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Home > Household Appliances > Small Kitchen Appliances > Blenders > Braun Blenders > Braun MR 5550 MCA-V Multiquick Fresh System

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for Braun MR 5550 MCA-V Multiquick Fresh System

Rating Summary based on 7 reviews

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  • 60 of 60 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    e.j.kingham

    5 Stars A Powerful Whizzing Blender Shaft 03/09/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Powerful, very quick and simple to clean.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages An obsession with using it for every meal and snack!

    When we moved into our student flat we were blessed to have a kitchen with a blender but no cheese grater, eight chopping boards but no vegetable peeler. In retrospect I'm glad it was the little things that we had to buy and not the bigger things. While peelers and cheese graters are particularly handy for potato gratin, nothing warms you up like a hearty homemade soup. And, living in Edinburgh for four years it gets damn cold in the winter so hearty meals are just what you need to warm you from the inside out. I became a bit of a whiz (no pun intended) at soups despite the crack in the side ... more
  • 39 of 39 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 Deesrev

    Member since 01/09/2010

    Reviews written: 171

    5 Stars No 'Stirring Up Trouble' With This Braun MR 5550! Review with images 12/10/2010
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Quick set up device with innovative features in a safety conscious unit

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Used on the wrong setting, the anti-splash doesn't work!

    BRAUN'S HISTORY Max Braun, born 1890 in East Prussia, was the sixth of seven sons of sailor and farmer Friedrich August Braun. As a mechanical engineer, Max established a small engineering shop in Frankfurt, Germany in 1921. It was here that Braun invented a small apparatus to expand, fix or cut belts for machinery that he sparked the interest of English businessmen. Two years later, he began producing components for radio sets. Co-incidental to this, so dedicated in his desire to design innovative components that for many months Braun alongside a pharmacist friend, conducted experiments in ... more
  • 70 of 70 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    LostWitness

    5 Stars WOOHOO - NO MORE HAND JOBS FOR ME 28/09/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Powerful, easy to use and easy to keep clean

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not cordless

    I do like a good gadget. If something can be made just that little bit easier with a gadget then why use your hands? I’d been making up all sorts of stuff for months, like milky drinks and I’d become rather tired of stirring and whisking stuff. I therefore decided that it was time to invest in a little electronic tool that would save my wrists for more important things. WHY I CHOSE THIS PRODUCT There are so many different products to choose from that when I first looked into this, I couldn’t really see the wood for the trees. I’d always liked the look of the ones that ... more
  • 31 of 31 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 kerryzach

    Member since 20/07/2003

    Reviews written: 131

    5 Stars A Mixer with Braun!! Review with images 16/04/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages useful attachments, easy to clean, quick

    Disadvantages Disadvantages instructions, wall mount,

    I received my Braun MR 550 Hand mixer as a present when I had my son. I wanted to be able to give him fresh foods when he was weaning so this seemed a perfect gift for me! There are a few varieties of the MR 550. For example, MR 550 M, MR550 HC, MR 550 CA. Each model is more powerful than the last. My particular model is MR 550 HC. Because of the number of models, Braun seemed to become lazy in the instructions department, making a universal instruction leaflet to serve them all! Rather confusing! Although the diagrams are clear enough, they are accompanied by a number of dots and dashes to ... more
  • 12 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    cazuk12002

    5 Stars a useful gadget 08/12/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages clean and easy to use

    Disadvantages Disadvantages i cant find anything its so simple

    where do i start a great new gadget for my kitchen the BRAUN MR5550 MULTIQUICK HAND BLENDER from argos for £44.50 its so simple to use with 600watt power for fast results. 12 speed settings with turbo and easy to handle thanks to its soft grip. it comes with a metal whisk,large chopper which is good for herbs and dressings also a 600 ml beaker with lid. the blender shaft is stainless steel for use in hot soups and sauces and is designed so it is anti splash so when lifted out unlike most blenders this wont splash at you,it is also detatchable making it very easy to clean with out worrying ... more
  • 9 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    lucy7456

    5 Stars Fantastic Hand Blender/chopper 25/04/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Large containers for blitzing, powerful, variable speeds, pulsing

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Quite expensive - around £60

    This Braun blender/chopper is fantastic. I have now thrown away my bulky full size processor. It comes with a 1 litre+ jug so I no longer need to process baby food a bit at a time. The jug also has an attachment to crush ice cubes - great for cocktails. There is also a smaller container which is tall & slim to prevent splashback. The small chopper bowl is great for herbs/garlic. I have now stopped using my garlic press as the chopper is easier to use and quicker to clean. The motor is a powerful 600w with 12 speed settings & a pulse button. My last hand blender blew up when I was trying to ... more
  • 4 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    ridwen

    4 Stars Universally Useful 28/02/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Compact, versatile, practical, easily cleaned, requires no great skill to use!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Takes a while to process large ammounts

    I received this as a Christmas gift and Santa did good! I never really experimented in the kitchen, just stuck to what I knew wouldn't poison me, but this has opened my mind. Since the Braun MR5550 MCA came to live with me I've been making soups, dips, meringues, smoothies and even my own peanut butter! The three attatchments (handheld blender for whizzing around in soups etc, whisk and contained chopping/processing unit) are easy to click on and off and also easy to clean, I was very impressed how easy it was to use. I highly reccomend this item, it really will broaden your horizons, however ... more
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