Food processor?

Luna69

Hi
I'm looking for a food processor that doesn't break the bank. I had a form of hand blender with a lot of attachments that has been great, cost about £30 at the time, was a cooks essentials make from QVC, but over the last year some of the blades have broken and now most of it is unuseable, stick blender and whisks are still fine. I cant' find these anymore and the ones I have seen don't have as many attachments for more money or about the same.

I've been looking at a few food processors after seeing a kenwood compact type in the christmas argos brochure, but not sure if this one would be too small.
We are a family of 5 and while I will use it, I'm not sure how often it will be used yet, which is why I've never bought one before and stuck with the hand type.
I've looked at a few kenwood ones and compact will be good storage wise as I don't have much space as long as it does it's job, even if I have to blend soup in seperate batches or use hand blender.

I wondered if anyone had any recommendations, up to about the £30-£35 mark, preferably less.
The one in argos is a kenwood FP108 for £21.99 but I have looked at a 116 online too.

Hope someone can help
Thanks
Yvonne

consultant31

IMO food processors tend to spend most of their life at the back of a cupboard because they are messy to clean.

The best gadget I have ever bought is my Bamix.......I know, I know, very expensive but practically unbreakable and used daily. It does everything I need it to do and I can't recommend it highly enough.

If you can manage without whilst saving up for the Bamix I'm sure you'd be better off in the long term.

http://www.directcookware.com/html/bamix/bamix_deluxe.asp

Luna69

Thanks, just found one on lakeland for £87.99, still more expensive than I can afford right now, but it is similar to the one I have/had. Obviously not as strong or powerful, but it's lasted me about 4+ years now and I can still use the blender, whisk and mixer. Only the blades for cutting/chopping have gone, or more the part they attach to, the plastic melted! But then I only paid about £30 for that one.

Yvonne

auntynet

Just had a quick look on Argos site and found Breville Brushed Stainless Steel Food Processor for just under £40. I know its a bit more than you wanted to pay but it does have a 2 litre bowl capacity and the one you mentioned only has a 0.8 litre capacity.