

The One sports a 1.2-horsepower motor, which is significantly less than the Explorian (2 hp) and thus the brand is marketing the One as a blender for smoothies, soups, sauces and less so for those tougher, albeit less common, blender duties. A significant click to go from off to on or a main switch to power down the machine would have gone a long way for me. This happened to me a few times and I found the design choice baffling, annoying and perhaps even a little dangerous. If the blender is plugged in, even the slightest force on the knob - accidental or otherwise - will start the motor whirring, even if there's no blending canister locked into the motor base, and starts the blades spinning if the canister is locked into place. I really disliked the single knob that turns the blender on and off, and controls the speed: It has almost no resistance when you're getting it started.

The single knob with zero resistance to power on the blender frustrated me at times.
