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Blenders (post #68011)

Lee on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 13:15
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I know we have had discussions about blenders, but the search function says otherwise. DD has a blender on her Christmas list. I have a Waring Professional, which is a great blender, but it only has two speeds and I think she will want more options. What do the rest of you recommend?

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I loved my Waring (post #68011, reply #1 of 12)

by Canuck in reply to Lee [original] on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 13:18

I loved my Waring Professional but it finally gave up. I have a Breville and LOVE it. It does the best smoothies and seems to plow through anything.
Just stay away from the KA; a few of us here have started a club to moan about them. They are useless and can come apart (full of course) while you're taking the beaker off the stand.

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"They are useless and can (post #68011, reply #2 of 12)

by Lee in reply to Canuck [original] on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 14:05

"They are useless and can come apart (full of course) while you're taking the beaker off the stand."

Oh, lovely. I'm sure that would be a happy occurence. I'll look at the Brevilles. I had an Oster for many years that had 10 speeds, which came in handy at times. I should take a look at them, too. Thanks Canuck.

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Mine was full of hot soup at (post #68011, reply #3 of 12)

by Canuck in reply to Lee [original] on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 14:16

Mine was full of hot soup at the time. Stupid KA. I know Glenys had the same thing happen.

Oster does seem a good blender for the price. Breville's expensive but we use it daily.

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Is it time for me to chime in (post #68011, reply #4 of 12)

by MadMom in reply to Canuck [original] on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 14:34

Is it time for me to chime in and say I LOVE my VitaMix?

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Now that's like old times :) (post #68011, reply #5 of 12)

by Canuck in reply to MadMom [original] on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 14:37

Now that's like old times :)

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I thought that might be a (post #68011, reply #6 of 12)

by MadMom in reply to Canuck [original] on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 14:48

I thought that might be a blast from the past, LOL.

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I love my VitaMix, too! And, (post #68011, reply #10 of 12)

by Aberwacky in reply to MadMom [original] on Fri, 12/11/2009 - 10:57

I love my VitaMix, too!

And, I hated my KA. Hot soup all over me, too, the d#@$@# piece of junk.

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Thanks for the (post #68011, reply #11 of 12)

by Sheri in reply to Canuck [original] on Sat, 12/26/2009 - 16:55

Thanks for the recommendation. I just got a Breville. Used it the first time today. OMG, a smoothie button? It works so well! I have a smoothie almost every day and I was having to hand-crush my ice with a plastic bag and a mallet because my old blender left ice chunks.

Sheri
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Ha ha! At that price, she (post #68011, reply #7 of 12)

by Lee in reply to Lee [original] on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 14:55

Ha ha! At that price, she ain't gettin' a Vitamix from me. Seriously, she only wants it for smoothies and such, not serious pureeing.

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I hardly use mine anymore, as (post #68011, reply #8 of 12)

by FL.Cook in reply to Lee [original] on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 16:42

I hardly use mine anymore, as I always seem to reach for my KA immersion blender!

Carole
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Hey Lee! I have an (post #68011, reply #9 of 12)

by Adele in reply to Lee [original] on Thu, 12/10/2009 - 17:14

Hey Lee! I have an 'Osterizer' 14 speed and it has a glass top, which is nice and heavy. It is a breeze to clean- which is a biggy for me. I got it at Wal-Mart a couple of years ago and can't remember exactly what I paid but I think it was around $30-40. I really like it.

But, but, it's SUPPOSED to taste like that!

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I'm joining the chorus of say (post #68011, reply #12 of 12)

by DJ in reply to Lee [original] on Sat, 12/26/2009 - 18:11

I'm joining the chorus of say no to KA blenders. Overpriced and underfunctioning. I hate the thing. My Braum immmersion blender is soo much nicer to use.

If you eat pasta and antipasta, are you still hungry?