Philips 5000 Series Blender

Is the Philips 5000 Series Blender worth buying?

The Philips 5000 Series Blender is worth buying at £89 if you drink smoothies on the move, because it blends in the 2L jar and in the tumbler that comes with it, and 161 owners rate it 4.5. The 1,200W ProBlend Plus motor turns a thick frozen-fruit mix without you adding water, which is what the ribbed glass jar and the blade angle are for.

It is not the machine for someone who wants the most watts per pound. You pay 7.4p for every watt here, against 3.5p on the Reemix 2000W Jug Blender at £69.99, so the £19.01 difference buys convenience rather than muscle. Buy it for the tumbler, the glass and the cleaning cycle, and look elsewhere if you blend litres of soup every week.

Is 1,200W enough for frozen fruit and ice?

Yes: ProBlend Plus brings 50% more power over the standard setup, and 1,200W drives stainless steel blades through a glass jar built with ribs inside. The ribs do as much work as the motor, because they break the vortex that lets frozen fruit ride up the wall and sit above the blades. Press the pulse button when the mixture looks stuck and it drops back into the cut.

The capacity to plan around is 1.5L, not 2L. Philips measures 1.5L of usable liquid inside the 2L jar, which is three 500ml glasses or enough for a family of four at breakfast. At £89 that works out at 7.4p per watt, so the same money on the Reemix 2000W Jug Blender buys 800W more and leaves £19.01 in your pocket.

What comes in the box and how much space does it take?

You get the motor base, the 2L glass jar with its lid, a tamper and an on-the-go tumbler, and the unit measures 16.6 cm deep, 30.5 cm wide and 34.6 cm tall. Nothing else needs buying to start blending, and the tumbler means one less jug to wash when you drink away from home.

It weighs 3.12 kg, light enough to lift out of a cupboard with one hand, and no part that touches food contains BPA. Cleaning is a one-touch program with warm water and a drop of washing-up liquid, and the jar, lid, blades and tumbler all go in the dishwasher afterwards. The tamper is there for thick nut butters and frozen blocks that need pushing down rather than more liquid.

Where does the Philips 5000 Series Blender fall short?

The price of each watt is the weakest number on the sheet. At £89 for 1,200W you pay 7.4p a watt, more than twice the 3.5p the Reemix 2000W Jug Blender charges, and above the 6.4p of the Tefal PerfectMix High-Speed Blender. The 1.5L working capacity also rules out a full 2L batch of soup.

There are no blending presets, so ice and frozen fruit are managed by the dial and the pulse button rather than a one-touch crush cycle. The glass jar is heavier to handle in the sink than a plastic one, and 161 ratings is a small base next to the 5,112 owners behind the Ninja 2-in-1 Blender.

Philips 5000 Series Blender vs Tefal PerfectMix and Reemix: which should you buy?

The Tefal PerfectMix High-Speed Blender costs £77.02, which is £11.98 less, and matches the same 1,200W and the same 2L of glass while running its blades to 28,000 RPM. It has no tumbler and no cleaning program of its own, but Tefal keeps low-cost parts available for 15 years, so it suits the cook who pours into a glass and wants the machine repairable.

The Reemix 2000W Jug Blender costs £69.99 and brings 2,000W with a 2L Tritan jar, which is £19.01 less and far more motor for batch work. It arrives without a travel cup, so this Philips is the better pick for anyone who leaves the house with a smoothie, and the Reemix is the better pick for volume blending on a budget.