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Large, easy-access express ice crushing button. Sleek design with vertical buttons is angled for easy cleaning. Base has rubber feet and a Jar/Base interlock system for added stability. Powerful with 10 ten speeds plus pulse. 42 oz. /1260 ml glass jar with easy-pour spout. Jar and stainless steel blade cutter are dishwasher-safe.
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Que Horrible!
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First one broke after 8 months of light use. Returned for exchange... Second one broke after 4 months of light use. Worst part is, they broke in different ways. First motor burned out. Second one (get this!) both blades broke off on the inside of the blender while I had a milkshake going...and then I poured the drink for a friend! WITH BLADES IN IT! ARGH. BandD should be ashamed.
Rating: 
(1
out of 5) @ 2008-11-25
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Poorly constructed blade assembly
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We tend to make blended drinks with ice once a week or so and bought this blender based on good reviews and its claim to be able to crush ice. Liked the fact it had a glass jar (not plastic). It did a great job but after 3-4 months it started leaking at the bottom of the jar between the impeller and the bottom of the gray plastic base on which the blade is mounted. Called B&D customer "service" and was told they'd sell me a new blade assembly but not covered under warranty. Didn't bite and hung up. More I tho't about it the more I really liked the blender. Figured maybe it was just a bad blade assembly. Saw an identical blender on sale and bot it. After 3-4 months, it again leaked but this time the gray plastic base cracked. Went out and bought an Oster Blender and love it! Crushes ice and doesn't leak!! Since B&D doesn't stand behind their products, am not likely to buy another B&D appliance. NOTE: still have 2 nearly new bases, jars and lids if anyone's interested!!
Rating:
(1
out of 5) @ 2008-10-27
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Gutless Wonder
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I managed to keep this blender in my kitchen for two years - but it was a loveless marriage. My then-roommate and I were mourning our recently deceased first blender when Black & Decker arrived on the scene, so we didn't pay much attention to the machine's specs and details. There were a few nice smoothies and blended drinks in the beginning. And then we tried to branch out - some gazpacho here, a little spinach there. The little blender blended these things, but not well and not without a lot of whining. Things started going downhill fast. Less than a year after BL550 came into our lives, it stopped making icy drinks without protest. We had to crush the ice by hand first just to get BL550 to even consider blending a drink. And if we didn't, the blender would threaten us with noise and funny burning plastic smells. We knew then that it wouldn't last, but a blender is a blender, so we did what we could to keep it going. By babying it and using it only to stir (and never to "grate," "grind," "chop," or any of the other promises it made) I made it last for another year. But then the motor finally died with a whine and a whiff of burnt plastic, and only a small batch of salsa in the jar. This was definitely the very worst kitchen appliance I have ever experienced. It has a nice glass jar, but everything else fom the lid to the base to the blade assembly to the motor is junk.
Rating:
(1
out of 5) @ 2006-05-11
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pretty good
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nice blender. it's pretty easy to clean since everything can be disassembled and reassembled pretty easily. also, there are many speed settings for you to choose from.
Rating: 
(4
out of 5) @ 2006-04-17
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Whiny at best
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Horrible quality. Zero durability. Leaky gaskets forever. Don't be a sucker and pay anything more than $10 for it. Motor torque dies very quickly. Being an engineer, I know the amount of shame the manufacture's engineers have to submit to before (yep, you got that right, before!) this product hits the market, and I sympathize. But, still, run from this product like it's the plague. Don't, just don't, okay?
Rating:
(1
out of 5) @ 2005-12-23
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