Is a Thermomix really worth £900?

[TheToadLessTravelled]

I want the ultimate kitchen gadget so I can get rid of all our blenders, juicer etc and expand my cooking gadget repertoire while saving space in our tiny kitchen.

I was just reading about the Thermomix which supposedly blends, juices, cooks, kneads etc etc etc.

Does anyone have one, and is it really as good as it sounds?

And more to the point is it worth £900?

Looks and sounds good, but I do have my reservations.
It looks a bit small for a family, and the whole 'one blade, one whisk' thing doesn't convince me really. I do quite a bit of baking, and any type of 'blade' just wouldn't knead bread dough properly.
If you have the space, for £900 I would vote for the Kenwood Cooking Chef. I have the Titanium (doesn't cook) and LOVE it! You can get the attachments you actually need and with confidence that each one is designed for its purpose and will be efficient at it. The quality and service is brilliant, can't fault it any way.

I love, love, LOVE my Thermomix and don't know how I didn't know about it for so many years!

Cleared all excess gadgets from the kitchen, made a cover for the hob as I rarely use it so now have extra work space, decluttered the pan drawer so now have extra storage space to create that with carpentry would have cost way over £900.

And now I have a husband who previously never cooked making bolognese, bread and more! So no need to stock up the freezer when I am away. We have saved so much money as food gets prepared quicker than waiting for the Chinese or Indian takeaway, kids prefer homemade pizza....

I know, I am waxing and this is after 18 months of owning one and the love just keeps growing!

Don't waste time, buy one! :)

I've just been to a demo. Was sceptical at first until I saw the sorbet being made. The taste!! OMG. Delicious. Then there was a velouté made from the veggies in the jug which cooked while the chicken/veg was steaming on the Varoma dish. The taste.....was like something you would eat in 5* restaurant.

I want one. How to convince DH????

Bump!

We have recently had to "start again" and own no appliances at all.

I have been planning what to get, and top of my list were a stick mixer/food processor, a nutribullet and a slow cooker. I was thinking about how much it will all cost and getting a bit "meh" about having to buy so much kit.

Suddenly today I had the realisation that a thermomix might be the ticket. I know it's expensive, but I want to improve our diets and this seems like a good way to do it. What say you guys? I know it's not going to alleviate any of my money concerns - just the opposite! - but can it make smoothies easily?

I have also read it doesn't really work on the slow cooking front. But an hour could get some of that sort of effect, right?

INXS did you make a decision? DH has given me the green light! I am keeping my slow cooker though as I don't think the Thermomix does a decent job of slow cooking. I reckon it would make delicious smoothies though - really smooth with no bits!

I'm still a bit worried that I will regret spending all that money though. I also don't think DH has a any idea how big it is in reality....hopefully when he eats all the delicious food he won't care!

My friend had one, it is pretty swish. I only saw it in action for juice though, what came out was actually like the consistency of juice, unlike what you get from a nutribullet for example. It was apparently a bitch to clean though which would put me off. I do drink a horrendous amount of juice but even that wouldn't justify the cost for me. I reckon it would sit forlornly on the counter top gathering dust after a few weeks of excitedly using it. Nutribullet has come in handy for weaning though, been in its box for over a year, and DP used it more than I did.

Hi - I'd like to revive this thread as I'm seriously tempted to get a Thermomix. I'm hoping some people who originally posted give me their thoughts over a year on. Has anyone else been tempted? The new one is out in June in Europe.

My Italian colleague has one and she raves about it. She always has amazing food 🙂

Because the TM6 is coming out in a couple of months, there is currently (until the end of March) a £100 discount, and interest free credit being offered - and it is NEVER discounted, so there's not going to be a better time to buy than now - £890, or £79/12 months (subject to a credit check).

My friend demonstrates and sells these, so I've been hearing about them for a while, and went to a demo last week 🙈 They are pretty impressive, and if you can afford one easily, I'd get one. Strawberry and banana sorbet took about 3 mins, amazing pesto about the same. It chops the onions for mushroom risotto, and then stirs the rice whilst it's cooking. It has inbuilt weighing scales, and you can manually control the chopping speed, cooking temp and time - tho there are also hundreds of pre-programmed recipes on the microchip (included), so it's pretty idiot-proof!

The only person I know with one raves about it. But she demonstrates them for a living......

I have had one TM31 for seven years. I love it. I have never had a single issue with it (I haven’t even had it serviced).
I will admit I don’t use it to it’s full potential but I have favourites I make with it. Amazing for sauces, melting chocolate - anything with precise temps. It is an incredible machine.

Hi all, I got the Tm5 and at the beginning I was very happy about it, it really does everything they said. But after 1 year i start to notice few small cracks around the arms that with the time they became quite big. The scale start not to work properly after few month. The bowl base plastic melt down, i don't know how and the time bottom jumps the numbers, I did contact the costumers service and the only solution to my problem was to send my TM5 to a repair with a cost of £99.00 just to be see. They could not guaranty that they could fix my thermomix and probably the cost will be quite high, I had my Tm5 only for 3 years and i did use it only for a domestic use no commercial. They told me that because the guaranty was for 24 month this was the best they could do. I am absolutely disappointed on how they manager my problems and i do not think I can recommend the thermomix to any one!!!!

I've had mine for nearly 5 years and it works like new. (no idea how the blades are still sharp after all that use!) Love it and would be lost without it! You can make so many things from scratch in it. Brilliant for sauces, soups, baby food, sorbets etc but also makes lovely bread dough. Also makes a mean risotto! We were without a kitchen for a while and it wasn't a problem as there are plenty of meals you can make in TM.

Admittedly it is expensive but for me it has been well worth the initial outlay.

Now.. just off to google thermomix salmon risotto recipe for tea tonight :)