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Ive seen the magic bullet on a shopping channel priced £69+ but it was'nt in uk. I bought exactly the same thing in uk from Argos last year priced £30 I think or could of been £40 its called Genie made by Hinari, its excellent for whipped cream about 8-10 seconds

its called the magic bullet and you can get them on ebay for as little as £10.00

CAN ANY ONE TELL ME WERE TO GET NEW CLOTH COVERS FOR THE QUEST STEAM MOP :

Hi from Australia. I bought an Amazing Bullet last week from ebay. I've used it about 4 times for baby's food and thought it was great. Today though, even after using it very carefully, and with very soft cooked food, the rubber wheel on the bottom of the cutter AND the plastic wheel in the base unit totally shaved off (after a few goes of trying to get it to work without the two parts rubbing together too much). When lifting the cup off the base unit to stop the whiz, the two interlocking wheels would rub together. It is now totally useless and I can't get my money back. Has this happened to anyone else?

Hi - I bought mine from Woolies and am very pleased with it. I am a keen cook and use it quite a lot. I have not put it on my foodblog as yet, but will do in the future, as I review kitchen gadgets as well as cooking from lots of books. See my foodblog [link]

Can anyone who has an Amazing Bullet tell me if it's ok to crush ice in it? I've read the discussions that have been going on about this product and it sounds as though some of you have used it for this, but does it ruin the blades eventually? If so, I'll avoid crushing ice as it also sounds like spares are awkward to get hold of! Thanks.

WARNING ABOUT UNAUTHORIZED MAGIC BULLET COPIES
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We receive numerous complaints from customers who are confused by and have purchased Magic Bullet look-a-likes and have been very dissatisfied with the quality. We continuously and successfully pursue the factories and distributors, of these unauthorized copies, including eBay and Amazon as well as other auction site vendors, to the fullest extent of the law. If you have purchased one of these inferior products from a seller on Ebay or Amazon we strongly suggest you file a complaint with those sites, post a negative comment on the seller’s profile, return the product to the seller and post a message here so others will not similarly be taken advantage of.

love cookin but ya all lost me what is a bullet

This equipment sound all very Ann Summers to me

The Super Chopper from JML or Robert Dyas is just the same. £19.99, and it is brilliant. 700 watt motor. Nippy little thing.

Carl

I rushed putting the ingredients into my Bullet and as soon as I started it the drive cog on the base and the one under the blade wore each other away within seconds. These were already partly worn by pulsing. When I unscrewed the blade I found the sealing gasket had wound around the blade shaft and locked it solid causing the damage. As you say in your post above, User Error.

I am now trying to get replacements and if successful will only use it as follows:

1. Always check the seal is properly in place.

2. As in your post above. Switch off the wall socket and lock the blade fully to the base and then use the wall switch to control the machine. On to blend and On Off, On Off to pulse.

I had always regarded the plastic drive cogs as the weakest part of this device because they always seemed to wear each other when pulsing but I had never thought of using the wall socket switch to control it.

Thanks again for this superb tip.

Timoo

last night had a real thirst juiced some small sweet oranges about 3 with half tin of peaches in fruit juice then some ice in sep cup lots ice mixed tog froze 20 m then drank cured that one
later teenagers had wkd with ice from bullet which they love looks great all that blue slush
bio yoghurt and pinaple juice gteat too
or bacardi pinaple juiced and ice disghusting arent i but bullet magic
anything not sweet enough i use pure honey local to my area said to reduce allergies if u take daily desensatisation to pollen
another sad fact if you have any wounds increasing vit c +protein intake speeds up the healing rate
full of boring facts i am

Hi, I have located a supplier for the instruction book. See the post by Happyangel2007

Hi Alex

The only problems I can remember reading about in this thread (and I havent re-read it to make sure) are

1. Problems with seals being caught up in the blades and therefore getting shredded. The people who have done this (myslef included) will probably admit to not fitting the seals correctly in the first place. User error.

2. Overheating. In the book that comes with it it tells you to belnd for 10 seconds pulses. It tells you not to blend for 1 munite solid. The user did and it stopped working, but when it cooled down again it worked. User error.

3. The connecting 'grip' between the cup and base unit getting worn. This happened to me and I know it was thru me using it incorrectly. When 'oulsing' food I no longer push and life the cup, i use the plug socket to create the same on / off effect.

Spare seals can be bought on eBay quite cheaply and I but a new base unit, a new flat blade and a new cross blade for £5 each from Thame direct.

Still a cheap, good investment in my opinion.

Carl.

mike dont know how to let you know because i dont think we can post the email adress im new to forems but magic and amazing are the same but you pay more for thane directs as its a brand name your paying for their tv ad but ive had both never found a difference

Hi, I've looked at the posts here and frankly there seems to be lots of talk of probems with spare parts, surely it should work for some time before you get problems. I saw one here in Poland for about 18 pounds, but I'd NEVER be able to get spare parts. So ultimately - is it worth it? And if so are the Magic and Amazing the same? I'm not sure which one was for sale.
Alex

HI Angel, Can you give me a pointer as to where that was? Tried looking back through the thread but cant find it.

try where my daughter got her machine they may have spares

where did my recipe posting go
swear i posted it
or try e bay

Does anyone know where i can obtain a replacement instruction manual for the Magic Bullet? I have tried the usual suspects including Thane Direct.

Hi,

I really need to use this cos since getting it all i have done is make cream, chop up frozen fruit, onions and grate hard cheese. Cannot crush ice. tried it once, didn't work too well. Probably put too much in and the noise woke my daughter.

Ok, Hints and tips will be greatly received...

i had the magic first then 2yrs ago bought an amazing bullet theres no difference . both excellent just the price my daughter got a magic bullets 26.99 from emailing a seller who e bay kicked off as they do at magicbullet@hotmail.co.uk think they charged her 7.20 p+p but it was great she used paypal to pay was great service but i use mine every day she loved the juicer best cos she had 21 pc set i just loved the ice crushing . gave my patients one to puree their food for xmas there marvelous any one want any hints reciepies be great to share them veteran bullet adict have a good day you all

Probably as i let it cool down and it stopped spinning.

Hi Vants,

Did the unit seem to have no power? If so there is probably a thermal cut off and leaving it to cool will allow it ot work again...

On another note on speed.. I am well impressed by the speed it can whip a tub of cream. The trick is listening to the noise. Too long and you can mix it too much.

Thanks Carl, i guess i just got a little carried away.

The manual says do not spin for anything like a minute in one go. The unit is designed to do its job in seconds.

Using it non stop for anything over 30 seconds is asking for the motor to burn out!!

Hope that helps and RTFM ;o)