Breville Blend Active Compact Food Processor and Smoothie Maker | 350W | Processor Bowl (450ml) & Portable Blending Bottle (600ml) | Leak Proof Lid | White & Green [VBL253]

This is my second purchase of this blender in less than a year, which is concerning. My previous blender started to disintegrate, with bits of black plastic dropping of the inner workings. It was like the connecting sections crumbled? I wonder if this was 'user error', as I may have run the blender for more than 30 seconds without a 1 minute break? However, I did use this every single morning to make my breakfast protein shake. Despite my experienced, I decided to repurchase the identical model, as I had always loved the ease of use. Let's see what happens if I blend for slightly less time from now on!

I absolutely love this blender. It’s slick, light weight and works like a charm.I went for the black, it came with one bottle and a lid with blades then a lid for drinking. It has a nice capacity (enough for a large smoothie) and blends nice and smoothly. I make a daily smoothie with frozen fruit and it blends that up no problem.It is loud but that’s no problem for me as all blenders will be loud. It sits nicely on a pull out shelf in my cupboard, it’s easily cleaned as it’s just the lid and the bottle that get dirty, and I use it as part of my daily routine.The price was great for such a good quality and robust little machine. It has a decent length of lead to the plug which is great as it means it doesn’t need to be sitting exactly at the plug.You operate it by pressing one button and hold that down until your ingredients are as smooth as you want them to be. I love this straightforward and easy to use approach. You have full control over how blended you want things. The bottle also clicks into the base really easily and stays secure throughout use.I would recommend this item to anyone and would definitely buy it again.

Bought this in July, it’s a lovely little compact unit and has been used daily to make smoothies. The lid to the bottle is useless, broke within a week of using but I liked the size so persisted. Less than 6 months old the teeth on the bottom of the cutting blade have worn off, so no longer turns. Contacted manufacturer, lodged a warranty claim and heard nothing after 2 weeks. Rang them to chase, sent a load more details to be told they couldn’t help and go through Amazon. Did get a refund but what a farce! It was good whilst it lasted but really poor wear longevity, don’t waste your money,

Great little blender - exactly what i needed, but the clip on the lid snapped off after only a week, which was very disappointing , so possibly a quality issue or manufacturing issue.

great blender. Easy clean/use. Nice size to keep out on work top.

very powerful makes light work of frozen fruits,I'm impressed with it,makes lovely smoothies,it's enough for either one large smoothie for one or 2 small ones if you share.noise level is ok,ide recommend it 100%.

Does the job making good smoothies even when added nuts but plastic part of lid soon snapped off

Amazing value for money. Good quality and easy to use. A bit noisy but it is a blender