After the two most basic things (stove, oven), my most essential kitchen appliance is a blender – it’s way more important than, for example, a microwave oven. And about 10 years ago, I bought a Krups blender: a predecessor of the current F577 model but practically identical to it. It’s the single greatest kitchen appliance I’ve ever had in terms of function, looks and durability. The thick glass jar alone makes all the plastic-things look like toys (which they are, really).
But 10 years. For any electrical appliance that’s an eternity. I will be very impressed and quite surprised if our washing machine or fridge or kitchen scale or vacuum cleaner lasts 10 years – these days it seems that a one-year warranty only guarantees that the appliance in question will self-destruct approximately 370 days from the day of purchase. But no, the blender just keeps on going.
And it’s not because it sits idle either – it has been and continues to be used practically every day. It has churned out countless smoothies, strawberry margaritas and other delicious things over the years and it’s still as good as new. By quick conservative calculations, it has cracked and crushed over one thousand kilograms of ice during its lifetime. Way to go, little thing.
