Execllent blender and best of all easy to clean and store

Easily one of the best blenders I have ever owned. I am a bit of a health freak and continuously drinking smoothies made of all kinds of fruit! This blender will purify anything that is put into it making for a nice and smooth (excuse the pun) smoothie. I am not an employee of Philips nor do I have any care for promoting unworthy products. I am simply trying to state how brilliant this appliance is. Nice and simple plug and blend and only takes a matter of seconds before you achieve the desired result. A nice simple matte black as well and can contain a large amount of product. Compared to other blenders I have used this fits perfectly in terms ...  Read the complete review

I bought this machine to blend my babies food in when he moved onto purees. I thought it would be quite robust with it having the ability to crush ice and the pulse option. It seemed to take forever to work and was so noisey I thought it would wake the baby ! It was quite hard to clean out properly too undrneath the blades and food seems to get stuck. I have also used the machine to crush ice and make smoothies which again it did the job but took some time to do it. Its not the prettiest of looking machines and is quite expensive I think for a blender. I would prob go for a more expensive option next time but I can't complain as it did the ...  Read the complete review

I wanted a good blender for making smoothies but as with everything nowadays there were so many styles and brands to choose from. Also, the reviews I looked at seemed to differ widely for every model available, and several people would give a model 5 stars while several others would give the same model only 1 star and cite various problems with it. After a lot of tiresome research, I chose the Philips HR2160/50 blender based on my own faith in the Philips brand, as I have had various Philips products in the past that have proved to be of good quality and durability, and also the fact that this blender has 600 Watt power as there does seem to be general consensus online ..  Read the complete review