bit-tech Shopping: Breville BBL600XL Ikon Stand Blender

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Rating: 10

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Strengths: Power, engineering, sturdiness, results. Looks and feels like a commercial, heavy duty unit. A blender that can do it all.

Weaknesses: Kind of pricey, but you get what you pay for.

Summary: Bought this unit "re-certified" for less than 1/2 the price of a new one. Unit looked like brand new. It is great looking and heavy-duty, built like a tank compared to other blenders I have owned. Has a one-touch smoothie feature that turns out a great smoothie in one minute without having to play with the speeds. Powers through ice cubes and whole nuts with ease. I would recommend this unit to anyone.

Rating: 10

Time with product: 1

Strengths: No chunks stuck to the walls of the container

Weaknesses: Price

Summary: I've never seen a blender that could do such a good job of blending smoothly, even with those incredibly sticky nutrition drink powders that so many of us use after exercising. Rather than simply spinning quickly, it uses a smoothie program that intermittently spins and rests, followed by runs of spinning continuously - not to mention an elaborate blade design that works well at moving the liquid up and down as well as around-and-around. My old blenders used to end up causing a ring of caked-on drink mix powder to accumulate near the top; with this one, there isn't any such thing at all.

Rating: 10

Time with product: 2 Days

Strengths: Nothing sticks, fast, wonderfully even textures

Weaknesses: Still kindof expensive but not as much as vitamix

Summary: I was looking into getting a vitamix but they are so costly so I bought this and am not disapointed! I will recommend this to friends. Does not leave any chunks of ice behind. Easy to use as well.