Magimix 11205

Advantages: Use it for everything in the kitchen
Disadvantages: You need extra space to store blade box

...If you are not versed in the world of food processor's - you are forgiven as not many are. We recently married and decided to replace our old processor with something more up to date and modern looking that would fit into our kitchen. What do you get for your money? The Magimix 4200 comes in a large box with a handle, so easy to carry around if you are shopping (although a bit heavy so buy it at the end of your trip). The product comprises of 2 parts: - the main food processor - a separate plastic storage box for all the components. The magimix has 3 bowls - mini, midi and a main bowl. The mini bowl is a small bowl which can be used for things such as chop garlic, to make a salsa verde or pesto. Equally, it is useful when you are only chopping a small amoutn of food, making less to wash up. The midi bowl... Read review

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Advantages: There are none
Disadvantages: Lots of them

...What an absolutely terrible machine. Complete and utter waste of money. I will tell you why? I am a keen cook and my family love icecream. With the cost of the 'speciality' ice creams rather expensive I thought I would invest in an ice cream maker. I chose Magimix as I have had their food processor for many years and they are (I thought) a tried and tested company, so I bought their 1.5 ltr ice cream maker in good faith. What a mistake!! The machine arrived and not having used one of these machines before, I followed the manufacturers instructions to the letter. You have to mix the ingredients before you make the ice cream, which I suppose is logical with the cheaper version machines (although with p & p this machine cost £55) and you have to freeze the bowl in the freezer.... which I knew about, but not an easy task... Read review

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Advantages: Homemade ice cream is much tastier (and additive free!) than many commercial ice creams.
Disadvantages: Getting the bowl at the right temperature is fiddly.

...The Magimix Le Glacier 1.1 will easily produce delicious ice cream, though not especially quickly! The bowl must be frozen (in the household freezer) for at least 8 hours, preferably overnight. However, I have found that it is possible to use the bowl, wash it then return it to the freezer while it is still partly frozen. The ice cream mix must then be prepared; based on custard it can be awkward to make it lump-free and, of course, the mixture is then too hot to freeze directly. Indeed, Magimix advise refrigerating the mixture before freeze churning. Freeze churning, however, only takes around 15 to 20 minutes but the resultant mixture is prone to melting as soon as it is placed in a storage container! The solution is to place the container into the freezer while churning the ice cream and work quickly. Cleverly, the machine... Read review

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