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Breville BBL600XL Ikon 750-Watt 51-Ounce Blender | 
 enlarge | Brand: Breville
List Price: $249.99
Buy New: $199.95
You Save: $50.04 (20%)
Rating:  41 reviews
Color: Die Cast Stainless
Shipping Weight (lbs): 14.5
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 8 x 15.5
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MPN: BBL600XL
Model: BBL600XL
UPC: 021614043368
EAN: 0021614043368
ASIN: B000MDCD78
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| Features:
| • | 5-speed blender with pulse and presets for ice crushing and smoothies | | • | 51-ounce glass jar resists scratching, chipping, and fogginess | | • | Easy-to-read measurement markings; backlit digital timer | | • | 750-watt motor; die-cast aluminum base; dishwasher-safe parts | | • | Measures 6-1/2 by 8 by 15-1/2 inches |
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Product Description
This slim chopper is brilliantly designed to work wonders with tight spaces. Utilizing a special Hemisphere(tm) bowl/blade solution, its 420-grade surgical stainless steel chopping and shredding blades hug the uniquely shaped bowl, leaving no dead zones and thoroughly blending every last ingredient. One-year limited warranty. Model BBL600XL.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Bad Blender July 14, 2008
N. Barlow
Like other reviewers we thought the $200 Breville blender would last a long time. The leakage problem is intolerable. I've tried to find the 'key', but have decided the problem is the ridged silicone seal. The blade mechanism loosens in action, and it doesn't seem to matter how hard it's tightened before use. Because it makes a great smoothie, we sent our first one back (after quite a service department hassle) and had high hopes it was just a lemon. The second one still leaks almost every use.
I hope we can get our money back, but I figure it's a long shot. DO NOT BUY unless you enjoy anger and frustration at 6:30 am!
 Nice blender until... July 13, 2008
Kevin M. Farnham (San Francisco)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great blender that I enjoyed very much for the first six months until some liquid got into the NON-REMOVABLE rubber seal on the inside of the container and started to smell...
Unappealing.
That said, it was a great blender while it lasted. Buying a Vita-Mix 1363 CIA Professional Countertop Blender with 2+ HP Motor, Platinum or a KitchenAid KPCB348PNP Pro Line Chef's Blender with Polycarbonate Jar, Nickel Pearl next.
Pretty disappointed with this thing given the hefty price tag.
2 Lemons, Breville has problems July 8, 2008
Saffron
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased the 600XL model in December 2007. I used it perhaps 20 times the last few months. The lip on the glass container chipped twice during the first few uses. In June 2008, it started leaking and the motor developed a grinding noise. I then purchased another one and noticed some changes. It is now called the 600XLA model. The lip is more sturdy, the rubber sealer ring is more solid and the blade assembly attaches differently. There is a tool included that assists in removing the blade assembly which was a difficult process in the first one. This new blender worked great the first time I used it. The second time, it wouldn't work at all. The lights on the buttons came on and the on/off button flashed...but no action. Dead! This blender was made in China. Could that be part of the problem? I've had much cheaper blenders in the past and never had any problems. As soon as I put out a little extra money to get a really good one...that will last, I wind up with 2 lemons right in a row. I'll go back to the store and get yet one more blender and we'll see what happens. It is a fabulous blender when it works. But this is really a disturbing senario. Also, customer service said that you can use the tool to tighten and loosen the blade assembly in spite of what it says in the manual. Honestly, I don't know how much more of this I can take.
 Good quality June 30, 2008
Margaret Joyce (Portland OR USA)
the online video was very helpful and the product works like a charm. Love it.
Beautiful, but useless June 10, 2008
S. Godchaux (Santa Monica, CA)
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
I chose this blender because of the sleek and attractive design, and at $200, I thought it would be superior to the blenders that are half the price. Unfortunately, it did not live up to my expectations. I first used it to crush ice. I filled the jar with ice and it didn't work at all. I tried using every feature and button on the blender, I removed half of the ice so that it was only filled up 1/3 with ice, I even had two friends try it to see if I was doing something wrong. Still no crushed ice. Breville claims that this blender can be used to chop or puree vegetables, but after the experience that I had with the ice, I can be sure that it won't be an effective kitchen appliance for anything other than blending liquids.
It's too bad....I really hoped and expected this to be an exceptional kitchen appliance.
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