The third blade set this year to fail at the same point, the cog that connects to the TM5 base sheared off. I make a smoothie once a day with frozen mango cubes in some liquid.

The thermomix lady I spoke to on the phone was immediately defensive and said even putting a whole banana in a smoothie without breaking it up could cause the blades to fail and that any frozen fruit should be left on the counter to thaw for 15 minutes before making a smoothie. I said that seems unreasonable considering the pre-purchase demonstration included a sorbet recipe with ice in it & what I’m using it for is comparable. She told me most of the thermomix customers leave frozen fruit out to thaw before making smoothies & she was generally unsympathetic and said I’ll just have to keep buying more blades because I’m misusing the equipment.

I think there is a manufacturing flaw as the blades are not lasting as long as the original did under the same use.

Handy

Happy with that cos my old blade worn out finally with new one exciting to use again with Thermomix 🙂🙂

these last a really long time but fantastic that they are shipped quickly when i need one!

I have gone through 3 of these blades in less than a year from the cog snapping off. I contacted thermomix but received no reply.