Brigette Honaker  |  August 7, 2019

Category: Appliances

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Four Blendtec blendersBlendtec blenders don’t achieve the peak horsepower advertised, according to a recent class action lawsuit against the blender company.

According to plaintiff Maryleen Johnson’s recent Blendtec class action lawsuit, the labeling and packaging of Blendtec blenders states that the small appliances can reach a peak horse power of 3.0 or 3.8, depending on the model. Despite these claims, Johnson says Blendtec blenders fail to reach their advertised horsepower in a domestic setting.

Third party testing has confirmed that the blenders fail to meet expectations, Johnson claims. Underwriters Laboratories reportedly collaborated with Blendtec before they released their blenders. Their testing allegedly reveals that the blenders’ total electrical power input limits the possible horsepower.

According to Johnson’s complaint, the 3.0 HP blenders reportedly have a total power input possible of 1560 watts, meaning that their total possible power output is only 2.09 HP. This is 30.2 percent lower than the advertised horsepower. The 3.8 HP blenders reportedly have a total power input of 1800 watts, meaning that the blenders can only output a power of 2.41 horsepower. This is 36.5 percent lower than the advertised horsepower rating.

“In fact, the standard NEMA 5-15 receptacles (i.e., 3-prong wall outlets) found in American homes, and the NEMA 5-15 plugs (i.e., 3-prong plugs) found on the Blender, are never rated for more than 1800 watts and 0.5 horsepower, respectively,” Johnson notes in her Blendtec class action. “Thus, Defendants’ HP Claims are unobtainable, under any conditions.”

Blendtec Inc. has reportedly admitted that their blenders do not perform as advertised, stating on their website that the blenders “don’t constantly run at that level in residential kitchens.”

Johnson says she purchased the Blendtec Designer 650 blender in September 2018. The packaging and labeling for the blender reportedly stated that the appliance’s horsepower rating was 3.0 peak HP. However, Johnson alleges she did not get what she paid for due to the blender’s disappointing horsepower rating.

Johnson argues that she and other consumers rely on Blendtec’s statements regarding blender horsepower and that these statement drive purchases. According to the Blendtec class action, Johnson and other consumers may not have purchased the blenders or paid as much for the appliances had they known that the horsepower claims were false.

“Defendants labeled the Blenders with false and misleading horsepower ratings because such representations are highly material to consumers and serve to differentiate the Blenders from competitors’ blenders,” the Blendtec class action states. “Here, consumers relied on Defendants’ horsepower claims, but only received a small fraction of the horsepower promised and expected.”

Johnson seeks to represent a Class of consumers who purchased a Blendtec blender with a 3.0 peak HP or 3.8 peak HP claim.

The Blendtec class action seeks injunctive relief, actual damages, compensatory damages, punitive damages, statutory damages, restitution, interest, court costs, and attorneys’ fees.

Johnson and the proposed Class are represented by Heather M. Sneddon, Jared D. Scott, and Jason E Greene of Anderson & Karrenberg and by Frederick J. Klorczyk III and Neal J. Deckant of Bursor & Fisher PA.

The Blendtec Class Action Lawsuit is Johnson v. Blendtec Inc., et al., Case No. Case 1:19-cv-00083-JNP, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah.

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