This is good in making smoothies. I bought it today and made smoothies using ice, Milk, banana, and Mango.
Best cheapest price I can find in staticice is at Myer for $399 followed by Binglee for $579
This is from 2014 review and compares the 3 well known brands.
Some use their blender daily. If you're blending ice, cheap blenders with inferior motors and plastic don't last.
I bought a Prima cheap from oo.com.au and used it to blend ice for about 2 years. The par that wore was some small rubber washer between the bolts holding the blades. Put a new washer in and never looked back
This blender will blend, not just crush, large ice cubes filled to the brim into the consistency of slushy snow and not break a sweat. Yours won't. That's what you're paying for. That's why places like Boost don't have a production line of $50 Prima blenders.
@dellbon:There are lots of reasons they don't use Prima blenders, that doesn't cheap mean they aren't able to crush ice.
-they want a consistent product across stores
-they want something fast
-they want something that is highly reliable
-they want something low maintenance
-they want something that is supported by the manufacturer
Don't make assumptions that this blender won't crush/blend ice. I hear people say this over and over again as though it was 1970 and blenders couldn't crush ice. Yes some are better than others but A couple of hundred watts and a different shaped blade probably makes all of an extra 20 seconds of blending time at best. Put this against a 1000-10000% increase in price for the average consumer who can live with the difference
@Jackson: that and primas don't blend ice. No cheap blender does. The ice melts before it reaches that consistency due to insufficient speed and torque which always comes at a price well above $100.A half decent Chinese clone of a vitamix costs approx $200.
I use the Breville Power Blender every day for my protein smoothies - around $55 from Myer - no issue crushing ice and a banana.
http://www.breville.com.au/power-blender-multi-speed.html
Got to agree - $344 is too much - I can buy 6+ of my Power version…. but….. if someone wants to spend that money.. when what else can you say ??
Our $15 cheapie from kmart can blend ice and banana easily,surely you want a 300 buck blender to do more don't you.?
Buy nice cheap ripe bananas, skin them , wrap them in glad wrap and bung them in the freezer for cold smoothies .
I highly doubt this.
True. It's a $15 from kmart that looks kinda like a nutribullet style thing that you blend in the bottle.
We have had it for a year and make banana smoothies with it (or sometimes berries) milk, 4 to 6 ice cubes and one banana. Blends well.
I don't believe it will blend like a real blender or is built as good of course but for simple smoothies it's perfectly fine.
Your initial comment is a bit misleading, you said it 'blend's ice easily', this would lead one to believe that it crushes ice, which is quite unbelievable.
@tranqme:
Nah, I meant like the ops use, banana ice and milk. Blends all fine.
It's only about a 500ml bottle, not big like a blender, so a full banana a half a dozen ice cubes only leave about a cup of milk.
I have this blender and it is great. If you want a high-speed blender - much faster than standard blenders, then can't go past this at this price.
What abou the Aldi/Kuchef one witg similar specs and build quality for $130?
I got the kuchef kettle for a friend and they say it's the best kettle they have owned. I got the toaster for myself for $50 and then realised that Russell hobs is selling it through either DJs or Myer for $125. With 60 day returns and 3 year warranty it would be worth a punt over this
Wow these have dropped in price. Was deciding between this and a Vitamix when they were at the same price point, glad I chose the Vitamix!
if I am not mistaken this blender ued to be $990 couple of yes ago at HN.
May be CPI escalated in last 2 years to $999
http://www.myer.com.au/shop/mystore/breville-bbl910-the-boss…
Same for me, wanted to get Vitamix but it was too expensive. The Breville is still expensive at $699 but this is on special. Maybe a few more years and this will be standard price.
I got the boss to go… paid about $200 for it. Best blender yet. Think you get what you paid for.
thermomix kicks all your arses.:)
Have fun with your pyramid scheme..
It's multi level marketing, get it right
what a stupid thing to say LOL
I have the The Kinetix Pro Blender BBL800BSS, anyone think this is worth upgrading too?
The Kogan blender is great https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/kogan-1400w-vitablast-blender/ but is not on sale at the moment.
It can usually be bought for $ 99 with free shipping. Has been outstanding so far.
I have seen both kocgan and aldi side by side. Similar but I prefer the aldi kuchef
If this product is comparable to the Vitamix or Optimum 9400 high-speed blenders, then it's quite a good price. I'm surprised at the comments about crushing ice being a tough test for blenders. Ice is pretty easy provided you have some liquid as well. Try making nut butter with your el cheapo blenders.
Just be advised that the Chinese clones or the occasional sale from Aldi will have something similar at $99. I have to laugh at people who pay $344 for it. Ozbargainers should be smarter than that. Cost price on these things is probably around $50-70.
So why would you buy an LG phone https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/208388?page=1#comment-3007… instead of a cheap Chinese brand? They go way less than the LG mobile you wanted at that time. I have to laugh at people like you making comparison with a cheap brand to a branded one but then will do the opposite when it comes to an item you are interested in. You should be smarter than that.
Just because I asked a question about a phone doesn't mean I bought one. Gosh, you are terribly defensive to have to dig through my comments to look for something to comment. I also asked about some Chinese generic phones too if you look through my comments in the past. I go for value for money, REAL value for money. This stupid blender, I'm sorry, isn't it. The generic ones from Aldi and Chinese sites do exactly the same thing, I don't know why people still buy into this premium brand marketing spin when it is the same. You should be smarter than that.
Defensive? Someone who implies people buying a $344 blender is not smart should really look at themselves first. I don't care if you go for value. This is about the price of the blender and why it is cheaper at this time. I only commented that it makes good smoothies but I have other need for it. Maybe you can compare first what the Aldi and chinese blenders can do against the Breville instead of making unhelpful comments. Does your blender offer 7 years warranty? Can it crush ice to make snow flakes? Can it do pizza dough? Do your research first before implying people are not smart.
@naira: Suit yourself. I have to laugh since my cheapie $99 blender can do all that. Anyway if you really llike your blender then good on you. I'm moving on from this thread.
$304.32 shipped with CELEBRATE2015
$344 for a blender to make smoothies……….really?