Voche® 200W Dual Speed Hand Blender with Twist Lock Removeable Stainless Steel Shaft White

I just bought one of these as I wanted a good quality, sturdy and efficient hand blender at a reasonable price. So, I trawled through many on here when my eyes alit on this one. I was a bit hesitant as there were no reviews and I worried that the description sounded almost too good to be true for the low price (mine - a white one - cost about 10.50 with free postage). I figured though that someone has to be the first to do something at times so I went ahead and ordered one.It arrived quickly and I am SO impressed! It's sturdy, I love that the entire blade section is stainless steel, not cheap plastic, it's powerful (2 speeds, both of which are powerful), blends things quickly & easily and it's a doddle to clean, unlike big blenders that have so many parts to have to be washed after use!This whizzes everything super quickly and efficiently, even hard fruits such as apple (which I use in my smoothies). I'm sure it'll last a very long time because it's so well made and efficient. I can't believe I paid so little for something of this quality!! When I was reading through reviews of hand blenders on here before ordering one, one reviewer was saying that when using a cheap hand blender (at around this price point) he felt it wasn't good enough compared to his Bamix one. Bamix ones seem to cost around £100.00+ (what a ridiculous price for a hand held blender!) but I doubt very much that they could be much (if any) better than this one! A big price tag does NOT always equal big quality.I don't know what country this blender originates from but the instruction leaflet it came with says it's imported (it's sold by a company called Tool Time). The name sounds French to me though!I LOVVE my Voche blender!

This is an update to my review after a week's use; I've ditched it as useless. It works but very badly. The exit holes in the blending bowl are not only too small but badly shaped and clog up rapidly, starting in the very narrow corners; perhaps if the motor were more powerful this would not happen. This obviously seriously degrades overall performance, and once the holes are reduced to small orifices by the accumulated gunge, they act as nozzles, and you'd better not be in the way... The following is what I originally wrote:-One reviewer remarks on the absence of evidence of this hand blender's origin, and thinks that Voche sounds French; but in fact, it's Italian, being a word from an obscure, very localised, dialect of the Neapolitan language, and means "I go" (information courtesy of Wiktionary !).However, there can be absolutely no doubt that anonymity of place of manufacture = made in a country whose products the British might be prejudiced against, for whatever reason; take your pick of those... For what it's worth, it appears to be identical to many other similarly priced blenders sold under different brand names.It's low powered by comparison with more well-known makes, 200watts against the more usual 4-500watts, although it weighs no less than my similarly-priced 450watt Braun MQ100 (which I'm ditching as a health hazard). It has two speeds, but I found the low speed quite useless. Even at the higher speed, it's noticeably slower than the Braun, and takes about twice as long to puree the 500gms of veggies I make into a kind of soup every day. It's still only a minute or two, though. Nonetheless, I wish I'd opted for a higher wattage.It appears not to share the Braun's drawback of food leakage into the driving mechanism; this happens due to the absence of a grommet to seal off the gap around the driving spindle. The Voche does have such a grommet, and it may be that the Braun did once, but if it ever did, it's disappeared in less than 20 months.I was a bit taken aback by the product safety warnings which told me I couldn't use the blender in hot liquids. I can see no evidence of why this should be so, the business end being all stainless steel, so it seems a bit daft (how do you wash it ?); but if it is so, then it's wholly useless as far as I'm concerned, since the sole requirement is to make the aforementioned daily soups. It survived its first immersion into hot liquid, however, so we'll see... (Maybe the grommet will eventually dissolve)As for the reviewer who complained that it scratched a non-stick pan - the instruction manual specifically tells you that it will...

It's so good

I use this mainly for making frothy lattes or hot chocolate. It's so easy to use and brilliant in it's effect. I also use it to blend the eggs for omelettes. Best blender I've ever had.

Does an okay job but not terribly powerful. Good for the price though. I just wanted it for soup making and it's fine .

I love the two speeds, and it is light To hold.. Works very well s far s I am happy.

Simply garbage. First one broke after about 2 months of irregular use. Seller kindly replaced it FOC but now the 2nd one has had it too after 1 month. Can't be bothered to complain again. Just a lesson learnt.Do yourself a favour, pay more and get something that'll last a bit longer.

Good for little bit. After 5th use.... Too loose,not firm anymore. All dirt stayed inside, hard to clean . Not bad for money. But next time i will buy something stronger.