Christmas Blender present
Discussion
Mobile Chicane said:
I'm thinking of the classic Waring blender, only this seems impossible to find anywhere at a sensible price.
This is the challenge. At that price point, you'll find a lot of 'well regarded' brands - who've value engineered their produce just as tightly as the stuff in the middle aisle of Lidl.Anything actually decent and long lasting will be double or more.
Tbh, I'd just go for a Ninja.
RedWhiteMonkey said:
That looks pretty good.Is it best to buy a separate smoothie maker and a blender or have one that does both?
ETA - I bought the Kitchen Aid K400 which I found for £199 (as high as £329 on some sites) along with a smaller smoothie jar/cup/thing.
It looks a good brand, I hadn't heard of them before your post.... thanks.
Edited by NDA on Tuesday 27th October 13:34
We bought a Vitamix 8-9 years ago. Used at least once a day, often several times a day. It's been brilliant, and having gone through dozens of blenders in my time, it's head & shoulder above any.
The had an issue with it last year, that it seemed to get hot after extended use, contacted Vitamix, they sent us a loaner whilst we sent ours back, serviced it and returned it fully refurbished, all free of charge.
The had an issue with it last year, that it seemed to get hot after extended use, contacted Vitamix, they sent us a loaner whilst we sent ours back, serviced it and returned it fully refurbished, all free of charge.
unzippy said:
Great, where you getting a new for around 150 quid?TheHeadhunter said:
We bought a Vitamix 8-9 years ago. Used at least once a day, often several times a day. It's been brilliant, and having gone through dozens of blenders in my time, it's head & shoulder above any.
The had an issue with it last year, that it seemed to get hot after extended use, contacted Vitamix, they sent us a loaner whilst we sent ours back, serviced it and returned it fully refurbished, all free of charge.
Great, where you getting a new for around 150 quid?The had an issue with it last year, that it seemed to get hot after extended use, contacted Vitamix, they sent us a loaner whilst we sent ours back, serviced it and returned it fully refurbished, all free of charge.
NDA said:
RedWhiteMonkey said:
That looks pretty good.Is it best to buy a separate smoothie maker and a blender or have one that does both?
ETA - I bought the Kitchen Aid K400 which I found for £199 (as high as £329 on some sites) along with a smaller smoothie jar/cup/thing.
It looks a good brand, I hadn't heard of them before your post.... thanks.
Edited by NDA on Tuesday 27th October 13:34
I have a lot of KitchenAid equipment and it’s decent quality home chef stuff that, in my experience, the company stands by. The only thing I’ve ever had a problem with was a drip coffee maker that was a few days out of the 2 year warranty. It was replaced without quibble.
Nutribullet is a great compact blender that can be left on the kitchen side without taking up too much space, but not as versatile as others as there’s no options to change to different blades if that’s what you want. Bit of a one trick pony but very good at doing that one trick.
Amazon sell third party spare beakers and lids etc.
Amazon sell third party spare beakers and lids etc.
Sway said:
Mobile Chicane said:
I'm thinking of the classic Waring blender, only this seems impossible to find anywhere at a sensible price.
This is the challenge. At that price point, you'll find a lot of 'well regarded' brands - who've value engineered their produce just as tightly as the stuff in the middle aisle of Lidl.Anything actually decent and long lasting will be double or more.
Tbh, I'd just go for a Ninja.
All the decent ones which will munch ice cubes and thick stuff like raw carrots have a 900W motor. You want one of those. The Nutribullet 900 (not 600) will do the job just fine and are about £80 these days. You get a big jug with them too - the importance of which is not to be ignored because you can only fill them about 2/3rds full with stuff as they need the other 1/3rd as clear space to spin your stuff around otherwise you'll burn out the motor.
In short : biggest motor you can afford and biggest jug. Forget the brand name. They are all made in Shenzhen for a quid.
Edited by Tisy on Tuesday 27th October 22:48
Does she want it to make soup with as well as blend? We have a Ninja Foodi Blender and Soup Maker, and it's great at blending and making soup, although a real pain to wash as the blending / heating element is in one piece with the heavy glass jug and can't go in the dishwasher. It can blend frozen stuff pretty easily as well.
Anything we've had Kitchen Aid has been pretty poor quality for the price point although it does look good - my wife had a cafe and her Kitchen Aid mixer lasted about a month whereas the Kenwood replacement lasted for years.
Also in the cafe we had a Blendtec and it was superb - it has blunt blades so it's easy to clean, but loads of power.that smashes through anything and is easy to clean as the jug is light and can be dishwashed. It survived a few falls onto the floor and is still going strong, although it's had to go in the loft as we've only got space for the Ninja, and the wife uses that for making soup.
Anything we've had Kitchen Aid has been pretty poor quality for the price point although it does look good - my wife had a cafe and her Kitchen Aid mixer lasted about a month whereas the Kenwood replacement lasted for years.
Also in the cafe we had a Blendtec and it was superb - it has blunt blades so it's easy to clean, but loads of power.that smashes through anything and is easy to clean as the jug is light and can be dishwashed. It survived a few falls onto the floor and is still going strong, although it's had to go in the loft as we've only got space for the Ninja, and the wife uses that for making soup.
FlyVintage said:
NDA said:
RedWhiteMonkey said:
That looks pretty good.Is it best to buy a separate smoothie maker and a blender or have one that does both?
ETA - I bought the Kitchen Aid K400 which I found for £199 (as high as £329 on some sites) along with a smaller smoothie jar/cup/thing.
It looks a good brand, I hadn't heard of them before your post.... thanks.
Edited by NDA on Tuesday 27th October 13:34
I have a lot of KitchenAid equipment and it s decent quality home chef stuff that, in my experience, the company stands by. The only thing I ve ever had a problem with was a drip coffee maker that was a few days out of the 2 year warranty. It was replaced without quibble.
The Kitchen Aid gets great reviews and looks high quality. The smaller smoothie jar was reassuringly expensive too. I think she'll like it.
RedWhiteMonkey said:
TheHeadhunter said:
We bought a Vitamix 8-9 years ago. Used at least once a day, often several times a day. It's been brilliant, and having gone through dozens of blenders in my time, it's head & shoulder above any.
The had an issue with it last year, that it seemed to get hot after extended use, contacted Vitamix, they sent us a loaner whilst we sent ours back, serviced it and returned it fully refurbished, all free of charge.
Great, where you getting a new for around 150 quid?The had an issue with it last year, that it seemed to get hot after extended use, contacted Vitamix, they sent us a loaner whilst we sent ours back, serviced it and returned it fully refurbished, all free of charge.
Meanwhile, I spent a lot more on 'cheap' ones over the prior 8 years, including Kitchen Aid. Buy cheap/Buy twice, etc.
E34-3.2 said:
Anything kitchenAid will do the job for a good house chef. Looks pretty good as well.
If she spend a lot of time in the kitchen cooking. Nothing will match a Vitamix. I use Vitamix vita prep 3 but you can get the home blenders as well.
I looked at Vitamix - but at two or three times the price she'd need to be living on smoothies to make it worthwhile.If she spend a lot of time in the kitchen cooking. Nothing will match a Vitamix. I use Vitamix vita prep 3 but you can get the home blenders as well.
I personally wouldn't touch anything Kitchen Aid after the aggro we (or rather the missus) had with a top of the range mixer going faulty 3 times within 6 months. They were a nightmare to deal with. Sold it after the 3rd time it came back and bought an old skool Kenwood off Facebook for £40 and just works without any fuss. Like many fancy brands these days, Kitchen Aid has gone through the enshi tification process and now 90% of the price tag is the Kithcen Aid logo on the front but people still think they're the same quality from 50+ years ago.
Tisy said:
Sway said:
Mobile Chicane said:
I'm thinking of the classic Waring blender, only this seems impossible to find anywhere at a sensible price.
This is the challenge. At that price point, you'll find a lot of 'well regarded' brands - who've value engineered their produce just as tightly as the stuff in the middle aisle of Lidl.Anything actually decent and long lasting will be double or more.
Tbh, I'd just go for a Ninja.
All the decent ones which will munch ice cubes and thick stuff like raw carrots have a 900W motor. You want one of those. The Nutribullet 900 (not 600) will do the job just fine and are about £80 these days. You get a big jug with them too - the importance of which is not to be ignored because you can only fill them about 2/3rds full with stuff as they need the other 1/3rd as clear place to spin your stuff around otherwise you'll burn out the motor.
In short : biggest motor you can afford and biggest jug. Forget the brand name. They are all made in Shenzhen for a quid.
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