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Reliability is the story with the KitchenAid K400 Blender: most owners report the jar leaking from the base, a failing bearing, grease or rusty residue, and a growing noise, often within a year or two.
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YouTube · Cooking With Elo · Jan 15, 2025
PositiveSummary of a YouTube video
Spins a 1200-watt motor through five speeds and three presets, turning whole ice into fine snow and frozen mango into creamy smoothies. The 1.4-liter glass jar feels heavy when full, though, and it's loud on high.
Reddit · r/KitchenAid · Jun 24, 2023
PositiveSummary of a Reddit post
Recently bought the K400 and says it is great; the self-cleaning cycle helps, though water turns brown between the glass jar and the black blade base, which is hard to clean.
Reliability is the story with the KitchenAid K400 Blender: most owners report the jar leaking from the base, a failing bearing, grease or rusty residue, and a growing noise, often within a year or two. Replacements sometimes failed the same way, and spare jars are costly or hard to find. It is powerful while it works.
Of the 29 reviews with a clear verdict, 17% are positive, 14% mixed and 69% negative. The praise mentioned most is powerful. The most common complaint is broke down.
The praise reviewers mention most: powerful (3 reviews), smooth blends (2 reviews) and solid build (2 reviews). For example: Spins a 1200-watt motor through five speeds and three presets, turning whole ice into fine snow and frozen mango into creamy smoothies. The 1.4-liter glass jar feels heavy when full, though, and it's loud on high.
The complaints reviewers mention most: broke down (19 reviews), loud (4 reviews) and overpriced (2 reviews). For example: Bought a used K400 that works but makes a bad bearing-like noise and leaks rusty water into the base and jug.
It's how well reviewed KitchenAid K400 Blender is, out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews: a appliance needs plenty of them, compared with the most-reviewed appliances here, to reach the high 80s and 90s. It's worked out from reviews only, needs at least 5 of them, and updates as new ones come in.
Category: Blender. Type: Full-size blender. Capacity: 1.4 L. Model number: 5KSB4026. Power: 1200 W.
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