Best Big W Blenders
Contempo Personal Blender
Perfect for quick blends – It’s a good little blender for the price. I use it for smoothies and with small ice cubes and soft fruits it does the job but it would be hard… Read more
pressed to crush average size ice blocks or anything of substance. I do like the suction caps on the base, they’re strong but I’m able to get them to release easy enough, even with a dodgy shoulder. It’s very, very noisy which was a shock seeing the size of it, much noisier than the larger one my daughter uses. I only use it in small bursts as even after a few seconds you get a burning smell coming from the motor. I wouldn’t like to hold the button down for any longer, just in case! The biggest issue for me is the lid/lids.. not sure why they supply two because they’re both useless. Very hard to unlock the catch and you can’t drink from them as the lid only opens so far then hits you on the bridge of your nose. I wear glasses so I end up with liquid either all over my nose or on my glasses, either way it’s a no go from me. Even if you do pour from the lid, it drips everywhere and makes one big mess. It would be so much more of a selling point to provide two of the blades rather than two lids. I think I remember seeing something on the box or the store advertising that it’s built for people “on the go”. They should delete that part because unless you decant into a mug or glass it’s a lie. So for what I use it for and the way I use it, it’s a great little blender but you do get what you pay for.
Contempo Stainless Steel Blender 1.5L
- Price (RRP) $29
- Capacity1.5 L
- Number of Speed Settings4
The blender looks sturdy and fit for purpose. But we had to overcome a big hurdle to get to the point, where the blender can be used. There was also… Read more
another neg. feedback on another feedback/review-site, which said: Can't make it work. My wife also could not make it work, and I, too (I am an engineer, who can fix everything) could not really make it work: I noticed that this silly safety latch/switch in the base needs to be pressed in for the motor to work, but placing the glass jug onto the base does not press the latch down, thus I had to assume that something has already broken off, and we returned the blender to Big W. Sadly, the customer service desk did not have power points up there on their desk, but the woman had to crawl around on her knees to get to the power point, and in the process of that she smashed the glass jug. Only for them to find out that the problem is that not only the jug needs to be sitting on the base, but the lid also has to be on top of the jug - and not only that - the lid also need to be turned PROPERLY into locking position - and this in return activates a mechanism alongside the jug down to the base, where the latch/switch finally gets pressed down. That's what I call "Id*ot-proof": No id*ot will ever be able to operate this blender! ;) This "fool-proof-system" is so over the top, that one would expect detailed clear and obvious explanation of this in the manual - somewhere in the middle of the manual and in the small print it is explained - in a way, which can probably only be fathomed, after you know, what the problem was. The blender was quite cheap at AU$29.
Link to product on Big W page: https://www.bigw.com.au/product/contempo-stainless-steel-blender-1-5l/p/271469