Breville The Boss Blender BBL910 - $557.60 @ The Good Guys eBay (+ CashRewards)

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  Turd on 13/10/2015 - 10:50

  Wow Only people with good salary can afford this.

  Why are blenders so expensive?

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    otter-raptor on 13/10/2015 - 11:00

    My thoughts exactly , I'm not a big smoothie fan , but my food processor's blender does a good job and the whole thing costed 1/5th of this ( After an epic OzBargain deal though :) )

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    caprimulgus on 13/10/2015 - 11:08

    +1

    these are high powered blenders (a la Blendtec, Vitamix) - they are much stronger, and blend much better/finer than regular blenders. some would say this allows them to extract nutrients better (or something like that), but up to you whether you believe that…(personally, it's just the smooth blend that is important to me).

    they are expensive because the motors are much more powerful. this one is 2200W (cf. 600W-800W for a regular blender). the power lets you obliterate seeds, crush ice/frozen things better, make nut butters, etc.

    I have the old $99 Aldi Kuchef blender (1390W), which is decent enough for me, but that's about as low as I would go - would never go back to a regular blender! (but I'm also not ready to blow $600 on a blender either!)

    but each to their own!

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    Vash1984 on 13/10/2015 - 11:09

    Bragging rights

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    seb on 13/10/2015 - 11:17

    +1

    I can't imagine a more powerful blender would "extract more nutrients" - that's what the body's digestive system is supposed to do. I expect a more powerful motor would just make smoother smoothies and deal better with tougher materials (e.g. nuts etc).

    Having said that, this ranked very well in a recent CHOICE comparison of "super blenders" (I presume that just means very high speed blenders), ranking very close to Vitamix 750 and better than the Optimum 9400.

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      caprimulgus on 13/10/2015 - 11:24

      I can't imagine a more powerful blender would "extract more nutrients"

      i did say "some would say". i was being diplomatic. ;)

      i think high powered blenders have enough real tangible benefits that the other stuff is irrelevant really!

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        fantombloo on 13/10/2015 - 11:58

        Supposedly more powerful blenders do a better job at rupturing cellulose cell walls and make available the enclosed nutrients. The human digestive system cannot break down cellulose.

        That's the spiel anyway, I'm not sure what to believe about it, but as a vitamix owner and previous owner of numerous cheaper blenders I can only speak positively about a high powered blender. The price difference is probably not justified but rarely is the price difference justified when buying 'best in class" products.

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        cheapsk8 on 13/10/2015 - 13:48

        It all depends on your requirements and expectations.
        We make slushies and ice cream from frozen ingredients. These are jobs that a cheap blender just can't keep doing.
        There is also a noticeable difference in the 'smoothness' of a smothie from a high powered blender. A cheaper blender doesn't work well on things like kiwifruit and raspberry seeds.

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    Hypnotoad on 13/10/2015 - 11:36

    +2

    Don't you mean "good celery"? Boom tish.

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    dunno on 13/10/2015 - 13:45

    If you were living amongst the wealthy theres no better way of blending in….

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    jihape on 13/10/2015 - 13:56

    I bought a omniblend (JTC) blender last year from these guys: http://www.omniblendaustralia.com.au/omniblend-australia-sho…

    I'm very satisfied with the blender. I rarely blend anything for more than 30 seconds since everything is torn to pieces in no time. I paid around 300-330 or so a year ago.

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  aggregate on 13/10/2015 - 11:25

  Hopefully this will blend iPhones a bit faster.

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  cheapsk8 on 13/10/2015 - 13:31

  I don't know what constitutes a 'super blender', but Breville has been making >2000W, cast iron base blenders for at least 6 years.
  We had a Breville Pro (from 2009), but the lid fell apart, the jug started cracking and the base unit eventually died. We upgraded to an Optimum 9200 with the hope it would last longer.

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  clubhonda on 13/10/2015 - 19:50

  For close to $600 you don't even have full specs on the blender. Most commercial blenders will be able to spin up to 16000rpm which generates sufficient friction heat to make soups. This one you don't even know what motor is being used inside. Only fools will buy it at such a silly price.