Best Ever Blender – This machine is a joy to use. After dreadful experiences for the general lot of blenders that you can buy from department stores I started to get serious as I wanted to make "smooth" smoothies in a machine that was easy to use, easy to clean, was made of quality materials and lasted more than a year. This product takes me back to a time when we cherished out tools and would buy for the value of the machine because you didn't intend to throw it away or that is was a fashion accessory to the house. I had been eyeing off the Vitamix blenders and looking at every comparable blender as in all honesty Vitamix are just too expensive (considering they are almost 1/2 price in the States). I came across the froothie website and saw that it looked the same and can do all the same things, and that is has even has more impressive specifications than a Vitamix. The website is super easy to use and even if you don't want to buy over the net you can ring direct. I have to admit my blender jug developed a crack with the first 6 months but the replacement of this part was done easily and efficiently with just one call. This is just like service used to be. This is a quality product that is designed to last as it actually allows you to select a 10 year warranty on it (I chose a 5yr warranty). I really love this machine and it is just so easy to clean and maintain - you just basically rinse it out and there are no hidden areas that trap food - so simple. Everything that is said about it is true. Just look at the other reviews for it. I love that I bought it in Australia, that I have a great warranty to go with it, that the phone sales people are so helpful and polite & that after sales service was so good. I have made smoothies from vegetables, fresh ice creams and nut creams and milks. It can handle it all. I am very particular about electric products and have high standards. I grew-up when these items were luxuries and were meant to last and still expect this as the "throw away concept" is so detrimental to society. If you want a blender do yourself a favour and get one of these. I tell everyone I know about it and could not think why you would not get one that works this good Everything Nothing
I have had this blender now for over 2 years. I still think its great. I have had a couple of issues but the warranty response was fantastic, great customer service and the fix was fast & easy. By the way some people have issues with these hi-end speed blenders not being glass. They can't be as they are too powerful for the fragility of glass (in my opinion). They need to understand that a glass jug will not deal the what these blenders can do. The material is impact resistant and far safer than having to deal with a glass jug that breaks. I also find the jug is easy to clean and maintain. These types of blenders are like comparing a speed boat to a small putt-along. I have heard the material is as strong as what they make airplane windows out of. Still 5 stars for this product. Should I need to replace it in 5 years (after warranty) I am sure I will go back to them.
UPDATE: Oct 2019 and I still have this Blender. Wow this product has actually lasted and I still use it often. Motor is still strong. Few things to update. Most important thing I have noticed is that the warranty now has a limit of 3 years but its confusing because I can find 2 versions of this blender with the same name but they look different and have different warranties both found through navigating the pages of the Froothie Australia website. I have a new jug now as the blades do eventually wear down and food was not being broken down as well with some items still remaining in lumps (such as frozen foods or hard veg. when making a smoothie - that's basically what I use it for. Its great for pureeing a soup too) so I have a new jug that of course has new blades though I believe you can just get new blades if you want to do the work to change them yourself. GENERAL: I have recently gone to their website and it looks like the company has been bought or changed hands as its just not a sharp or tidy or as well laid out to navigate around and there are a whole lot of other things on there besides blenders. Also as I said I found 2 versions of this blender with the same name but different controls. The one I bought is "not the one with a large dial", its the one with a small middle dial and a button on either side. The issues with the website make me think twice about buying through it again as when I sent a query through I got a reply in my inbox that had an address not related to the name or website.
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