Breville Wizz Overhead Drive BFP500

Breville deliberately phase our spare parts - don't buy – I would not recommend buying breville in general. Had this processor for 5 years, small part broke, went to go replace. When bought got told "it would over a decade and can replace parts for the smaller items", part broke and they have already phased out parts and discontinued stock. Appalling - basically trying to get you to buy new models, go elsewhere.  Show details

Must have been designed by a man – I thought the Wizz Overhead Drive was a great design, with no spindle in the bowl, but I wish I hadn't. I have trouble getting the motor to engage unless I hold it in place, and the lid is impossible to clean thoroughly. It's off the market now, wonder why? The top drive mechanism, double blade system. The many sections in the lid and the seal make cleaning a major chore, and the motor doesn't engage easily.

Great workhorse – I bought mine in Feb 2009 on sale for $179, got home started to cook dinner & it turned on & off again in apuff of smoke. As you would imagine I was very disappointed & apprehensively returned it next day for a replacement. This one has never missed a beat & is used at least once a day. Once a month it gets a good workout for a couple of hours as… Read more

I prepare all the grated cheese, vegies, pastry, dough & breadcrumbs that I need for the freezer. Large bowl capacity. Easy to use. Neat storage. Seals are a little more difficult to clean & there are a couple of fiddly 'holes' which are difficult to clean.

Terrible – Would not recommend this machine. It is unfortunately probably not possible to repair cost effectively and I don't know if I would trust it even if it could be repaired as it burnt out when used within guide lines. No point in big bowls when they cannot be used fully. Interchangeable large bowls without the centre core that most processor bowls… Read more

have. Handy storage for all gadget blades in the machine body. Blades don't reach to the edges. Grater etc leaves big chunks ungrated. Biggest problem is the motor strength. Was making mince and the motor started smoking. It no longer works at all. The mince quantities was just on maximum guide line qantities and my warranty had just expired.

Terrible – I am very disappointed to have bought this product and feel I have wasted nearly $300 on a blender! I would not recommend this product. Not a lot. I like the size of the bowls and the fact that they have actual lids, it blends soup well. It is a pain to clean as there are lots of little spaces to get into on the lids. I don't like that you have… Read more

to take the seal out and clean it separately. The plastic parts stain easily. The blades do not reach to near the edge so mixing up a cake mixture is impossible and so I have ended up doing this by hand and this was my main reason for buying this as well as to blend soups.

Excellent – I love my blender/food processor. I have been using it a lot the past few months and have found it excellent! I just need a butler's pantry so I can keep it out all the time rather than having to put it in and out of the cupboard! I love the fact that it is powerful enough to do the things I need it for, that I find it easy to clean mostly just… Read more

with water (and using the special spatula to get in to the small spaces where necessary). I pull it apart so that the seal is out, etc to get in to all the places but it only takes a sec to reassemble. I was worried about staining after carrots and beetroot but no prob so far! A larger grater blade would be good. Sometimes I have bits of vegies not properly cut up but it's easier to do these little bits with a knife than do the whole lot or grate my fingers into shreds as I used to.

Terrible – Over all I am very dissapointed with this product as it does not served me the basic purpose of having food processor and would never recommend to anyone. I like the design and ofcourse the size of the food processor bowl. Very first time when I used this food processor to make carrot puree for my baby, it left stains which were real hard to clean… Read more

with lemon and warm water. second time when i used to make banana shake which was disaster as banana chunks were still there and third time which i suppose the last time i used this useless stuff is to make dough but that resulted in smoke from the motor.

Excellent – Bought on sale at HarrisScarfe for $150 (RRP $269). Very happy with this product considering the price I paid. Luxuriously large jugs and bowls are so easy to clean. Seals on the lids are a little harder to clean, but not a big deal. Am glad that it's not too noisy as my old (Kambrook) blender was so noisy that it made my baby cry. There are… Read more

better brands out there, and I have not much experience using food processors/blenders so it's difficult to compare. But I am very satisfied with this product - 4.5 stars overall. Innovative design. Large bowl & jug, easy to clean. Not as noisy as my previous blender. BLENDER (5 stars): Quite powerful, milkshakes come out very light & frothy. FOOD PROCESSOR (4 stars): Am using it mostly to puree baby food which takes a little longer with this machine, sometimes a small chunk sticks to side of bowl as blades don't reach, but it works well enough - am still happy with it. Bit bulky as overhead arm swings out, but not too problematic.

Terrible – l wanted it mainly to make milkshakes but it doesn't even do that very well.l now have a very expensive nuisance on my bench.l thought with the swapping of jug and bowl it would be space friendly.Basically l am sorry l bought it.l should have gone with the kenwood one l was tossing up with. not a lot.Nice large bowls. Jug lid is hard to… Read more

clean.Stuff gets in the seal.The handle top is not glued or whatever and you have to take it off to clean.The blades are too small and the machine has no grunt.It is also bulky on the bench as the top arm swings to the side.Expensive.