The instructions were clear but not really needed, we plugged the Breville Active in and were ready to go! Not a biggie, but when you’re in a rush in the morning it’s a pain: with my previous blender you whacked it on and could then do one the kids’ hair or whatever.

One great thing about the Breville Blend Active is that you can use frozen fruit straight from the freezer – breakfast smoothies have never been so quick and easy! Or if you have already purchased a Blend Active product from Breville and it has experienced a fault of any sort, our FAQs can answer some of the more common concerns. Also, the instruction manual lists some awesome smoothie recipes of its own (pages 9 to 10), so it’s worth checking those out, along with the tips on how to create great smoothies generally. The instruction booklet has some great recipe ideas to try out to which should get you started quite nicely.Welcome to Motherhood Diaries, an online global magazine that offers fact and opinion on preconception, pregnancy and parenting. They didn’t leak at all during testing, and the thick plastic of the lids is nicer to drink from than some other sports caps we’ve tested. Your Breville active blender can crush ice, but to protect the blades from possible damage, always add a small amount of liquid to the ice before processing.

Perhaps, one smoothie (or two) a day is enough when you can fit as many ingredients into these bottles as I could.It is really simple to use, you screw the blender lid on the top of the bottle, turn it upside down and attach it to the base. To use the Blend Active you simply pop your ingredients into the sports bottle, add the blade cap and insert onto the blending unit and press 'blend' until smooth. Here are a few of my favourite smoothies ideas from the last couple of weeks – the Blend Active recipes are the same, throw everything in and blend!