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Blender (feddit.it)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/buyitforlife@slrpnk.net
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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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[–] -3 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Personally I have a good knife and a nice spoon. I find for most kitchen tasks they work just as well as a machine, are easier to clean, and take up less space in my tiny kitchen. I would spend your money on quality hand tools first, and learn to use them. I'm rarely doing so much in my house that a machine is actually better.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    You blend things with a knife and a spoon?

    Kudos I guess.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (3 children)

    Or a whisk. Manual egg beaters work well to for a lot of things.

    I do own a blender, and use it maybe twice a year. There are somethings it does I can't figure out how to do by hand, but overall I'm not sure it is worth the space it takes up.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Sorry, I phrased that poorly by not being clear that I mean 'blend things like a blender does [post topic], which includes cutting the ingredients into extremely small pieces while mixing them evenly'.

    So do you make a fruit smoothie with a knife, spoon, and a whisk?

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  • [–] -2 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    I don't make fruit smoothies.

    We actually have a blender in the kitchen - my wife and kids make fruit smoothies. Since we have it I use it for some soups - but this is only about 2x/year and I would eat chunky soups and do without a blender. This is the point I'm trying to make: you can do without things and live a satisfying life - so is it worth it to have the thing?

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    Lol, of course you can do without things. However, having tools to create food and enjoy food is also something that makes people happy. It sounds like your solution to blending things os not a knife and spoon, but to not blend. That's fine, if you don't like blended things, but clearly even your family does, so you shouldn't try to impose your values on other people who like it. This sub is clearly not about materialism and is about good value items that last a long time with repeated use and are repairable. So you're probably lost.

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