Breville Blend Active Personal Blender & Smoothie Maker |
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Breville Blend Active Personal Blender & Smoothie Maker | 350W | 2 Portable Blend Active Bottles (600ml) | Leak Proof Lids | White & Blue [VBL249]
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| Weight: | 1.2 kg |
| Dimensions: | 12.2 x 12.1 x 40.5 cm; 1.2 kg |
| Brand: | Breville |
| Model: | VBL249 |
| Colour: | Blue |
| Dimensions: | 12.2 x 12.1 x 40.5 cm; 1.2 kg |
Easy convenient & stylish
We had one of these blenders years ago and it lasted for years. When my husband broke it I thought I’d try a different brand. 3 other branded blenders we’ve gone through in the last 9 months and I just thought why didn’t I just get what I know is reliable and easy to clean. Works like a charm. And this colour way is perfection a white a gold one next please. Love love love
Great value & amazing!
Must admit i have been pleasantly surprised by this product. Makes fab smoothies,even with frozen fruit. Only thing,you must keep your finger on the button & mustn’t keep it going for more than a minute,as it gets warm & releases a slight burning smell…
Brilliant smoothie blende
I ordered this blender as it was compact in size (suitable for my small kitchen), chops frozen fruit with ease , came with two sports type bottles for ease of transportation . I have only given four stars as the clip on the lid of one of the bottles broke after a week. I was able to order a replacement Breville bottle from Amazon, but it is worth noting that the one bottle was nearly the same price as the blender itself . I would recommend this blender , I use it everyday making fruit and oat smoothies and wouldn’t be without it now .
It's value for money, does as described and us a cool piece of ki
Arrived on time and well packaged.
Super easy assembly and easy to use with 2 great sized juice flashes with lids.
Very impressed with ice blending function as I hate a warm smoothie. Bit disappointed I ordered mine in blue but received a lime green unit : (. I’m thinking the packer was colour blind! Great value for money, nice, compatible size, easy to use , clean and store. Perfec
Good blende
This item is compact and works really well. It comes with 2 x bottle & lids for taking with you if required. Can be used to crush ice but I’ve yet to try this. Makes lovely milk shakes in not much time, quite powerful. Easy to clean and assemble. I went for the pink colour which is a great dark shade not too barbie 🙂
Brilliant value
If you are looking for a mains powered blender for smoothies or protein shakes this is excellent and as strong as our Ninja. Comes with 2 bottles and lids. Quick and easy to use. Blending capacity is very good, my favourite of our blenders.
I was looking for a blender that I could use to blend nuts and frozen fruits for my breakfast smoothies but didn’t want to spend a fortune. This Breville Blend Active Personal Blender & Smoothie Maker is absolutely perfect for it. It’s quite a simple blender compared to some of the more expensive models, but it does the job great.
The build quality is good for the price, and the lead is a decent length. I ordered the Blue colour and it looks great in my kitchen. My sister has the Pink one, and that looks nice too. They have a very minimalist and elegant design, which complements any kitchen decor.
The blender comes with 2 large 600ml blending bottles with leak-proof lids and even recipe ideas if you’re new to making smoothies. The blending bottles have a generous capacity, enough for a couple of small smoothies or a larger one. They click into the blender base unit really easily and feel secure during use. The lids haven’t leaked on me yet but don’t feel particularly sturdy. As long as you keep them upright when on the move, you shouldn’t run into any issues.
The blender itself is incredibly simple and easy to operate. The bottle screws into a blade attachment which you then insert into the base unit. It has a one-touch blending button which you press and hold until your smoothie is blended to the desired consistency. This gives you total control over the blender, which is ideal for when a drink or recipe requires a different consistency. Once you’ve finished blending, you unscrew the blade attachment from the bottle and replace it with a lid. That’s it! You’re all good to go. The process takes seconds from start to finish.
I was curious to see how well it blends ice, and it does a fantastic job. The motor has more than enough power to blend even larger cubes of ice with ease. Although the manual advises against hot liquids, I did try blending a soup and it worked fine, but I wouldn’t recommend doing it often.
It is quite loud, but most blenders are, and it doesn’t really bother me. As long as it does the job well, I can put up with a little loudness. The blender is very easy to clean. The blending occurs in the top of the bottle, so nothing gathers in the base unlike most blenders. The detachable blade and blending bottles make the process simple and quick to wash by hand or in a dishwasher as they are also dishwasher-safe.
At its current price, it’s exceptional value for money for a blender, especially for one from such a well-trusted brand. I’m very happy with my purchase and would recommend this item to anyone looking for a cheap and reliable blender for smoothies and drinks.
Thank you for taking the time to read my review. I hope that you found it helpful and that it assists you in your decision-making. I try to be as honest and fair as possible, as those have always been the reviews that helped me the most.
I like this product, it’s small and compact. I use it at work so I leave the base in the kitchen which is quite small and the base doesn’t get in the way. Its small and black so doesn’t look out of place with the other devices in the kitchen.
The actual blend of the machine is great, it always mixes my stuff without any issues. I normally blend up fruit and protein powders.
Once blended I drink my concoction directly from the mixing bottle, it comes with a different lid so you can keep it for later but I don’t actual use that bit because I drink it straight away, but I can imagine that would be useful to keep it for later and it has a drinking spout which would also help out.
The only issue I had with it was that a couple of times the lid came off when I was blending, but I figured out quite quickly that it was my own fault as I was over tightening the lid, it doesn’t require too much force to keep it on tight and as I was over tightening it the lid would be skew and let some of the inside out. Since realising this I haven’t had a problem with it.
A work colleague saw me using it and actually bought the same product, we now share the base in the kitchen and have our own mixing vessel and keep the second base for if there’s a problem with the original base, but so far there hasn’t been any issues with it.
I would recommend this product and potentially purchase it again if I required something for an alternative location and didn’t want to carry it about.