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