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Quitely it pulps up anything we toss in - and completely. Some of the best product engineering I've seen. This is exactly what I had hoped for. My kids are wild about the snowcones we can make with just a push of the pulse button. I have the Breville juicer and had hoped the blender would stand up to that quality. It even supersedes it. My wife, a phenomenal chef, can't get over how completely it breaks everything down offering really smooth mix of anything tossed in. We love it.
Fiddling with various adjustments (not too tight, very tight) did not help. It leaks around the base into the mechanism. It started leaking after a few uses. I've found that lubricating the threads where the bottom screws on, and lubricating the gasket has helped. I'm using vegetable oil for the lubricant until I return it or get it fixed.It is quiet for a blender, and easy to clean with good automatic cycles.I run a batch of water in it before every use to see if it is leaking.
So I feel like that kid who had the toy truck suddenly yanked away from him. Very very nice.But *sigh* after five months, the electronics went poof.
This is my second higher-priced blender, and unfortunately I'm still searching.Let me say the Breville BBL550XL is a marvel. I've wanted a blender that will last.
My smoothies always came out perfect--never any telltale chunks. It is unusually quiet.
Using it, you can see a lot of thought went into the design. Now all the buttons do the same thing: it blends on high for five seconds then quits.
Now it's time to experience Breville's customer service.
Had the blender for about 2 weeks when the bottom began to leak. Have to say Amazon's return policy was fantastic and easy. New blender so far has done fine.
The Breville's design was drop-dead gorgeous -- more like a sports car than an appliance. I stopped the blender, scraped down the ingredients, and the same thing happened again. I bought this blender after three months of research to replace my old one, a Waring Futura 750 that I got used in 1982 for $10 at a St. Ingredients: 3 fully cooked small eggplants, cut in half, 3 roasted garlic cloves, 1 cup yogurt, and the juice of 1 lemon juice. I transferred the partly blended dip into my old blender and, within a few seconds, it was a smooth puree.Take-home message: MY 27-YEAR-OLD BLENDER WORKS BETTER THAN THIS ONE.I guess they really don't make things like they used to. I was very happy with my choice. The Breville got off to a nice quiet start on the lowest setting, but after about 5 seconds it had created a ginormous air pocket so that the blades were no longer touching any of the food ingredients.
I scraped down the ingredients again and tried the pulse setting, which seemed to be working better, but then it suddenly became not-so-quiet, and then a nasty burning smell started to come from the base. Vincent de Paul thrift shop. So much for the revolutionary canister design. After washing the canister, I decided to give it a test run making eggplant dip. All ingredients were either very soft or liquid, and altogether they filled the canister about halfway. After less than a minute of total use, the smell was so bad that I had to turn it off. It's on its way back to Amazon.
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