Philips Blender 3000 Series, ProBlend System, 1.9L Maximum

 

This is one of my better buys this year at an affordable cost. I really needed this because I cannot eat solids for a while and I used it to make a healthy shake, of frozen berries, dried goji berries, yoghurt, lysine powder, dried pineapple powder and almond milk. All were mixed together in less than 30 seconds! I will be making pumpkin soup this week with it as well.

 

A very simple product to use and keep clean. Makes great smoothies and soups quickly. No mess and the locking mechanism on the jug and lid prevents accidents. I would recommend this product and would purchase again.

 

I make a smoothie every day (more or less) and in it I have ffour rozen spinach lumps about 2cm x 2cm. I make about a litre of smoothie. I don’t use my blender for anything else. In the past few years I have gone through about four blenders because of this level of use. This Philips blender is the best I’ve owned … so far. I’ve only owned it for about three months so I cannot testify to its longevity but so far it is as good as new.

Its container is narrow at the bottom so the blades can ‘reach’ everything. Some containers are wide at the bottom and the blades don’t reach out far enough and the result is lumpy smoothie or just longer blend times. This makes the Philips more efficient. Even though it is not the most powerful blender I have owned it is the quickest. I’ve had more powerful blenders take twice as long.

It’s easy to clean, because I use it every day it’s an important factor for me. I’ve had blenders that had stuff in impossible to reach places that needed complete dismantling of fiddly bits of rubber and subunits … real pain. The Philips is easy to clean with no dismantling of anything.

It’s easy to use. There’s one speed (plus pulse). The container fits easily onto the base intuitively and with a satisfying click. The lid doesn’t have a removable plug in its centre, less to clean. Simple. Less to go wrong.

It copes easily with frozen spinach lumps.

It’s not expensive compared with other blenders.

In the past I’ve had blenders made by morphy richards, russell hobbes, sainsbury’s’, and chinese ones. the morphy richards was the only one to come close to the Philips. (All lowest-end of their respective ranges).

Conclusion: Hands down the Philips is the best blender I’ve owned. It’s the most efficient, quickest, easiest to use, intuitive, easy to clean and did I mention lightest and quietest?? The only caveat is how long will it last? So far (approx 3 months) it’s been terrific with every sign of lasting years … but we’ll see …