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I've had one of these for years but unfortunately dropped it on my tiled kitchen floor today and smashed it to bits! I've just been looking online for a new one but there's such a variation in price (from as little as a fiver to over £100!). Obviously I'd like to spend as little as possible but don't want to waste my money on a dud either.

Any recommendations?

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We've had one of the Kenwood ones for quite a few years, but then we don't use it lots mainly for whizzing soups. The bits that came with it are replicated with other gadgets we already have, although the whisk was handy but it soon broke.

So how much use will it get, do you need the extra bits and if its gonna get heavy use check the motor wattage.

This looks like our old one, but someone says it actually has a less powerful motor.

Amazon.co.uk: Kenwood HB655 3 in 1 Wizzard System 400W Hand Blender, 2 speed, whisk, chopping bowl: Amazon.co.uk:

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"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

We have a bamix blender

www.bamix-blender.co.uk

and with a top speed of 18000 rpm, it really is the mutts nuts and leaves all competition in the shade. Ours is in use almost daily and lives on the worktop. From making icecream to blending soup to mixing a smoothie complete with ice it is cracking. It makes mayonaise in about 20 seconds with no fear of it spitting and it also whips cream or mashes potato.

Yes its just under a £100 but you will only buy one once.

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updated Monday 28th April at 11.50hrs

I have spent a half hour looking for the thread where Pigletwillie said what blender thingy he had that he wouldn't be without!!! Just as well I checked back to this thread

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Shirley

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I've heard that Bamix are the db's before (probably from you PW!)... not sure I can bring myself to part with £100 for one but as you say, it'd likely be only the once...

The Kenwood one looks handy too and for a much less 'sweaty hands at the till' price!

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I was given a Moulinex one as a wedding prezzie. I can't say it gets regular use as it is just something I don't use much. It had all sorts of bits and pieces with it but over the years most of them have been mislaid.

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Shirley

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I must be a real cheapskate!! When my hubby had an operation that meant going on a liquid diet (and not in a good way!!) for two weeks, I went to Sainsburys and bought a 'Basics' one for less than a fiver. It makes wicked swede mash, pulverises roast butternut squash into yummy soup, the list goes on. For so little money, I couldn't have asked for more, it's the business!!

I'm with piglet, the Bamix is the best stick blender.

Whereas most stick blenders only have the chopper blade, the Bamix has three blades. The aerator, the blender and the chopper blades.

We went to the NEC Good Food Exhibition several years ago, and stopped at the Bamix stall and watched the demonstration. We bought.

We also have the grinder/chopper for herbs, spices, etc. And it also grinds granulated sugar down to icing sugar.

Was it cheap - Not particularly, although it was on 'special offer' for the show.

Was it worth every penny we spent buying it -most definitely yes.

As piglet says, its a 'wouldn't be without gadget'.

valmarg

Unfortunately, £100 for a blender is pie-in-the-sky for me... That's shoes for all 3 kids I have a Kenwood one which I've had since I was 18, gets used regularly & still works fine. I also bought a Kenwood food processor at the same time, that's still going strong too

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“Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?”
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”

I'm on my 3rd hand blender in 23 yrs- Braun with 3 heads- not expensive.

What I would look out for however is that it's going to be easy to clean INSIDE the head ( where the blades are)
I bought one recently in France ( see...can't cope without one there either!!)
and I didn't check inside the 'cup' bit first.
It's a right bu@@er to clean- just can't get the washing up brush inside to get the liquid/paste out...and that must be a salmonella attack waiting to happen
Almost feel like giving it to charity, (but they won't take electrical goods!)..but I'm not quite that spoilt (yet!)!

Ps- I use mine mainly for soups and pastes and taking the lumps out of my custard and gravy!!

I have my magimix - a wedding pressie nearly 12 years ago which I wouldn't be without but for small job I have a cheepoid hand blender bought in tescos for less than a fiver, just the job!

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Yup, I'm in the Bamix camp.

We've had ours for as long as I can remember (probably 15 years) and it is still going strong if only on one speed. When we moved here, we lost a couple of the attachments and sent off to the supplier for replacements and they arrived within a couple of days. Expensive, I know but well worth it.

The best part of all... dead easy to clean.

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It's interesting that the best options seem to be really cheap or really pricey! I've looked at Bamix again and much as I'd love one, I think I have to go with Sarah's 'kids shoes' argument! (Maybe one day though). I'm going to look for a budget but easy to clean one.

Thanks everyone

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I have a Braun one that costs about £25-30, comes with a whisk attachment and a little herb chopper/blender thing it clips on the top of.

Has two speeds and does everything I need it to very well (everything mentioned in the thread), can't see why I'd need one that costs four times the price...