Breville Blend Active Personal Blender & Smoothie Maker | 1 x Portable Blending Bottle (600 ml) | 300 W | Black & Rose Gold [VBL239]

The Breville Blend Active Personal Blender is a game-changer for quick and easy smoothies. Its 300W motor is surprisingly powerful, blending fruits, ice, and even tougher ingredients like nuts with ease. The 600ml blending bottle is super convenient—just blend, twist, and go!Cleanup is a breeze since the bottle and lid are dishwasher-safe. The compact size makes it perfect for small kitchens or for taking along when traveling. Whether you're making a morning smoothie, protein shake, or a quick snack, this blender delivers consistently smooth results.Highly recommended for anyone looking for a reliable and portable blender at an affordable price!

I bought this with one of my birthday vouchers and I've loved it since my very first smoothie using it!It's quick and simple (but very noisy) to use and an incredible way to increase your way to getting more of your 5 daily portions of fruit and veg.I've used it with raspberries and blueberries along with soya milk ('cos I'm allergic to animal dairy) and it's a quick (done from start to finish in under 15 seconds), easy and delicious way to get the goodies into you without any hassle.Next up for me to try is blackberries (when they're in season, obviously) and bananas (which will take a few more seconds to blend 'cos they aren't as juicey as blueberries and rasperries but in the 2 weeks I've had this brilliant machine, I've had more fruit and protein (from the soya milk) in my body than the rest of the year combined.If you wanna get more fruit into your diet but don't fancy the preparation of the fruit, then invest in this machine and a couple of punnets of raspberries (I recommend 20 per 600ml to start with, then adjust it according to your preferences) and a couple of tubs of blueberries (45-50 berries to start off with if you're having just a blueberry smoothie or 30-35 if you're combining them with the raspberries), and invest in a couple of litres of milk. Keep the smoothie machine in the same area you spend most of your time and the bottles in the kitchen so that you can just grab the bottle, fruit, blades and cap at the same time. I've got my machine in it box within reaching distance of the sofa so that I can just bring the fruit, milk, top and blades in at the same time, then just splash the milk into the bottle until it hits the appropriate mark (either 300ml or 600ml), open the punnets of your chosen fruit, count in the amount of berries you like, screw on the blades, turn the bottle upside down, attach it to the machine, put your ear defender things on, press the button for up to 10 seconds, detach the bottle from the machine, turn it the right way up, unscrew the blades, replace with the cap and drink. That really is all there is to it.Washing it up couldn't be easier either - drain the goodness out of the bottle, fill it with 300ml of water, screw on the blades, shake vigourously for 10-20 seconds (depending on how dirty the bottle is), unscrew the blades, empty out the water, refil with clean water and repeat the shaking with the lid in place et voila! Done and dusted in under a minute!I definitely reccommend this to absolutely everyone as a quick and easy (but very loud) way to easily get more good stuff into your body - I don't know what I did without it in my life now!

I have had a number of smoothie makers, juicers and blenders in the past but I always stop using them because they become so difficult to get completely clean.I finally gave in … again … and bought the Breville Blend Active Personal Smoothie maker … what a difference!I LOVE this machine. I bought the green one as it was the cheapest and I keep it in the cupboard so colour is not an issue but now I’ve used it I would have been prepared to pay more for it.It is a solid item that feels good quality as well as look good. It adheres firmly to the work surface but not so much it is difficult to release after use.It is convenient to use as you make your smoothie etc. in the drinking “glass” so less things to get dirty, less washing up. It is supplied with two wide necked drinking bottles with drinking tops if you want to make and take with you. The wide opening means they are super easy to wash … and so far I haven’t found they’ve stained in any way. The design means the blending tool is detachable and again very easy to clean (blades sharp of course so be careful!) . There are no inaccessible nooks and crannies for bits of fruit skin etc. to get caught in and fester away … urgh! The actual motor part of the machine is also nooks and cranny free.It is able to blend ice cubes and frozen fruits and 600ml is a generous quantity size. (There is a smaller drinking bottle available which would probably be good for children, the elderly or if you want to save space but if I want less I’ll just make less in the large sized bottle I have as it’s easier to put the ingredients in ) Spare bottles available to purchase separately too.Having experimented with some mixtures that taste good but look ghastly I now put in a few blackcurrants (just a few as they are sharp) that turn most things purple … much more appetising than sludge colour … and two or three small chunks of banana (frozen as well) can give enough sweetness to make even kale enjoyable to drink.I rarely write reviews but I think this item is so good it deserved a review and I think is an absolute bargain at £19.99 due to its sturdiness and ease of use.