My $10 immersion blender died after one use on lentil soup

Picked up a no-name immersion blender from a discount store in Tampa last weekend, figured it would handle some cheap lentil soup. First batch went fine, but second time I tried to blend hot soup and the plastic shaft just cracked right in half, splattering lentils everywhere. Wasn't even pushing hard, just normal blending for maybe 30 seconds. Learned that cheap plastic parts and hot liquids don't mix, and now I'm back to mashing with a potato masher which takes twice as long. Does anyone have a budget blender under $40 that actually survives hot soups, or should I just stick to the masher route?

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carter.laura12d agoMost Upvoted

Wait, has anyone checked if the motor itself survived the crack? That thing might still be usable as a handheld mixer if you just screw a different attachment onto it, or even make one from a mason jar lid. I had a cheap blender die on the shaft once and ended up using the motor part to whip eggs for a week before I finally tossed it. Honestly, if that motor's alive, you might be able to salvage it with a metal shaft from a thrift store blender for under five bucks, which beats starting from zero.