Blenders are notoriously noisy. So when we heard about AEG's new Power Mix Silent Blender
which it claims is the quietest on the market, and conversation compatible, we were keen
to try it out. Today we will pit it against the Phillips HR2000 Blender to see how it
compares. We will make a fruit smoothie in each, using mango, banana, lime zest, lime
juice and orange juice.
So first, let's try the Philips model. Now as you can hear, this is a fairly noisy, I'm
having to raise my voice to speak over it. In our lab test, it scored three stars, which
is average for noise, so this is a typically noisy blender. On our decibel counter here,
you'll see that on it's level one, it's around, around 80 for noise and if we turn it up to
level two, then it's getting up to 85 for noise.
Having said this it is blending our smoothie pretty quickly and that now it looks just
about ready. Now lets try the AEG Power Mix Silent Blender. So instead of preset level
this one's got a stepless speed dial, which is quite nice as it feels it gives you more
control over the speed.
Let's turn it on. Now as you can hear, on its low setting this blender is very quiet.
And even if I turn it the high setting, I still don't have to raise my voice to talk
over it. It's significantly quieter than the Phillips model. However, if we have a look
at the decibel reader here, we can see that on its high level it's reading around 82.
And if we turn it back down to the low level, it's reading around 72. Now, it is quiet,
but it does seem to be going quite a little bit slower than the Phillips model. And I
wonder whether AEG have had to sacrifice some of the speed, in order to make this model
so quiet.
Now, we'll turn it up, give it a little bit longer, and then we'll take a look at the
results. Now let's have a look at the smoothie. Whew! Now, one thing about this glass jug
is, it does look great, but it is quite heavy so you wouldn't want to be carrying it around
for very long. Let me pour this out.
There we go. Now this connect it's got a nice consistency, although it does look like there's
a few lumps of mango like this one that haven't been blended. So, that's a little bit annoying,
but take a look at the Phillips one to compare. Now, that one looks like a good consistency.
There doesn't appear to be in any lumps in that one.
Now it might not have blended our smoothie perfectly here, but we haven't fully tested
it in the lab. And that's the only place we'll really know how it compares to other blenders
on the market. Here in the kitchen, we liked how easy it was to put it together and clean.
The only bit that was a little tricky was getting the jug lid on and off as it is quite
stiff.
This model of FB4600 and deep aubergine costs $149.99, and comes with a mini-chopper and
juice filter. The more basic version without these accessories and without the stepless
dial is the SB4400 which costs $99.99. If you'd like to see full reviews for all the
chop blenders, smoothie makers and food processors we've tested, visit which.co.uk