T-Bird Anni Rides Again

and you all know how crap I am at doing that!

The smoothie maker is dead.  Smoke from the motor sort of dead.  Even Duke had to admit it was no longer fit for purpose (unlike my Kenwood Chef which sounds dreadful and smells of hot motor but keeps going thus is absolutely fine)  So, I need to replace it urgently.  I’ve got kind of dependent on my daily smoothie to provide a good wedge of my 5 a day.

I can buy the same one again which has the advantage of me already having lots of goblets etc for it so I could make smoothies for a whole birthday party full of people (and keep one blade in quarantine so I know I won’t accidentally eat any banana)  and I like it, it’s a nifty design, small, fast etc (the juicer bit is a waste of space though, not sure what they were thinking of with that bit!)

Or I can get something slightly cheaper that is a similar nifty design but has two nice looking mugs with handles and lids (useful for oversleeping - breakfast in car is a bit messy with a goblet!!!) rather than various sized goblets.  Will have to learn to make my smoothies a bit less gloopy (I’ve been known to need a spoon….) to be able to drink through the lid I suspect but I can live with that.  Kenwood are usually a good brand, so I’m reasonably confident that it’s cheap and cheerful not cheap and nasty.  I’m assuming the motor unit will be a similar size to the Hinari one so will fit into it’s space nicely (and free up lots of space in the cupboard as only 2 mugs, not billions of goblets)

Then again, this one really appeals to me. Funky design, blade totally contained within the cup, you don’t need to screw it off (at which point certain small independent people spill their smoothie everywhere…) and "sippy" type top so again, good for breakfast in car but again, must learn to put enough liquid in to make it drinkable through spout   But, and it is a very big but, only one cup per machine.  So if 2 of us want smoothies I have to find something else to tip one into, rinse the thing out and start again.

So, shall I leave you all to debate it and tell me which one????