The list in brief
1. Best overall
2. Best mid-range
3. Best for small kitchens
4. Best for large quantities
5. Best value
6. Best portable
7. Best retro
8. Best premium
How we test
How to choose
FAQ
The best blender in Australia is tough to find, simply based on the variety on offer and what you want from the smoothie and soup-making kitchen appliance. Deciding on the ideal size, maximum capacity, noise, speed settings and preset modes might seem simple, but it’s easy to get bogged down in the details.
With so many options on offer, it’s difficult to put your search down to a handful of devices, particularly when your needs are quite niche or if you want a blender that’s capable of a specific task. That’s what we’re here to help with.
This is our guide to the best blenders in Australia. Each blender listed below has been tested by TechRadar and assessed on a wide range of things, including noise, ease of cleaning, capacity, settings and cost. You might also want to consider the best food processors, but for this article, we’ll be looking at the blender side of things.
• Find out more about blenders vs food processors
If you’re looking for smoothie recipes, we’ve also got some banger guides to green smoothies, berry smoothies, banana smoothies and mango smoothies.
Let’s get right into it. Read on to find your next kitchen essential for different needs and households.
The quick list
Below you'll find a quick roundup of our choices for the best blenders in Australia. We've selected a mixture of models, catering to all budgets and use case scenarios. You can jump to a more detailed review of each pick, and shop the latest deals using our price comparison tool.
Best blender overall
Affordable quality from a reliable brand, this Breville blender will happily blitz anything you wish to throw at it. The jug might be a little small for some, but for most households, we think it's perfect.
Best mid-range blender
An affordable-ish option from a traditionally premium brand, the KitchenAid K400 is stylish, sturdy and above all, reliable. If you're a KitchenAid loyalist, there's no better option.
Best for small kitchens
Quieter than most blenders and compact enough for a small kitchen, the Nutribullet Ultra represents some of the best tech Nutribullet has ever crammed into a blender, with a powerful motor and stylish design.
Best for large quantities
With a large 2-litre jug, the Breville Super Q is a great option if you have a full household to serve or you need to make large quantities of mixtures.
Best value blender
KitchenAid's most affordable blender represents great value, employing plenty of power to pulverise the majority of foodstuff. It's light on accessories and the jug is a little small, but overall it's a great value option.
Best portable blender
If you're happy to blend single serves at a time, this blender is ideal. Wire-free, it's a great option for busy commuters and gym-goers.. You need to buy tumblers that get pricey quickly, but for convenience and performance, it's tough to beat.
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Best retro style blender
If looks are more important than outright performance, look no further than this Smeg blender. It does do a fine job of creating smoothies, but if you want the best possible performance, there are better models out there.
Best premium blender
A large blender that goes the distance, the Braun PowerBlend 9 (Braun Triforce overseas) is a quick and powerful high capacity option with a wide variety of presets, but its colour variety is limited and the blades aren't removable.
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Below you can find more in-depth reviews of our choices for the best blenders in Australia, and you can click through the full reviews of each, written by TechRadar's team of small appliance experts.
The best blender overall
Breville offers a range of stylish, durable, and powerful blenders. Still, eye-wateringly expensive price tags may be out of reach for many consumers, except for the Breville The Fresh and Furious. This entry-level blender combines the brand's sleek styling with power to create a compact blender that's more affordable than other models the brand offers - although the base is made from plastic rather than metal.
Simple to use, we were impressed with the Breville The Fresh and Furious. It was able to liquidise pineapple and leafy spinach into a completely smooth and lightly aerated drink, with no bits, as well as crush ice, chop nuts, and emulsify eggs and oil into mayonnaise.
The blender comes with a 1.5-litre jug, smaller than most other Breville blenders. We also found a slight amount of leakage when the blender was filled to maximum capacity, but this was only in the well of the lid and not enough to be a serious concern.
Read our full Breville the Fresh and Furious review
The best mid-range blender
The KitchenAid Artisan K400 blender has the brand’s signature style but isn’t lacking in substance either. There are seven color options to choose from, and each model has four preset blending programs, a pulse function, and a choice of five-speed settings. You can select all programs using the dial on the front of the K400, keeping things simple.
In our tests, it impressed us by producing smooth, grit-free smoothies and thick glossy mayo. The ice crush program does short work of blitzing through ice cubes too. Unfortunately, this KitchenAid blender has no additional blending cups or accessories, and struggled to chop nuts evenly.
Read our full KitchenAid Artisan K400 blender review
The best blender for small kitchens
A single-serve blender with a focus on less noise and more power, the Nutribullet Ultra exists at the top of Nutribullet’s pyramid of incredible personal blenders (and sits below only the larger Nutribullet Select 1200 in terms of price).
In our review, we found the Nutribullet Ultra to be easy to clean and decently quiet when compared to many other blenders on the market. It’s a stylish blender with glowing controls, but users might find the glow interface to be a bit overkill.
Although it is a quieter-than-usual blender, it’s certainly not noise proof, so don’t pick this thing up expecting it to be soundless. There’s 1,000W and 1,200W versions available in Australia.
Read our full Nutribullet Ultra review
The best blender for large quantities
If you want professional-style smoothies, Breville the Super Q is the option for you. This powerhouse blender wouldn't look out of place in a professional kitchen. It's also got a personal blending cup with a travel lid to make smoothies for when you're on the go.
It impressed us during tests with the 12-speed settings and the preset programs for creating crushed ices, smoothies, and more. The smoothie settings did an excellent job creating a silky mixture, and the green smoothie setting effectively mixed up veggies. It was simple to use, too.
The Breville Super Q machine was designed to make larger quantities, and it struggled to mix the small mayonnaise recipes we tried. However, when it's filled, the blender copes well, and there are no leaks.
This blender is excellent if you have a large household or want to make large quantities of mixtures in one go. The machine is also pretty tall, measuring 46cm high.
Read our full Breville the Super Q review
The best value blender
The KitchenAid K150 is a worthy contender for a place on your kitchen countertop. While this may be KitchenAid’s entry-level blender, it certainly doesn’t compromise on power. On test, we found that it quickly pulverised fruit and vegetables and made a great mayo. If you’re a cocktail fan, a durable blender that can easily crush ice is a must-have, and this model won’t disappoint you. It’s a great all-rounder.
The blender comes with a 1.4-litre plastic pitcher and has three-speed settings. While you won’t find any presets for making different dishes such as smoothies and sauces, we think this will appeal to those that want a simplistic blender that looks stylish too.
It doesn’t come with many accessories, such as individual blending cups. However, we think that’s acceptable considering this is the most-affordable blender KitchenAid offers.
Read our full KitchenAid K150 Blender review
The best portable blender
The ShakeSphere Portable Blender E-Lid is a completely cordless and portable blender, allowing you to take it with you anywhere for smoothies or protein shakes on the go. This is perfect for gym-goers or just busy commuters, and we found that it was great for blending ice and frozen fruits.
The big downside of the blender is its size, as it can only produce single servings and doesn't quite have the power of its full-size counterparts. It's also quite expensive for a smoothie maker. Still, the portability is a huge plus, and we found that the blender actually surpassed its promised 14 cycles per charge, giving us almost double at 26.
Read our full ShakeSphere Portable Blender E-Lid review
The best retro-style blender
With its die-cast aluminium frame that comes in eight glossy colours, including cream (pictured), red, pastel blue, and pink, the Smeg BLF01 blender has a head-turning design, while a range of matching appliances ensure you can achieve a stylish look in your kitchen. The compact blender has a control dial, two pre-set programs for ice crushing and smoothies, and four-speed settings. During testing, the Smeg BLF01CRAU blender reached 103 decibels, making it one of the noisiest blenders we've tested. And while it doesn't produce the smoothest smoothies, it does the job.
It's worth noting that the Smeg BLF01CRAU blender doesn't have a pre-set cleaning button – you can add warm soapy water to the jug and turn it on to dislodge any stubborn ingredients, then finish by washing it by hand. We like that the measuring cup on the top of the jar doubles as a key to remove the blade when a more thorough clean is needed.
Read our full Smeg BLF001PBUK blender review
The best premium blender
A large blender with a triangular jug design and a powerful motor, the Braun PowerBlend 9 (known as the Braun TriForce in the US) is an exceptional premium blender, perfect for households that want to blend up big batches in one go.
With a maximum capacity of 2L and 10 speed settings, plus a pulse setting for reaching appropriate consistencies, the PowerBlend 9 is quite a big piece of kit. It comes with a bunch of buttons on its face for easy use.
Just be aware that it’s quite loud, pricey and there’s only one colour option (the black as pictured above). If you’re fine with those things, then this might be the blender for you.
Read out full Braun PowerBlend 9 review
How we test the best blenders
To compare each blender, we’ve spent hours in the kitchen preparing bowlfuls of mayonnaise while blending pineapple, spinach, and Greek yogurt into a smoothie. As well as assessing how smooth the sauce and smoothie are, we’re also looking for ingredients that are well-combined without any curdling and whether there is residue trapped under the blade or if the elements have leaked from the base lid during blending.
We also evaluate how finely and evenly the blenders chop ice and nuts and compare how easy they are to use. Finally, for each model, we rate how loud they are, how durable and easy to clean the body and parts are, and the valuable accessories they come with, such as a tamper for moving ingredients closer to the blade, extra jugs, or containers, and recipe booklets for inspiration.
How to choose the best blender for you
When selecting the best blender for you, start by identifying the type of blender you need. Jug blenders feature a blade inside the plastic or glass receptacle, which spins when connected to the motor in the base units. As a result, they can blend in large quantities but are usually bulky.
Meanwhile, smoothie blenders, also known as personal blenders, come with a small plastic cup rather than a jug. Fill the cup with your ingredients, then attach the blade, flip the cup upside down and connect to the base. When the ingredients are blended to your liking, remove from the base, unscrew the blade, and screw on a to-go lid, then take your drink with you.
Finally, there are also immersion blenders to consider. Often referred to as hand blenders or stick blenders, they are designed to be inserted into a saucepan or container of ingredients you want to puree. These compact appliances should be swirled around in the liquid while the blade spins to ensure it’s blended uniformly. You can detach the blade from the main unit containing the motor for easy cleaning. For more advice on this, it would be worth taking a look at our jug blenders vs immersion blenders guide.
The best blenders in Australia: FAQ
What can you use a blender for?
Blenders can be used to blend, smooth or pulse a variety of foods (and liquids) depending on the type of blender you need. For example, if you just want to make simple smoothies and soups then a straightforward blender with not too many features and functions will be suffice. If, however, you want to smooth-out hot soups or pulse small, hard ingredients such as nuts then you will need to look out for the blender spec (and our reviews) which talks about this capability.
Blenders can also be used for making a healthy drink on-the-go. Portable and one-cup blenders cater for this. You'll often find that they are also much easier to clean than the larger countertop blenders, simply because there are fewer components to it.
If you're strapped for countertop space then a blender can sometimes even be used as a food processor. When we investigated whether or not can a blender be used a food processor we found that hybrid blenders that come with a food processor attachment could be a solution to most food you'd be wanted to make.
Which blender is best for smoothies?
If you’re looking for the best blender to make smoothies in, you could always opt for a dedicated smoothie maker rather than a jug or immersion blender and potentially save yourself some coin. Generally speaking these smoothie makers feature a cup that the blade assembly screws onto before being attached to the base. Once blending is complete, the blade assembly can be switched for a to-go lid that includes a spout, letting you sip the drink without having to decant it first. However, it's worth noting that these options do come with some sacrifices to durability and versatility.
With this being the case, we recommend the Breville the Super Q as our pick for the best blender option when it comes to smoothies as it comes with a pitcher so you can add liquid during blending, is also powerful enough to crush ice or nuts, and comes with a travel cup for smoothies. Obviously, you will need to decant the drink from the jug into the cup so it might not be ideal if you're in a panicked rush, but is otherwise a relatively minor obstacle on your way to great smoothies.
Blenders vs juicers
While juicers and blenders look similar, they perform slightly different tasks. Blenders use sharp blades to break down the contents of the blending jug. This means everything in the jug is turned into a smooth mixture. Juicers, however, extract liquid and leave behind the rest of the fruits or vegetables. As you might expect from the name, juicers are primarily used to make fresh juice, so they can be pretty limiting, whereas blenders give you the means to make everything from smoothies to dips.
For all the pros and cons of these appliances, head to our full feature on Blenders vs. juicers: what’s the difference?
How do I clean a blender?
Staying on top of cleaning your blender is vital if you want it to last as long as possible and if you want to avoid any nasty odours building up. You can place many blending jugs inside the dishwasher, but you can also clean them by adding warm water and dish soap to the blending jug, putting the lid on, and blending up the soapy solution.
If you’re struggling to get rid of any stubborn stains, create your cleaning paste using one tablespoon of baking soda and mix it with one teaspoon of white vinegar. You can add this solution to the stains using a clean scrubbing brush or a clean toothbrush.
For more handy hacks, read our how to clean a blender feature.
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