Best Blenders

I live in Prague and first tried here to buy a decent blender. After 4 different models, of which 2 in a short time were broken, one was as loud as a car, and much too large, and the last one always had pieces in the smoothie, I was looking for the ultimate mixer I over 15 years in the US had. The unfortunately I could not bring, because it can withstand only 120 volts. And when I first looked at Amazon.com uk order of an Easter model I found nothing.
The models I purchased previously ranged in price from 50 euros to 200 euros. Those were two Sencor, Philips, and a Vitamix similar model.
For me, a blender must have the following characteristics:
1. A glass container is funnel-shaped. When the tank is down flat, then that leads always to remain below that stick to the edges of things that are not broken. Kitchen Aid has the problem, and the Philips HR2096 also.
2. A sharp blade, completely made of metal (not plastic, the plastic melts, as it happened at a Sencor model at the first operation), which must be easily separable from the glass container (otherwise the thing never really clean). The G21 Perfect Smoothie Blender (like the Vitamix = had a plastic container from which you could not separate the blade. The thing was way too strong. A 1500 Watt engine really needs none. And the thing was so loud it almost did hurt.
A removable blade has then also the advantage that you can replace it if it is dull, or even can use different blades. For this mixer there are, for example, a 6-edged sword, which is even better than the 4-edged, that is not on this list (and totally sufficient for most things).
3. A motor of 500 watts or more. Not all engines are the same. The Philips HR 2096 has, for example, a more powerful engine than this, at least from the wattage ago. But he's still flabby. And he has been broken after 6 weeks.
4. So much metal as possible. All this plastic stuff gets broken faster. I have this mixer in the US as we have said for over 15 years. Now and then small pieces are sometimes broke down, or were worn. Such as the pin which comes out of the housing of the motor. Den but you can buy more for less than $ 1, and also relatively easy to replace yourself. And in this model is also a clever improvement off: The connection pin has a metal spring around it, which prevents the half put the pin in the blade.
I even replaced the connecting part of the engine and the pins, sitting in the case. After about 10 years, it broke down in a frozen avocado half. Frozen Avocados are hard as rocks. :)
5. The part must decently blending and crushing. I'm doing with this mixer as good as anything in the kitchen and use the unit at least 1 times a day: Smoothies, hazelnut butter, pancake batter, jam, almond milk, soups, flour, grind from oats or quinoa coffee, and much more. Whether hot or cold, liquid or dry, it runs without problems.
This mixer is a hit. The Philips and Sencor have both given up the ghost in the nut butter. If a Mixer is already in the instructions that you should let him go only for 2 minutes, then that's for scrap. Philips has also issued after 2 minutes even. And then still went after 6 weeks over the Jordan. The G21 has even skillfully everything, but it also taken twice as much space and made a racket that was deafening.
Also, the price of this device is also decent.
If the blender and disadvantages? Sure, like everything in life:
1. The plastic cap is a little too hard. The model home in the US has a softer cover. Is somehow pleasant. But that's a minor complaint.
2. The mixer vibrates on the first of 3 levels a little. But this has waned since the first week. But I use the first stage eh hardly. The model, in the United States has only 2 stages, corresponding to the 2nd and 3rd of this model.
3. The floor under the engine's plastic. The metal is also in my US model. Metal simply gives a higher quality impression. And just can not break as fast.