Advice on buying a blender please

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Permalink Reply by Richie Fruitbat on July 27, 2011 at 10:36pm

My blender was £9 from Argos in the UK and it does the job just fine! It has a nice big 1.5L jug (very handy for filling with bananas) and a 500W motor. Sometimes it won't blend but if this happens it either needs a little more water or a gentle shake. As an 811-er you wont be making too many demands of it (like grinding nuts/ice etc) so I wouldn't worry too much. Blenders with glass jugs seem nice but (as I recently learned) you can only drop them once!

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Permalink Reply by taylor george on July 28, 2011 at 3:41am

yea i was concerned about getting a jug, but the hand blender i have makes a mess and cant handle the dates too well. i'll try a jug blenderr this time,  thanks though x

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Permalink Reply by taylor george on July 28, 2011 at 3:39am

i cant find that exact mosel anymore, but one similar so i'll give that a go. thanks x

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Permalink Reply by taylor george on July 28, 2011 at 3:40am

i've looked them up and unfortunately they are out of my price range as i cant find them cheaper than £100, but thank sfor the input x

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Permalink Reply by RawFox on July 28, 2011 at 2:29am

I don't know if you can get a Ninja there (I'm in U.S.).  I just got one for a single-mom friend of mine who needs to make green drinks but can't afford anything.  I bought it on sale at Kohl's and with a coupon and spent $40.  It blends fruit and greens smoothly like my Vitamix does (it emulsifies).  I am pretty sure it won't last forever like the Vitamix, but it will last a while.

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Permalink Reply by taylor george on July 28, 2011 at 3:40am

i looked and it doesnt seem to be available here, but thanks x

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Permalink Reply by David Neale on July 28, 2011 at 4:14am

When I began this I was convinced I would be buying a VitaMix for sure but I've been using a plain old Black & Decker with a glass jug about 3 times per day. It keeps working just fine and I see no need for spending hundreds of dollars. I'm sure the VM would blend more thoroughly but I like a few tiny chunks here and there. Bit more fibre?

When this does die I'm just going to by another sub $100 blender maybe with an extra jug (that would be handy).

I'm also a bit suspicious of any plastic jug, not sure why, will stick with glass.

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Permalink Reply by zack on July 28, 2011 at 11:26am

get a hand crank blender :)

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Permalink Reply by DURIANRIDER on July 28, 2011 at 11:29am

I buy quality blenders when I need one, otherwise Im just burning them out and throwing them into landfill to save some $. 

 

I just got a VM for our trip in the US. I got a refurbished model for 410$ delivered with 7 year warranty. They are like 1100$US back in Australia.

 

In Australia we use the sunbeam cafe series blender that is around 180$ and works as good as a VM IMHO. :)

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Permalink Reply by Paul M on July 28, 2011 at 11:33am

L'EQUIP makes a strong but reasonably priced blender. I think you can find it on Amazon.com. For greens I would get this only if a Blendtec or VitaMix is not possible.

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Permalink Reply by StuntGirl on July 29, 2011 at 5:28am

If you're in the UK you could try Gumtree for local ads posted. I picked up an excellent Kenwood food processor for £20 and a Kenwood smoothie maker for free, and apart from a couple of good sharp knives, these are the only kitchen appliances I have.

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Permalink Reply by Marcos Rarf on July 29, 2011 at 6:45am

I use a Black & Decker 450w, 3 velocities+pulse. No problem blending bananas. Date take longer to blend, and don't get to a perfect state like in vitamix, but it does the job. Around R$ 80 here in Brazil. According to google: around US$ 50.

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