The Black and Decker Quiet Blender with Cyclone Glass Jar is a budget-friendly blender with a glass jar. As its name suggests, it's quiet for a full-size blender. In addition to a 48oz main jar, it comes with a 24oz personal jar that you can use as a travel cup with the included to-go lid. There's a two-part lid for the jar with a pouring spout. However, aside from the solid-feeling glass jar, it feels quite flimsy, especially the main jar's lid.
Our Verdict
The Black and Decker Quiet Blender is great for multi-purpose use. It's quieter than most full-size blenders and comes with a 48oz main jar for big batches and a 24oz personal jar for single-serves. It's best for processing recipes like smoothies and soups since it smoothly blends fibrous ingredients. It can also make smooth, spreadable nut butter, although you must stop the machine and scrape the jar walls. It makes bar-quality ice but can only handle about six ice cubes at once. Some parts of the blender feel flimsy, but on the plus side, its removable blades make it very easy to clean by hand.
- Smoothly blends fibrous ingredients.
- Quiet for a blender.
- Sturdy glass jar.
- Can't crush a lot of ice at once.
- Flimsy plastic components.
The Black and Decker Quiet Blender is impressive for single-serve smoothies. It comes with a 24oz personal jar that you can use to make well-blended smoothies with fibrous ingredients like fruit and kale. However, you must run multiple 'Smoothie' programs for the best results, and it would be more convenient with a different blade design since you have to attach the blades and blade collar separately, which can be messy.
- Smoothly blends fibrous ingredients.
- Single-serve jar included.
- Quiet for a blender.
- Flimsy plastic components.
The Black and Decker Quiet Blender is good for multiple servings of smoothies. The 48oz jar isn't as big as some full-size blenders', but you can still use it to blend several smoothies at once. It can blend big batches of fibrous ingredients like kale with only a few tiny specks left over. However, some blenders can process smoothies faster, and it's not ideal for icy drinks like slushies since it can only handle about six ice cubes at once.
- Smoothly blends fibrous ingredients.
- Quiet for a blender.
- Flimsy plastic components.
The Black and Decker Quiet Blender is alright for ice-crushing. A good full-size blender can crush about 12 ice cubes at once, but it can only handle about six at a time in its 48oz jar. It makes bar-quality ice with its 'Pulse' mode but still leaves behind some unprocessed chunks. Also, while the glass jar feels well-made, the plastic components aren't particularly premium.
- Quiet for a blender.
- Sturdy glass jar.
- Can't crush a lot of ice at once.
- Flimsy plastic components.
The Black and Decker Quiet Blender is excellent for soups. Its 48oz jar can fit a full recipe in one batch and smoothly blends fibrous ingredients like leafy greens or broccoli. However, while you can use it to blend hot food like cooked vegetables, it doesn't have a vented lid, so the manufacturer recommends leaving the ingredient slot opening and covering it with a cloth so steam can escape. This is less convenient than a vented lid, and the manual says not to put hot liquid in the jar.
- Smoothly blends fibrous ingredients.
- Quiet for a blender.
- Sturdy glass jar.
- Flimsy plastic components.
- Can blend hot food, but not hot liquid.
The Black and Decker Quiet Blender is good for professional use. It's fantastic for smoothly blending fibrous ingredients like leafy greens and fruit, and you can use it to blend hot ingredients like cooked vegetables. However, it's not meant for blending hot liquids, though you can still blend hot food, and its fast minimum blending speed makes it somewhat difficult to use for recipes like nut butter and hummus. Also, while the glass jar feels sturdy, some of the blender's components, such as the lid, feel flimsy.
- Smoothly blends fibrous ingredients.
- Quiet for a blender.
- Sturdy glass jar.
- Can't crush a lot of ice at once.
- Flimsy plastic components.
Changelog
- Updated Feb 20, 2026: We converted this review to Test Bench 1.0.1. We've added a result for Portable in the Dimensions section to indicate whether the blender has a built-in battery for cordless use.
- Updated Oct 16, 2024: We've updated the results to more accurately reflect the blender's performance. The score for Fibrous Ingredients (Small Batches) processing and Fibrous Ingredients (Full Capacity) processing changed from 9.0 to 8.5 because of the blending time.
- Updated Feb 26, 2024: Compared the build quality to the Oster Master Series Blender with Texture Select Settings'.
- Updated Jan 03, 2024: Review published.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Black+Decker Quiet Blender with Cyclone Glass Jar comes in one 'Black/Silver' variant. You can see the label for the unit we tested here.
If you encounter another variant, let us know in the forums, and we'll update our review.
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The Black+Decker Quiet Blender with Cyclone Glass Jar is a budget-friendly blender that comes with a glass main jar and a smaller personal jar for smoothies. It's best suited for recipes like smoothies and soups since it can make a mostly smooth blend with fibrous ingredients. It's also much quieter than the Oster Pro 1200, which has a similar design. However, it's not as good for crushing ice as some other budget-friendly options, like the Ninja Professional Blender 1000.
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The Ninja Professional Plus Blender DUO with Auto-iQ and the Black+Decker Quiet Blender with Cyclone Glass Jar are two glass blenders with different strengths. The Ninja is a sturdier blender and is much better for crushing ice in its main jar, so it's more suitable for big batches of slushies or blended cocktails. The Black+Decker is much better for big batches of smoothies since it does a much better job of blending fibrous ingredients in its main jar.
The Black+Decker Quiet Blender with Cyclone Glass Jar is better than the Hamilton Beach Power Elite Multi-Function for most purposes. Both come with glass main jars, but the Black+Decker has a better build quality and offers a more versatile performance since it can crush ice and make smooth, spreadable nut butter. It's also significantly quieter.
The Oster Pro 1200 and the Black+Decker Quiet Blender with Cyclone Glass Jar are similar blenders, and you may prefer either. They each come with a glass main jar and a smaller personal jar for single-serves, and neither model is very well-built. The Oster makes a smoother blend with fibrous ingredients and does a better job of crushing ice. On the other hand, the Black+Decker is significantly quieter.
The Calphalon ActiveSense is better than the Black+Decker Quiet Blender with Cyclone Glass Jar for most uses. The Calphalon has a bigger capacity in its main jar. It's much better for crushing ice and makes a smoother blend with fibrous ingredients for recipes like smoothies and soups. It has more options for automatic blending. However, the Black+Decker is significantly quieter and easier to clean by hand. It comes with a main jar made of glass, which is less prone to scratches and discoloration than plastic.
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