Blenders > Russell Hobbs Blenders > Variable Speed

Advantages: Makes yummy smoothies, small, blends well
Disadvantages: Tap is rubbish, stirrer to short

One day a few weeks ago the other half came home with a certain brand of smoothie drink for us to try. I was really impressed by the taste but when he told me that it cost £3 for one cartoon I became a little distressed! As his birthday was coming up I decided that it would be more economical to invest in a smoothie maker. After a lot of agonising I plumped for the Kenwood 12620 Simply Smoothie. It was one of the top rated smoothie makers on Amazon. ...
...all know this, but smoothies are basically fruit, blended until (yes you guessed it!) smooth! Smoothie makers also make juices and thickies (with yoghurt etc in them). PRICE: I paid £29.99 for the Simply Smoothie from Amazon, so I'm guessing it may be slightly more elsewhere. WHAT'S IN THE BOX? Good question. Well, on arrival the other half ripped open his present. The machine comes well packaged in various pieces of cardboard. Inside you get ... Read review

Advantages: easy to use, bid capacity
Disadvantages: clean

From Smoothie to Healthy I purchased this Smoothie maker a couple of weeks ago from Amazon.co.uk. It cost me £14.99 on the sale price. The whole package includes the maker in separate pieces, a guarantee leaflet, an instruction booklet and a Smoothie recipe. Why Smoothie to healthy? We all need enough vitamins and mineral to keep healthy bodies. And Fresh fruits and vegetables contain many of those. However, blocks of vegetables ...
...That is why it is better to drink Smoothie. Well blended Smoothie can be easily absorbed to get essential nutrients for every day. Smoothie has been treated as very good recipe to keep healthy body. There are lots of vegetables and fruits you can blend into Smoothie and actually you do not need to follow the routine recipes unless you are on certain diet. You can mix them together to make sure you get 5 a day. Vegetables can be easy blended and ... Read review

Advantages: High quality, good performance
Disadvantages: None!

I bought this smoothie maker a couple of weeks ago, and am very happy with it. It's a nice design with a brushed aluminum base and simple dial. I use it to make fruit, yogurt and ice smoothies, however, you can use it to make margaritas, ice-blended coffees, milk shakes and even soya milk!! (I will explain later). The jug is made of glass, not plastic and can hold up to 1.25 litres. You can put the glass jar, the lid and measuring cup (which fits ...
...not the removable blade). There is a separate filter that you can put in where the measuring cup is kept (not in photo, but it would be in the centre of the jug). This allows you to put fruits that contain seeds or skin that you don't want 'blended' in your smoothie. By using the filter you can also make soya milk! You have to soak the soya beans first then put in the filter to be 'ground' up with water. There are three different buttons: Smoothie, ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent powerful blender
Disadvantages: Very unreliable

We purchased this blender to make smoothies and vegetable soups. We are on our third blender in 3 months due to various faults. Blender 1. Shorted the house electrics and made a horrible smell Blender 2. The washer which prevents leaks broke Blender 3. The washer which prevents leaks broke and the blades stopped spinning. When the blender works it is very good. The blender is very powerful and blends fruit and ice into great smoothies. When it ...
...the case that it has only been designed for occasional use. The manual advises that the blades can be easily removed for cleaning. We found the blades stuck fast and it impossible to remove the blades on all 3 blenders we owned. The preset controls make it really easy to use. Its a real shame we can't seem to get a working one. But there appears to be some design and reliability flaws in the product. ... Read review

Advantages: great blender
Disadvantages: none

My daughters both love milk shakes and fruit drinks but trying to get them to eat a piece of fruit is near impossible so when i spotted this blender for just £15.23p at asda i thought i would give it a go as if it wasnt any good i hadnt wasted a fortune on it. I was very surprised with how easy this blender is to use, the base attaches to the jug very easily and the power wont start if the jug isnt attached properly so no risk of the jug flying ...
...the front and a pulse mode to make things even smoother. The jug is 1.5 litres which is an ideal size for what we need and is made of plastic, the blades are stainless steel so are brilliant for blending fruit and according to the box they are supposed to be tough enough to mix ice but i havent had any need to try this. The jug unattaches from the base easily enough and the blades unscrew for ease of cleaning but you do need to make sure they are ... Read review