Warning, the rubber coupling is a design flaw. As the rubber ages it disintegrates so the blades can't be turned by the motor. If you google the model number and 'rubber' you'll see hundreds of posts complaining about the same thing.

I hope I have selected the correct place to review...my model number reads KSB5WH3 Anyway...the only reason I have given this KitchenAid Blender four stars is that there is not a 4.5 option and because I have a second KitchenAid blender of different...

The household blender model # KSB3WH3 made by Kitchen Aid is a very good blender. When my son returned from colledge the Kitchen Aid Blender is one of the many things that returned with him and when he got married the blender stayed at my house. I am...