Breville BBL550XL Ikon 610-Watt Stainless-Steel Blender
Written on 22:02 by Kimberlie Wysong
Breville BBL550XL Ikon 610-Watt Stainless-Steel Blender
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Product Description
Breville's IKON Blender has a single wipe clean control pad with no crevices for easy cleaning. 5 speed setting include mix, chop, blend, liquefy and puree.
Feature
- 5-speed blender with pulse control and extra-wide ice-crushing blades
- 1-1/2-liter glass jar; easy-to-read measurement markings
- Revolutionary Kinetix blade and bowl system eliminates food traps
- 610-watt motor; stylish stainless-steel base; dishwasher-safe parts
- Measures approximately 6-1/2 by 8 by 15-1/2 inches
breville blends!
With standard economical blenders, food oftentimes gets stuck and a stirring device would be needed to get the mixture to liquify. With the Breville, in making smoothies of any kind, i have no problems getting the liquefaction process started. However, to make sure all piece have been chopped finely, it's best to start with the "smoothie" setting, then push "liquify". The nice part is the unit will stop itself, therefore giving me consistent results. The power button assures me that the blade won't accidentally start spinning when i plug it in. It's the best blender i have ever owned. Its heavy and sturdy construction feels like this unit will last a long time and has powerful motor.
Short Life - Gasket Leak Issues
I have never written a review until now, but consumers beware!! We replaced our old blender of 4 years usage with the Breville BBL50XL mainly to make green smoothies daily and within FIVE months there are severe gasket leakage issues. Food particles are lodged between the base housing and glass that cannot be removed. The cap to the bowl does not sure firmly, it was not designed to screw or turn to lock in place, therefore any upward pressure will cause the cap to pop off. Poorly designed for daily usage, the Vita-Mix is worth the extra cost. Read the other reviews citing gasket problems.
Looks good, but poorly engineered.
I have a Breville Ikon and it's the worst blender I've ever owned. It's frustrating and aggravating. Whenever you have any frozen ingredients, the bottom of the blender twists loose and the liquid ingredients flow out all over the blender and the counter. Even if you try to retighten the assembly after a short pulse, you often don't catch it soon enough and it makes a big mess. They replaced it once, saying they'd never heard of it happening. The same thing happened with the replacement. Avoid this one if you chop ice or use frozen strawberries or that kind of thing.
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