Updated 10 Sep 2018
Zip
231
Snapshot: The Zip 231 benchtop blender has 2 speeds and comes with a plastic jug. How does it rate?
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Test results
Overall score
Ease of use
Pureeing soft food
Crushing ice
Chopping carrots
Good points
- Excellent results in our frozen fruit-pureeing test.
- Very good results in our ice-crushing test.
- OK results in our carrot-chopping test.
- Easy to use controls.
- Lightweight plastic jug.
- Wide base area of jug makes it easier to remove load around the blade.
- Parts are dishwasher safe.
But
- Poor results in our kale test.
- Jug is plastic (so can stain).
- Blade housing requires strength to remove.
- Small chute.
- Jug is large (so can be difficult to clean in the sink).
How we test
Overall score includes:
Pureeing, crushing, chopping, green smoothie, blending kale (60%) – regular blenders.
Pureeing, crushing, chopping, green smoothie, blending kale, nut butter, sorbet (60%) – super blenders.
Ease of use (40%)
For our tests we pureed soft frozen fruit (some older models pureed soup), crushed ice and chopped carrots. We made a green smoothie (a combination of English spinach, pear, kiwifruit, cucumber, mint, celery and water) and blended kale. For super blenders we also made nut butter, sorbet from frozen fruit, dough and almond meal, and grated parmesan. In the latest batch of super blenders we made hot soup from raw ingredients. The dough, parmesan, dry milling and soup scores don’t contribute to the overall score. We measured noise blending kale on the highest setting.
