I had spent an enormous amount of time researching blenders. I had decided to buy the Vitamix based on the rave reviews and excellent after sales service reports. My husband accompanied me and he persuaded me to buy the new Breville instead.
I don't think it blends as smoothly as a Vitamix - which I have seen demonstrated at trade shows etc. It comes close but definitely not as smooth, especially with things like citrus fruits.
Just prior to me having this blender for a year, I noticed water all over my bench after I had put water into i...Read more

I have been researching for high-end blenders for almost a year before making a decision. It got to a final decision between the Vitamix 750 and the Breville the BOSS superblender. Considering the reviews I have read on the internet, the youtube videos showing off some skills from both models, I finally choose to go with the Breville The Boss. I was SOOO excited when I bought the item I just couldn't wait to go home and start using it right away. So I got home and started to unpack the box. It was really nicely packed, well-protected, nothing t...Read more

The Bad
1) Faulty- all three components of product (Jug (repaced), lid (to be replaced) and base (under investigation by Breville)). Fault similar to Emkat below - rubber residue from the base (now each corner of the rubber base is malformed as the rubber has been rubbed away), leaking jug (and burning smell) and liquid leaks through the lid (on the soup setting).
Unfortunately we didn't pick up on it as early as Emkat so have been going through the inconvenience of repair on a <3month old unit which in my opinion is clearly faulty.
2) Poo...Read more

I spent a considerable amount of time researching and comparing the specs, cost and performance of the high powered blender market. I was willing to part with what I consider to be a lot of money ($1000) if the product was going to meet my needs.

Some friends of mine purchase a cheaper $500 blender modelled on the vitamix and the performance was quite poor. It was never able to blend to the smooth consistency that I wanted. Another factor I didn't like was the limited control you had with power and time being the only control.

I then star...Read more

Looked at blenders that don't look like they came out of the 70's . Style and ease of use and sits on the bench and does not move at high power. Only slight negative was when blending dates, the soft Medjool variety I had to blend first with my nuts as I like to throw a few walnuts and almonds in my green smoothie . I found it best to throw any dry ingredients in with the dates and put on high for 20 secs and then throw in all my wet ingredients including carrots and then press the green smoothie preset button and after 60 secs I had a brillia...Read more