Breville BBL600XL Ikon 750-watt 51-oz Blender (Refurbished)

i bought this blender about a year and a half ago, in so far a had no problems with it, food doesn't get stuck underneath the blades, relatively quiet, very well designed and build. all my small kitchen appliances are breville and I like them very much, I started with the coffee maker which I absolutely love and got the kettle, toaster, blender and looking to purchase the grill.

• Would you recommend this to a friend? Yes

After owning several inferior blenders, this one is simply the best blender I have ever owned. First, it is very powerful. It has a separate smoothie button that is fantastic: it varies the speed during the blending process and helps you create perfect smoothies, with no effort . The blender shuts off automatically after using the smoothie or other preset functions, and has a digital display that counts down and tells you how long it will take to finish blending. Perhaps most importantly, the curved blades and concave container are designed in such a way as to reduce or eliminate the amount of food that gets stuck in the bottom of the blender. In fact, after using it a few times, I was pleasantly surprised to find NO unblended pieces of food at the bottom of the blender. Everything was blended. Regarding noise, this is by far the quietest blender I have ever encountered. With such a powerful motor, I'm not sure how they did it. My earlier blenders frightened my granddaughter. Consumer's Reports recommended this Breville. The blender will leak if you do not screw the blades on tightly..

• Would you recommend this to a friend? Yes

I admit, I fell in love with the looks of this blender at first, but also because it had a substantial glass jar, as I like to crush ice, and blend hot purees for soup and the plastic/polycarbonate ones just feel cheap. I research extensively as with all my kitchen appliances, as I am an avid, daily cook. Breville had a quality reputation and as with any product, it had some poor reviews, but more good than bad, so I crossed my fingers and made the *****purchase of this blender at *****. It has a powerful motor, runs suprisingly quiet compared to my past blenders but then the fun stopped. There is a design flaw in the jar where it meets the outer silver base. When you wash it, water seeps in and you can't get it out then it turns into gross crud. It is a huge production to unscrew to clean (they include a "plastic tool" to help with this job) as it is a pain! If you don't screw it on tight, it leaks, if you screw it on too tight, you can't get it off to clean! AUGH! I owned it and used it daily for about 2 months, then the motor died. Thank goodness I kept my receipt and Macy's has a 180 day satisfaction guarantee return policy. I returned the blender and went to look at others and funny thing was there were 3 Brevilles left on the shelf and they were all used, dirty and rusted! Guess I wasn't the only one disappointed. Move onto to another brand, I am....

• Would you recommend this to a friend? No

Very quiet, and if you don't want I to leak then just put it together correctly

• Would you recommend this to a friend? Yes