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I have never written an Amazon review before, but this blender is so great, and we feel we got it for such a steal, that I have to share. Remanufactured, but appeared brand new. The third blender I’ve ever owned and hopefully the last–this is by far the best. We’ve had it for 2 months and use it daily–smoothies with frozen fruit, malts, frozen blended margaritas–all with perfect texture, no unwanted frozen chunks. Does the best with ice of any blender I’ve ever used. BPA-free pitcher if the measuring numbers are red. I’ve been telling everyone I know about this blender. I do wonder how they can have a continual source of refurbished units for such a great product–would really not expect too many folks to return this once they’ve used it!
As far as the product itself, I’ll simply say I’ve had great experiences with this blender similar to other reviewers here.
Here is what really impressed me: I bought this unit heavily discounted through a bargain internet site. It did everything we asked of it up until just a few days shy of the expiration of the one year warranty. All of a sudden, it wouldn’t turn on. I called Breville customer service, wondering what they were going to tell me. After giving them the 3 digit serial number (less then a thousand of these have been made? Really?) off the base, and sending them a cut-and-pasted electronic receipt from my original purchase (I had never registered the product with Breville) they told me that they would be sending me packing materials and emailing me FedEx packing labels. When they receive the defective unit, they’re sending me back a new 800BLXL.
You can’t beat that.
For what it’s worth, the customer service rep I was speaking to told me that this model hardly has any problems, and he’d never seen this particular problem before.
In summary: Great working and looking blender. Quiet for how powerful it is. Excellent customer service. Recommended.
I purchased this blender on another site for $150. It makes fantastic smoothies. No problems with the machinery. The jar is very easy to clean. The inside of the lid — not so easy, especially when left to sit.
What I like:
Frozen items completely chopped up
Intermittent blend and ice pulse feature on the “smoothie” button
Good size jar
Convenient finger pull on lid and electrical cord
What I don’t like:
The base is very heavy
This is a great blender for our daily smoothies.