a reasonable job, it seemed to struggle with more than two cups of pumpkin at a time, and in shifting the pumpkin into the bottom of the glass.

Performs as advertised and depicted on numerous YouTube videos. Still trying to figure out why anyone would purchase a few of the other supposed blenders that actually underperform or are only the equivalent to this Kitchenaid for hundreds more.

I use my Diamond Blender every single day, sometimes multiple times each day. It does an excellent job of blending and I use ice and whole fruits (not pre quartered or chopped - whole fruit) and this blender reduces them to liquid form in a snap. My diet consists mainly of liquid shakes and the diamond blender makes them fabulous for me!
My one and only complaint - and it is a minor one - is that when you start the blender it does a quick pulse blend before going to full speed. This pulse blend throws the ingredients up against the walls of the blender and I find myself getting out a silicone spatula to try to push stuff off the upper walls into the liquid. Otherwise I am very happy with my purchase.
I looked at other blenders such as the Ninja and Vitamix but they were way too expensive and the Kitchenaid gets the job done quite nicely.

My family loves our blender! We seriously use it 3 times everyday. It is easy to clean, use & makes light work of smoothies, soups & chopping.

This blender has exceeded my best expectations. It has provided me a kitchen tool that I use almost every day. Thank you, KitchenAid!

This blender gets the job done! Love it! The heavy base keeps the blender from moving or shaking when used at higher blending speeds. The blades are powerful. Though the container is plastic, not glass. I am used to glass which washes the different food odors faster and better than plastic.

I've been through two of these blenders in the span of a year, and both for the same reason, which makes it very hard to not give it a two star rating. It's great for blending anything up to a certain temperature, which is very unfortunate, as any decent cook knows that things puree best at higher temperatures. The adhesive that secures the cog to the base of the pitcher does not hold up to blending hot liquids, and I've had it come loose on two separate pitchers. Kitchenaid replaced the first one for free, but for hot blending purposes you may want to look elsewhere.

We did love our blender originally - it blends well (although you do have to use a lot of liquid). It is the perfect blender to make smoothies with, BUT this morning I went to make my daily smoothie and the blender started to overheat and melt on the base around the motor. I'm really frustrated that I've had it less than a year & it is already messed up.

I bought this item about 6 months ago, and shortly after receiving it, it began making very loud noises while blending. The gears that turns the blade are made of plastic, and they were stripping. Kitchenaid made the return and replacement very smooth and easy, and the new blender has worked well so far. It blends great, but I worry that it won't last very long with the choice of materials.

It's a great blender - works fantastic but I am frustrated that you can not buy a replacement pitcher! Since the pitcher is plastic, it doesn't age well, so I'd have to say skip this one and make sure you buy a model that offers replacement pitchers or you'll be sorry down the line.

I purchased this blender because I thought it was exactly what I needed. I hate how it gets clogged at the bottom to the point where I have to stir my ingredients with a spoon. I like my smoothies a little thick and do not add a bunch of milk to the blender. It crushes the ice and frozen fruits for 4 seconds and then it gets clogged. I have to add an excessive amount of milk and still turn it with a spoon to get the blender working. I love Kitchen Aid but I'm just not so sure about this product.

I got this for a Christmas gift and I love it...I use it 3-4 times a week for smoothies and such, always works great and I put carrots in my smoothies and you can't tell they are in there !! Love the color too !! it is red to go with my mixer :) :) Super easy to use and clean...Love that I don't have to take it apart to clean it and don't have to worry about losing parts too !!!

I bought this blender to make fruit smoothies with frozen fruit and works wonderfully! They turn out smooth, it chops up even full size strawberries with no problem. The orange color matches my decor beautifully also.

In use since a month, so far only great experience.
and Looks amazing on my black stone top.

I compared many expensive blenders to make my smoothies. I was told to buy Blentek, Ninja etc.... I watched a YouTube video of The Kitchenaid 5Diamond Blender and decided to give it a try.
ITS AWESOME!! It liquified my frozen fruit, nuts, Kale and Spinach at a fraction of the cost! THANK U!

The best product ever owned kitchen aid I will only buy from now on

I just started using for making smoothies, but it is fast and surprisingly quiet. I can't wait to try the other suggested recepies from their online cookbook.

Works amazingly! Couldn't ask for more...
Purée to perfection!

I love my new blender. I have always purchased KitchenAid appliances and always will. I had a blender that I purchased in 2005 and it served me well. I'm sure the Diamond Blender will exceed my expectations.