Blender - recommendations please

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I treat blenders badly. They get used daily to make a smoothie which incudes turmeric root so I spin the blender for a long time to make sure the root is well and truly smooth. Over the years I have trashed Lidl’s blenders to the point where the motor just gives up. My current one - a Russell Hobbs - the spindle is now wonky so it leaks.
I’d prefer not to spend a fortune and I only need it to make smoothies and soups and I only need the standard jug system, like this.
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Can anyone recommend a good, hardworking, value for money blender please?

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What about a nutri-bullet?

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The bigger nutribullet 900w is a bit lower priced these days. Or the salter 1000w or 1200w.

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Thanks Jane. Had a nutri-bullet. got rid of it. Can’t remember why.

Thanks @Corona. The Salter looks a possibility. I’ll check some reviews.

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A vita mix. Expensive but worth every penny and comes with a ten year guarantee. Ours has had a hammering and is still going strong.

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I’ve had a nutri-bullet for the last 6 years and used it at least once per day for smoothies, including frozen vegetables which can takes it toll - if and when mine fails I wont hesitate to get another - it just works.

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I regularly finely grate dried turmeric root with a microplane because it’s an ingredient in the very useful Middle Eastern compound spice, kabsa (there are other spellings). However, whether fresh or dried, if you microplaned your turmeric into fresh powder before adding it to the blender, it would probably mix better with the other ingredients and the blender would probably last much longer.

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But as you say expensive.

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Me too and the blade bearings gave up at year 10, replaced bearings but it never really worked the same. Motor still going but very noisy jug knackered. I will probably go with a Salter model now. Of course I have less smoothies now as the basing up of the fibre is proving not to be so healthy.

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I have been using a Santos 37A for the past fourteen years without the need for any service other than a couple of seals. I can highly recommend it, although, as a professional tool, it is a little pricey.

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Thanks everyone for your suggestions/comments. I’m going to do some hunting around over the next few days and will report back.

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I can recommend the Nutribullet as I too use it to liquidise turmeric. It is not cheap but by far the most powerful for this sort of thing. I am sure you do not need warning about having an orange jug after the first use though :rofl: Good luck and well done on the turmeric usage.

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They have become a lot cheaper in the UK from the originall £99. The 900w is resonable now. What price in France?

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Thanks everyone for the suggestions, especially mentions of nutribullet. I was an early adopter and just couldn’t get on with it.
My ordinary, cheap blenders which will do 1.5l of soup suit me much better.
Turmeric needs no special treatment other than a good long blend. It goes in whole (no peeling and no faffing with a grater and no orange all over the kitchen) at the bottom of the blender alongside the blades.

In the end, I bought another cheap blender when I was in Carrefour yesterday. Not a brand I recognise (but quite frankly branding these days is no guarantee of quality and may just add expense), has 5 speed settings, which is useful. I may live to regret it - we’ll see. :grin:

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What lurks under the rubber sealing washer? The abilty to clean that part ket me away from ninja versions as you cant remove the seal to clean it and seeing what grows under the nutribullet and others is very nasty!