PB9600 (15) - Discontinued Date Purchased: May 2015 Leaking heavily from under the blades onto the base unit 1 out of 5, reviewed on Oct 05, 2016 Was this review helpful? Read the reviews for Optimum 9400. Date Purchased: Aug 2014 Awesome blender but not built to last 2 out of 5, reviewed on Oct 04, 2016 Date Purchased: Sep 2014 Not nearly as good as its predecessor 3 out of 5, reviewed on Aug 19, 2016 Date Purchased: May 2013 No value for money! reviewed on Jul 28, 2016 1 person found this helpful, do you? The Jury is Out reviewed on Jun 20, 2016 reviewed on Jun 17, 2016 I do apologise for the issues you encountered with one of our Sunbeam products. Your feedback is much appreciated and will be passed onto the product team. posted on Jun 23, 2016 The Sunbeam 'Cafe Series' PB9800 has a 1 year guarantee. I have recently purchased an Electrolux blender for a similar price, that has a 5 year guarantee.

Sunbeam Customer Service pretend they a... posted on Jun 25, 2016 Stopped working just after 12 months 4 out of 5, reviewed on Jun 05, 2016 I do apologise for the experience you have had with the Sunbeam PB9800. Please give our Customer Care team a call on 1300 881 861 and one of our representatives will be more than happy to assist. posted on Jun 07, 2016 Thankyou i did and they have organized a replacement. blade assembly leaking oil reviewed on May 31, 2016 I do apologise for the experience you have had with the Sunbeam PB9800. Please give our Customer Care team a call on 1300 881 861 and one of our representatives will be more than happy to assist. posted on May 31, 2016 Leaking Oil (Faulty Blade Assy) P/N PB98002 $55 reviewed on May 20, 2016 I would like to thank Sunbeam for coming to the party and replacing the faulty part. Sometimes one person can make or break a business with good / bad customer service.

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reviewed on Mar 10, 2016 Thank you for your great feedback on the Sunbeam PB9800! If you require any further advise or information on the unit, please don't hesitate to give our Customer Care Team a call on... posted on Mar 15, 2016 reviewed on Feb 25, 2016 Please give our custo... posted on Feb 25, 2016I already have...bit disappointed that I have to purchase a new "measuring cup" that fits in the lid........thought a good will gesture would have included that. 1 of 7 pagesThe best blender for smoothies is not necessarily the most expensive. Compare blenders, check blender reviews and you can find a perfectly good blender for a reasonable price. My first few smoothie experiments were conducted using a food processor. The results were drinkable but had to be chewed a fair bit on the way through. I quickly invested in a cheap personal smoothie maker from Aldi for about $25. (All prices quoted are in Australian dollars.) That gave me much better results but wasn’t easy to clean and the threads on the plastic base wore quickly.

My next investment was an Aldi $40 blender. (You may see a pattern in my shopping habits emerging here...) This would have been fine for irregular use, but by now I was making smoothies every morning and wanted a blender that would accept ingredients unchopped, do its job quickly and be extremely easy to clean. I needed to save time in my family’s busy morning and not leave myself any more mess than necessary to clean up. I took it back for a full refund.Also, by this point in time I’d come across sales pitches for the Vitamix blender on raw foodie forums, and had become convinced that I needed one. My partner was certainly not convinced that we needed to spend $1050 on a blender when Aldi had a perfectly good one for 40 bucks. For me, the tantalising descriptions of smoother than smooth smoothies, easy operation and clean-up and the damn sexiness of the thing had me sold. However, after strong encouragement from my partner, I investigated further. Instead of buying the very BEST blender, I would buy an EXCELLENT blender.

My excellent blender is a 2000W Sunbeam Cafe Series PB9600 that we bought for $269, about 25% the cost of a Vitamix blender. Am I happy with it? It’s a powerful blender that produces smoothness out of whole silverbeet, bok choy or kale leaves, makes creamy nutmilks and doubles as a food processor. It’s easy to clean – I just half-fill it with water and a squirt of dishwashing detergent, let it whiz 10 seconds then give the sides a quick final rinse in the sink. The only drawback is that it’s loud – we all cover our ears for thirty seconds while it’s blending. In my opinion, no. I drink at least a litre of green smoothie daily, and it’s smooth and creamy every time. I do have an excellent blender, and it wasn’t cheap, but it was quarter of the price of a Vitamix blender. Perhaps there’s value in the Vitamix blender’s 3 year warranty, but if you simply don’t have the money up front, sturdy, quality blenders are available for much less. My Sunbeam PB9600 has a 12 month replacement guarantee and a 5 year motor guarantee.

Also in my favour is the fact that I’ve never tried a Vitamix smoothie. Maybe it is a supreme product, but seeing as I’m perfectly happy with my current smoothies it’s probably better that I don’t know. I suspect that any difference isn’t that great.By the way, I am not trying to sell you a Sunbeam, and I am not a Sunbeam affiliate. You should always do your own research. However, positive rival blender reviews that I found on the internet saved us $750, so I’m paying it forward. For me, the Sunbeam is the best blender because it hit the sweet spot in terms of value for money. If you don’t have a daily smoothie habit (yet!) and need to consider your budget, even cheaper blender models can do the job adequately well. Sunbeam MultiblenderProMy parents have a Sunbeam MultiblenderPro (800W) which they purchased for $69 on special. They drink green smoothies about 3 times a week and they claim that the smoothies from their Sunbeam blender are just as smooth. Time will tell how soon their cheap blender needs to be replaced, but it has a 12 month warranty.