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After spending 200$ for a supposedly premium Philips blender which broke in less than one year after having been sent to assistance, having parts replaced and broken again, been repaired by me and after I spent thousands of swear and curses, I am really this ' ' close to smashing it with an hammer and crucifying it to scare the other Philips products away from my kitchen.

Since those were 200$ wasted, and my parents and grandparents kitchen stuff worked sometimes for 30 years before breaking, where can I get my grandparents gear? Should I just resort to smashing vegetables and fruits by hand with stones?

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[โ€“] dontblink@feddit.it 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Would you mind sending me a link example so I can see wht it looks like? I think there might be new models which look like the older ones, which I do not want.

[โ€“] Nefara@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Ah you're right, it seems there's modern copycats. Try searching for an "Imperial Ten" Oster model 642. That's the other one I have, and it's an 860 watt blender, solid metal with a glass pitcher and weighs like 8lbs. It's probably not on par with the performance of a Vitamix, but it's also not $400+. For my uses though it has never disappointed, I usually use it for grinding frozen chunks of fruit or berries to make ice cream.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=oster+Imperial+ten+642