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| About - Breville Ikon BBL600XL |
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The Breville Ikon BBL600XL is part of the blender test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, blender models like the Ikon BBL600XL are rated on multiple criteria, such as those listed below.
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| Features & Specs - Breville Ikon BBL600XL | |
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Glass jar |
Yes |
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Plastic jar |
No |
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Stainless-steel jar |
No |
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Removable blade |
Yes |
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Controls |
Touchbutton |
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Pulse |
Yes |
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Defective blade/bowl assembly
1/28/2012
Pros
Apparent quality
Easy To Clean
Good looks
Good Pitcher
Stable
Cons
Best Uses
Drinks
Comment:
This blender looked to be the last blender I would ever have to purchase. It looked good and had a solid feel about it. Indeed, it was a pleasure to use and easy to clean. That was until it had it come to a smoking stop when preparing a fruit smoothie. It is approximately 2 years old. It seems the blade/bowl assembly had seized and contaminated the food in the bowl with shredded rubber or plastic. I am waiting on Breville customer service and counting on a free replacement part. If not, Breville will no longer have me as a customer.
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Great! for a while...
1/24/2012
Pros
Easy To Clean
Good Pitcher
Cons
Reliability
Best Uses
Smoothies
Comment:
The blender design and usability is really great - very easy to clean and good selection of settings. Things started going downhill at 6 months, when occasionally the gasket would allow my smoothie to leak out the bottom halfway through the blending. But the real issue appeared after about 18months, when the bearing in the bottom of the bowl began to leak grease and metal shavings. Unbelievable, this should NOT be a failure mode - this is not a high torgue or high lifetime system: that must be a really cheap junky bearing if 18 months of 3-4 uses per week killed it, and I don't appreciate Breville saving a few pennies and putting my health at risk with whatever is in that bearing grease.
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Annoying and disappointing
1/8/2012
Pros
Powerful
Cons
Hard to Clean
Poor Pitcher
Unstable
Best Uses
Drinks
Comment:
The worst thing about this blender is the assembly, specifically twisting the blade onto the jar. It's difficult to twist it the right amount because there are all these warnings on it about not overtightening it, but if you don't, it leaks, obviously. When I would tighten it by hand, it would leak every other time. When I called the help line, they suggested using the tool that comes with the blender to tighten it. But on the tool, it specifically says NOT to use it for tightening. Plus, within the first year, the spout on the jar cracked and now it's jagged. Also, the top of the base eroded within the first year For as expensive as this was, it should've been more user-friendly and sturdier.
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User has of experience with this product
10/25/2008
Strength
Power, engineering, sturdiness, results. Looks and feels like a commercial, heavy duty unit. A blender that can do it all.
Weakness
Kind of pricey, but you get what you pay for.
Bought this unit re-certified for less than 1/2 the price of a new one. Unit looked like brand new. It is great looking and heavy-duty, built like a tank compared to other blenders I have owned. Has a one-touch smoothie feature that turns out a great smoothie in one minute without having to play with the speeds. Powers through ice cubes and whole nuts with ease. I would recommend this unit to anyone.
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User has 1 of experience with this product
08/05/2008
Strength
No chunks stuck to the walls of the container
Weakness
Price
I've never seen a blender that could do such a good job of blending smoothly, even with those incredibly sticky nutrition drink powders that so many of us use after exercising. Rather than simply spinning quickly, it uses a smoothie program that intermittently spins and rests, followed by runs of spinning continuously - not to mention an elaborate blade design that works well at moving the liquid up and down as well as around-and-around. My old blenders used to end up causing a ring of caked-on drink mix powder to accumulate near the top; with this one, there isn't any such thing at all.
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User has 2 Days of experience with this product
12/31/2007
Strength
Nothing sticks, fast, wonderfully even textures
Weakness
Still kindof expensive but not as much as vitamix
I was looking into getting a vitamix but they are so costly so I bought this and am not disapointed! I will recommend this to friends. Does not leave any chunks of ice behind. Easy to use as well.
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