Crux CRUX001 Multi Function Smoothie Blender Soup Maker 1200W
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Price: £69.90
Brand: Crux
Description: Blender, Soup Maker, Ice Crusher, Fruit & Veg 1200W Powerful Motor 2.0 Litre Capacity BPA Jug + Travel Beaker 9 Speed Settings Built-in Self Cleaning Function Colour: Dark Grey With Copper Trim 212 x 170 x 490 mm Weight: 3.4 Kg. Crux CRUX001 Multi Function Smoothie Blender Soup Maker 1200W - shop the best deal online on appliances4.me
Category: Blenders
Merchant: Sonic Direct
Product ID: 76567
Delivery cost: 6.99
RRP: 99.9
UPC: 5020260123962
MPN: CRUX001
Author: miss happy
Rating: 5
Review: After taking a while trying to decide which Stand Mixer to go for, I chose this and I'm so glad that I did. As well as being aesthetically pleasing to the eye, this machine mixes well, is sturdy, and cuts through dough with ease - I have made all kinds of cakes including doughnuts, meringues, butter creams and batters since it arrived and am pleased with how well it functions - needs occasional scraping down the sides of the bowl while mixing, like every stand mixer but markedly less so. It isn't very noisy either. The splash guard has come in very handy too and washes up very well. In fact, the whole machine is easy to clean! It sits perfectly on the worktop but does need pulling out when using in order to fully lift the top up and use the blender because there isn't enough room to do so between mixer and any above cupboards. I love the facts that all the attachments are metal not plastic, the speed dial is too and there are handles on the generously sized bowl as well as a little window which shows when you have locked it securely into position. I feel (and hope) that this machine will last a long long time to come. I must mention that this is also packaged well inside it's box - I keep all the attachments in the bubble wrap bags they came in and store them inside the bowl when not in use to free up drawer space and for protection from damage - they are always to hand when ready to use that way too.
Author: Skrorgleflang
Rating: 2
Review: This is undoubtedly a versatile and basically very good machine; I use it almost exclusively to produce soups and milk drinks which it does very well. Its major problem is that it is appallingly loud when running, to the extent that I would expect it to cause hearing damage to anybody standing close to it for any time. When using the machine I close all kitchen windows and the external door so as not to run the risk of a (justifiable) complaint from the neighbour; having shut these windows and the external door, I then switch on the machine and retreat to another room in my house or into the garden until the machine has stopped. I would have been happy to give the machine 4 stars had it not been for the noise problem; this shortcoming has cost it 2 stars, so overall rating is 2 stars out of 5. The machine has a clear notice sensibly placed on the side of the 'single serve' cutting unit, advising which side of the unit should face the front and giving warnings about the blades if it is used incorrectly. However, in the 3 months or so which I have had the machine, the writing has almost all rubbed off, purely from minimal finger movement and is now illegible. Given the versatility of this machine and the extent of what it can do, it is surprising that the recipes extend to only about14 small pages of small print at the end of the instruction booklet. Will I keep the machine and continue to use it? Yes, because it basically does a very good job, and I can avoid the deafening row it makes when running by leaving the kitchen and going elsewhere in the house or garden. What would I reply to someone who asked if they should buy one? I would say that it is a very good machine in almost every way but, I would have to add, I would not be able to recommend it to them until the noise problem was solved. Would I buy another one. I hope this one wouldn't wear out! However, if it did need replacing I wouldn't buy it again unless I was satisfied that the noise problem had ben solved. I haven't commented on 'sheerness' or 'thickness' because I don't know to what they refer.
