A blender is one of the essential artillery appliances in every kitchen today. Whether you want fresh smoothies, natural juices, thick soups, ice creams, or fruit yogurts, a blender is your new best friend. However, blenders can be so loud and significant sources of disturbance in the house and even to immediate neighbors for those living in apartments.

Why do Blenders Make Noise?

Blenders make noise primarily because of the motor power. Nonetheless, other parts of the blender, like blades, gears, and bearings, also contribute to noise production.

Blenders also produce noise because blender jars are made of glass or plastic. Glass and plastic vibrate when the blender is running, resulting in additional noise. The vibrations can be amplified by other external factors like walls and solid surfaces. Extra noises can also arise from dirt and dust on the blender jar and other parts which tend to make blenders louder.

How to Make a Blender Quiet: 13 Tips

While the noise of a blender cannot be eliminated, you can reduce it. Here are a few tips to help reduce the noise from your appliance to a more tolerable level.

Clean your Blender Well

Keeping your blender clean is a great way to help reduce noise. Food particles can get stuck in blender blades causing motor issues and thus making your blender noisier. Dirty and dusty blenders may become louder due to the particles embedded in various parts of the appliance.

You can clean your blender without dismantling it, but be sure to clean it thoroughly once in a while. 

Place a Soft Towel Under Your Blender

Blenders are often used on hard surfaces like granite or wooden kitchen counters and hard surfaces, which are responsible for extra noise due to vibrations. When the noise hits the countertop, it amplifies and becomes louder.

A soft towel will help absorb some of these vibrations, and all you have to do is place it beneath your blender while using it. The towel serves as a means to dampen the sound but won't silence the appliance altogether.

The trick is cheap and simple since you probably have an extra towel in your kitchen, and it doesn't take much time to execute. One towel is enough to get the job but keep in mind that the thicker the towel, the more effective it is in combating the whirling noises.

Use a Rubber Mat

A rubber mat works similarly to a soft towel to reduce noise while using your blender. If you don’t have a soft towel, you can use a rubber mat on top of the countertop surface. The material absorbs the sound vibrations passed to the surface by the blender motor.

All you have to do after buying your rubber mat is place the blender on top of it, and you are set. There are various options, and your mat choices will largely depend on your pocket and how noisy your appliance is.

Rubber mats are expensive alternatives to soft towels but investing in silicon for your kitchen is worth it in the long run. It is more effective in sound dampening and a worthwhile idea to give a try.

Cover Your Blender

You can achieve a quieter blending experience by covering up your blender to overshadow the whirling motor. Be sure to combine this trick with placing a thick towel under your blender for a better outcome. Depending on your budget, you could either DIY your cover or buy one.

Using a towel to cover your blender is also a hassle-free method to achieve the same. Make sure that the towel is long enough to completely cover the blender and wrap it around several times to achieve maximum thickness around the body of the blender. The towel layers will act as a sound-captivating enclosure.

There are several blender covers on the market, and even though they may be pricier than your blender, they are perfect for calming your appliance. When shopping for a blender cover, ensure that you factor in all the characteristics like the size to avoid getting an incompatible cover for your blender.

Move Your Blender

The position of your blender directly relates to how much sound it will make. Walls and blenders are not good friends. Typically, a blender will be louder if placed near a wall or in the corner of the kitchen because walls cause a bouncing effect to the sounds produced and may make it louder than it is.

Use your blender in an open space away from walls as an ideal solution to your noise problems. You can place your appliance at the center of the kitchen for better noise reduction. You can always move it back to the preferred location once done with blending.

The trick is simple, practical, and requires no resources to facilitate. The only hassle is moving your appliance around.

Switch to Blending Meals in Advance and Batches

If you are so worried about distracting others or waking up your family and neighbors too early in the morning, you can carry out your blending business in advance and batches.

Blend your juices, smoothies, and whatnot when no one is around the household or the night before. The tip will save everyone their sleep time and get you more sleep while having your favorite snacks ready to go anytime. You could also shift your blending business to isolated places like the laundry room and the basement, away from everyone.

Store your meals in airtight containers, refrigerate them, and shake them well before consumption. 

Craft a Sound Enclosure Box

This tip requires patience, building materials, and a few skills that you can easily acquire from easy crafts and DIYs on YouTube. To make the box, you will need basic materials like cardboard, wood, and thick textile. Make sure the box is larger than the blender. Once you have your box, line it up with the textile material, and that is it.

The box prevents sound from getting out or reduces it to tolerable levels and is a convenient way to have your kitchen in order. The craft requires less effort and resources to make, while it can offer you so much peace. Don’t forget to leave one end open for easy operation of your appliance and access to its basic settings.

If you don’t have much time on you and would like to avoid risks, you can opt for readymade sound enclosure boxes on the market.

Invest in a Sound Enclosure Box

Money is a means to a more convenient lifestyle, and that includes your blender troubles. If you don’t have much time or patience, the market presents a wide variety of sound enclosure boxes to choose from. While shopping, pay attention to the basic features like the dimensions and quality of your box to avoid spending more on incompatible pieces.

Your box should be bigger than your blender to allow you to access basic blender features while using it. The box works similarly to the DIY box in noise reduction, but unlike the homemade box, you will spend more.

Some blenders come with enclosure boxes. You can check for such options while shopping for a blender, but if you missed those, some blender manufacturers make enclosure boxes for specific blenders to streamline your shopping options. This tip is pricier than some of the others but worth it.

Improvise a Cardboard Box

The cardboard box is a perfect alternative for a sound enclosure box in the pursuit of reducing the noise emitted by your blender. Cardboard boxes are more affordable compared to sound enclosure boxes. Make sure the cardboard box is bigger than your blender before making a purchase.

You can also customize a cardboard box using duct tape and staples. It will allow you to be creative and original as you can decorate your box to your liking. Make sure to pad your box using soundproofing material like foam for a good outcome.

The cardboard box, just like the soundproof enclosure box, will weaken the sounds emitted by dampening the vibrations produced by your blender's motor. This tip appeals to your creativity while reducing the sound produced in your kitchen.

Soundproof Your Kitchen

Another tip to effectively make your blender quieter is soundproofing its surroundings. Some kitchen designs and sizes don’t provide many options regarding the repositioning of your blender, and thus soundproofing would be a much better option.

You can soundproof the walls and surfaces near your blender to reduce the bouncing back of noise produced by your blender. This will require foam sheets and duct tape to achieve the goal. You can also cover solid surfaces with thick carpets. The foam will effectively reduce the sound emitted by absorbing some of it.

Alternatively, you can soundproof the walls using acoustic panels. Use glue or double-sided tape to stick the acoustic panels to the walls, and you are good to go.

Combine Sound Enclosure Technique with Surface Decoupler

Combining two techniques would be more effective in controlling the situation. You can connect a sound enclosure box with a rubber mat on the surface. Place your blender over a rubber mat on the kitchen countertop and surround it with a sound enclosure box. The combined efforts will lessen the emission of sound significantly.

As aforementioned, you can customize your sound enclosure box, buy one or improvise a cardboard box. Silicon mats are available in various varieties and qualities in the market.

Buy a Low-Powered Blender

People buy less powerful blenders because they are equipped with less powerful motors. Powerful blenders produce more noise – so purchasing a less powerful motor blender is more prudent. It will be more manageable to deal with less noise than buying cheap high-powered models.

A less powerful motor also means cheap blenders and thus cost-effective. Your cheap blender will still work just fine, and there are various models to choose from. The latest models are associated with less noise.

Invest in a Silent High-Quality Blender

A high-end quiet blender is expensive but is designed to be quieter than regular blenders. With these high-end blenders, you wouldn't have to incorporate other noise management techniques as it produces tolerable noise. However, note that there is no completely silent blender, and even the quietest blender will still emit sound during active blending. You could still use other techniques such as soundproofing your walls and solid surface if the noise still gets to you.

The quiet blender comprises in-built sound enclosure boxes and sound dampening materials. The cost of producing the expensive blender translates to its market prices. Still, the investment is worth it.

Get Noise-Cancellation Headphones

Your health matters greatly and is worth much more than a fresh smoothie or savory vegetable soup. If the loud noise is too unbearable for your ears, consider getting noise-cancellation headphones to protect your ears and make the blending experience quieter.

They will guard your ears against the echo produced by the loud blender motor, and you can enjoy your smoothie while preserving your hearing. You can designate these headphones for kitchen use and also use them for other noisy activities around the house.

The market is swamped with various such headphones, and you can get whichever matches your taste. They may be expensive, but it is all worth it in the end.

Conclusion

Now you have the tips on how to make your blender quiet, from the simple, hassle-free ones to the pricier ones. There is no silent blender in the market, and your options lie in trying the above tips or not using the blender. 

Try some of these practical tips, and maybe something will work out for you.