Osterizer blender

[foraloysius]

I bought an Osterizer blender on an auction site. I already had two 110 Volts Osterizers (thank you Pete!) but can't use them because I don't have a transformer. I found this 230 VOlts model with a 960 Watts (!) motor. It's a very pretty blender and the chrome is in an immaculate state.

The man from who I bought it told me it came out of the storage space of an appliance store. They got this particular blender so they could decided if they were going to sell it. They decided not too and so they stored it.

It's a good smoothie blender, it crushes even raspberry seeds. No totally pulverizes them though but until now only Vitamix and Blendtec seem to be able to do that. This one was much cheaper though...

Here's a picture. Is this Harvest Gold?

 

[washernoob]

We have one!

In white! I love these blenders. Too bad ours is nasty. I should clean it up some day. Its in fantastic shape, just very dirty. Its in the garage. Glass pitcher too.

Yours is beautiful

 

[washernoob]

Lol

I just totaly realized that you are over seas too! Seems that their products didn't vary much around the world.

IIRC ours has a bit of a different button layout. But other than that, its pretty much the same it seems.

 

[rll70sman]

Wow! What a beautiful blender! That thing should last another 30 years if it's not abused. Osterizer blenders are known for durability. Enjoy!

Rob

 

[foraloysius]

Thanks!

As PeteK said to me they must have changed the design about every six months, there are so many models. I'll have to take a picture of all three of them.

 

[foraloysius]

Here's the picture

The model on the right is the 230 Volts model, the others are the 110 Volts blenders. Thanks to PeteK for the glass on the black one and the entire white one. In the gift there was also a jug included that fits on the blades.

 

[whirlpolf]

930 watts?

I had owned the very same model (last pic, no. 3) but I had given it away for a small sum because I found it too flimsical in comparison to what I know about blenders.
I still do own a Waring Nova blender and I will keep it just for childhood memories about this very model. Yet Oster and Waring look a bit too "Lego" to me.

Funny about the Waring: First declared 750 W when they were sold here in the beginning, but when Stiftung Warentest (= German consumer report) came about with some report that the wattage might have to do with technical miscalculations (220 V vs. 110 V), Waring reduced the wattage on its European lables to 375 W.

But a sheet metal base with some bushings, all of it in a bakelite threaded plastic cup will just not do for me (Oster/Waring). I will rather go for real ball race bearings and an extra shaft seal in an aluminum blender base. I had all my blenders run the same recipies, Krups, Braun, AEG, Vorwerk and they all outdid the US machines, so the Waring cannot have more than those 375 W (or the respective half wattage of other models and makes).

OK, the pyrex glass jars are great, admitted. Also the "cash register" controls on woodgrain plastic look so McGuyver 70s style, that is why I keep them) but that means: No plastic jars for me (speaking about Vitamix and the like: No plastic for me = high noise, high scratching, high LCD-display baloney but no real use / who shreds an iPhone for a refreshing drink, do you?).

My dream blender hasn't been found yet: Solid base, good jar (glass or stainless steel), unbalance control, extra heating and cooling and a good connection (a locking-down mechanism) between motor base and mixing container. Some contraptions have been found so far, but the real McCoy is still to be found. (Just my 2 ct).

Any designers out there?

 

[washernoob]

The one on the left

Looks a bit closer to the one we have. Man I need to go dig that out! I gotta get that baby cleaned up and take some pics1

 

[petek]

Those old Osters are good solid performers, they sold by the kazillions in the US and Canada over 30 years and rarely ever break down. What's fun about them and the Warings was how they constantly kept adding and adding and adding more and more buttons and timers in order to create new or "better" models. Absolutely crazy really, who needs 14, 18, 20 speeds on a blender. As well they are a real bugger to keep clean between all those buttons if something spills and dries.

 

[gyrafoam]

Louis, those are great blenders. The first one I remember was the chrome "bee-hive" looking one with just two-speeds that my parents used in the bar. That lasted for years and years then they got one that looks just like the one on the left side of the photo. It had the little timer-dial. Those things are tough!

 

[foraloysius]

These are great blenders indeed. I'm amazed by how quiet it is compared to other blenders I have. And the 960 Watts motor sure knows to deal with frozen fruit. I've never seen frozen strawberries incorporated in a smoothie as with this one.

BTW, the dial on the left one is not a timer but a on/lo/hi selector. Oster liked change very much!

They sure are worth using so if you have one in storage get it out.

Joe,

I have a Waring blender too. Mine is 1.4 Amps/240Volts so that would be a 336 Watts.

I had a look at the other Osterizers. I thought the yellow one was the most powerful, but it's the black one. That one has a 1000 Watts motor. The white one has a 540 Watts motor. The body of the white blender is smaller than the bodies of the yellow and the black one. They are similar in size.

As for comparing European and American blenders. On both sides there are both good and bad blenders. The Waring is a good blender but not impressive. The Osterizer is impressive. Not only by the power but also the way it works. The liquid in it doesn't come much higher as you filled it, so no overflowing blender. I have an old Braun blender which does that all the time! The Braun is a good blender however, I'm always surprised how a blender with only a 400 Watts motor can make such smooth drinks.

One of the worst blenders I have is a Krups. It's very loud and often big chunks of fruit stay left when I make a smoothie. I use it only now and then for the fun of it but when I do I know again why I don't like it. I have more blenders, will have to make pictures of them sometime. Actually I should make new pictures of all my small appliances sometime.

The jars of the Vitamix blenders is not some average kind of plastic but made of a very strong material. And BTW, Vitamix is not the one who shreds all sort of things in their blenders, that is Blendtec.

 

[jetcone]

Oh Louis

nice blender there I think that color was called "wheat" not harvest gold.

Yes they made those into the kazillions , that body with many different motors and cords produced blenders from 225 watts up to 1000 watts.

if you remember my "ElectroBlender" that was an Oster and uses the same cup, but the motor is a monster.
I am surprised you say it grinds raspberry seeds I must try mine for that. I have a Sunbeam model made by Oster that has a slightly different glass jar and that even blends better than my Osters! I would put it on a par with my VM and that is saying a lot for me!

Jar shape is important. I think VM could change their jar shape and really take off , they are relying on that 2.0 Horsepower motor to do all the work.

We'll get you into VM yet! I have seen 220V models on ebay of the 3600 and 4000 all SS models, you should set up a search on ebay for that.

happy blending!

 

[foraloysius]

Wheat

Thank you Jon!

I was quite happy to find this blender. Osterizers came indeed in many models. Not so long ago I spotted another 220V model, I think that one had a 330 Watts motor. There marketing department sure had lots of ideas.

I've never come across a 220V version of a Vitamix 3600 or 4000. But IIRC you once said they didn't pulverize raspberry seeds, so I don't know if it's worth the trouble of getting one. Ofcourse they are cool looking! A new Vitamix is available in Germany at the moment for €598.- which converts to $750.- - $800.-.

I've seen Blendtec blenders here in use but they are only available to people with a business.

 

[washernoob]

Blendtec

Oh my their youtube videos are a hoot. Look like some fantastic blenders! Talk about indestructable!

They blended 2 iphones and an Ipad!

 

[sudsmaster]

I would say that's a Harvest color, trimmed in chrome. Harvest Gold would have a darker shading blended around the edges.

I also had a Harvest colored Osterizer, very similar to yours, purchased new back in the '70's. It worked well for many years, but eventually gave up sometime in the 90's after crushing a lot of ice. I think the motor bearings seized up. I replaced it with another Oster, this time a 1-speed neo-classic chrome beehive design, which takes exactly the same jar.

More recently I got a very nice Kitchenaid blender, which I think has a superior jar/blade design (wider at the bottom) as well as very easy to clean membrane type control panel. It just does three speeds: low med high plus pulse, but it's more than enough. I never quite got the hang of umpteen blender speeds on the old Osterizer anyway. More of of marketing ploy than actual usefulness, IMHO.

 

[foraloysius]

Well, I'm certainly not going to blend Iphones. I'm interested in how a blender does with raspberry seeds. So far this Osterizer isn't doing too bad.

 

[foraloysius]

Harvest color

So the Gold is about the shading? Sounds logic.

For a smoothie I use only one speed. The highest!

 

[animasinsulinpu]

About Blendtec

There is a video on YT of how they make this blender. Just put in the search "Modern Marvels-blendtec blender". I had no idea this much work involved in making a blender. There are also videos "Time warp" that film the blendtec in slow motion doing gum balls and a video camera. I totally love mine Bill

 

[washernoob]

blendtec!

I didn't know they sold them to the public! Must be kinda pricey, but oh my worth the price!