Breville CBL25XL Moda Blender

Shopping for a blender can get aggravating because of so many things to compare, and you may end up convincing yourself that you have to spend $150 or more to get something lasting. This blender will prove that philosophy wrong. Take advantage of the fact that this is a new company offering this incredible machine at such a low price...I guarantee that won't last long. I had to wait more than three months to get mine from Amazon (who were nice enough to upgrade my shipping to 2nd fay FedEx free of charge to compensate for the long wait).

To start, this is the quietest blender I have used so far. Then, the way the glass jug fits over the base is different and gives an added feeling of security. If you look closely at the picture, you will see two of the three metal, wide "prongs" that stick up from the base and kind of cradle the jug. It just FEELS good. Also, the six-blades have a unique design (in fact, I thought they were defective and bent in wierd directions), but you...Read more

I got this blender as a birthday present and immediately plugged it in to make some daiquiris. It's a very nice looking blender, the cord has the neat loop on it to make it easy to unplug, buttons are solid, easy to work with. The glass looks very sturdy and thick. So the instructions say, don't blend for more than 60 seconds at a time or you can blow out the motor. No problem, I put in my ice and daiquiri mix, following the directions, and get started blending. I spend the next 10 minutes trying to get this blender to blend all the ice. I keep having to open the lid to jiggle the ice around and blend some more. My old $9 blender worked better than this. I made 4 batches of daiquiris with less and less ice in the jug to see if maybe I had used too much. No such luck, this blender would not blend anything above the bottom quarter of the jug. So then comes the final straw. The heavy duty glass jug is sitting on the counter and I accidently drop a small plastic spice bottle...Read more

Shopping for a blender can get aggravating because of so many things to compare, and you may end up convincing yourself that you have to spend $150 or more to get something lasting. This blender will prove that philosophy wrong. Take advantage of the fact that this is a new company offering this incredible machine at such a low price...I guarantee that won't last long. I had to wait more than three months to get mine from Amazon (who were nice enough to upgrade my shipping to 2nd FedEx free of charge to compensate for the long wait).

To start, this is the quietest blender I have used so far. Then, the way the glass jug fits over the base is different and gives an added feeling of security. If you look closely at the picture, you will see two of the three metal, wide "prongs" that stick up from the base and kind of cradle the jug. It just FEELS good. Also, the six-blades have a unique design (in fact, I thought they were defective and bent in wierd directions), but you...Read more