An Aussie Blender Alternative: Breville Professional Die Cast Blender (Finding the Right Blender for the Job: Green Smoothies)
Written by admin on May 11, 2009 – -
This is my beautiful Breville Professional 800 Collection Die Cast Blender. In Australia, a Blendtec costs AU$750 and comes with only a one year warranty. The commercial Blendtec costs approx AU$1500 and also only has a one year warranty. The Kinetix was AU$329 at Harvey Norman, and we bought it for AU$295.
It has a 1500W motor, 2L jug, 2yr parts warranty, 5yr motor warranty. The bottom of the jug is curved like a bowl and it has an extra two blades that curve along this so that foods don’t get caught under the blades. It has three programmes: straight blend, smoothie, ice. There is also an automatic cut-out of 1 to 2 minutes (depending on what you are doing) so if you walk away it won’t just go and go and go!
The blade assembly unscrews to make it easier and safer to clean. It comes with a special tool to loosen the blade assembly if it was put on too tightly.
Some of you may be thinking that $300 is still a lot for a blender, however after burning out two ‘normal’ blenders in less than twelve months we decided that it would be a worthwhile investment.
It is important to have the right tool for the job, and that the tool is a quality one that will do the job properly and last for a good amount of time. When first starting out, it is good to make use of what you have available, however if you are able to save for a good quality blender (juicer, dehydrator – whatever it is you use a lot) then this is well worth the effort.
Blessings,
Veronica
Tags: Australia, Blenders, by Veronica
Posted in Green Smoothies | 3 Comments »
By Hanlie on May 12, 2009
I bought a cheap blender a few months ago, because at the time we thought we would be emigrating and the current differs in other countries, so we didn’t want to spend a fortune. Now it looks as if we’re going to be staying and this blender is sure to die soon. Then I’m going to go for the best I can find!
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By Veronica on May 12, 2009
I love hearing how a variety of blenders work. People are always asking me and since my only experience is with the few I burned out prior to investing in the Blendtec it is hard to know what to tell them. If others are reading this and have experience with a variety of blenders, especially good experience, please let us know!!! Thank you Veronica for sharing your new blender with us!
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By Tami on May 13, 2009
Hmmm — not sure why that last comment came through with Veronica as the name. It was me.
~Tami
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