Salton Harley Pasternak Blender stirs up a lot of noise
Midrange blender with the fancy name competes well with high-powered competition.
Make some noise
With 1,500 watts and a 2-liter jar, the Salton blender slices through ingredients with its eight stainless blades.
Plenty of power
The engine features full metal gears.
Ready, set
The controls are simple and the dial responsive when changing the speeds.
Blend!
Flip the machine on and get to blending.
Ice test
The Salton blender pulverized most of 2 cups of ice within seconds.
Pancake batter
It left some pancake batter residue along the edges and under the blades.
Whipped cream
We made whipped cream, and it held its shape and passed the flip test.
Pesto ingredients
Our first stress test, pesto, involves spinach, parmesan, walnuts and a few other odds and ends.
Pesto
The Salton blender produced a creamy result.
Almond flour
We also tasked it with turning whole almonds into almond flour and then almond butter.
Stirred up
I needed to help it obtain almond butter by stirring occasionally.
Almond butter
But eventually, the Salton blender succeeded.
Finger on the pulse
By completing all of our stress tests, the midrange Salton Harley Pasternak Power Blender proved it can keep up with high-end competition.