Magimix Blender Power 4 review
I love to experiment in the kitchen, so I need to keep an eye on the best blenders around. Blenders don’t really impress me unless they can make nut butters and thick, spreadable dips with ease; I need one that can turn everything I throw at it to liquid.
It’s good for me, then, that the Magimix Blender Power 4 ticks all those boxes and more. The super-powerful 1300W motor base never overheated when making challenging foods like peanut butter and hummus and made smoothies in seconds.
Although the Power 4 isn’t as easy to clean as other blenders I’ve used, this doesn’t stop it from being darn good at its one job: turning solids into mush. I can definitely see this being a great kitchen assistant to almost anyone. Find out the full story in this Magimix Blender Power 4 review.
Magimix Blender Power 4 review: Cheat sheet
- What is it? A versatile home blender
- Who is it for? Smoothie lovers, dip makers, nut butter fanatics alike
- What does it cost? £200
- What do we like? It makes light work of blending and comes with a lovely full-colour recipe book
- What don’t we like? The jug is really heavy and it’s not as easy to clean as other blenders
Magimix Blender Power 4 review: Specs
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Price |
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Pitcher capacity |
1.8 litres |
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Power |
1300W |
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Preset modes |
5, including clean |
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Blend speeds |
6 |
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Dimensions |
16.5 x 16.5 x 40.5 centimetres |
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Weight |
6 kilograms |
Magimix Blender Power 4 review: Price & availability
The Magimix Blender Power 4 is £200 on Amazon U.K.. At time of writing, it’s only available on Amazon U.S. for $384. It seems to be imported from the EU, which suggests it has a Type C plug rather than the U.S.’s Type A/B. The voltage is also listed at 240V, double the U.S.’s standard outlet voltage of 120V.
As a result, I wouldn’t recommend purchasing this blender in the U.S. due to electrical incompatibility.
However, in the U.K. the Power 4 is a pretty great price. One of the best blenders I’ve ever used is the Ninja Detect Power Pro ($195), and the KitchenAid K400 I tested at the same time is a massive £329. Some blenders can go for upwards of £500, like the Vitamix Ascent (£558) or the Vitamix A3500 ($649). I’d say the Power 4 is a great deal considering its performance. You can get the Magimix Blender Power 4 Premium, which includes a tamper and mill attachment, for £290.
Magimix Blender Power 4 review: Design & controls
One of my favourite aspects of the Power 4 isn’t anything to do with the blender itself. It’s the little recipe book that comes in the blender box. This hardcover full-colour recipe book, full of 85 recipes for various smoothies, juices, and the like, is amazing. This is such a lovely gesture from Magimix, and made me want to get stuck in with their recipes. This kindness doesn’t go unnoticed!
Now onto the blender itself. The pitcher is pretty heavy and constructed from borosilicate glass. While I was scraping out thicker food like peanut butter and hummus, the jug was quite laborious to hold and I had to put it down a few times to give my poor arm a break. It’s great that the jug is glass rather than plastic — I just wish it was lighter!
The motor base isn’t as large as Ninja’s Detect motor bases, at 6 inches high rather than Ninja’s 8 inches. However, it’s still pretty bulky and would be too big to leave out on my kitchen countertops.
I do like the range of features on this blending base, though. There’s the dial and three buttons. The dial controls blending presets with options ranging from ‘smoothie’ to ‘clean’. The buttons are for pulsing, start/stop, and auto. These buttons feel sturdy and well-made, as does the glass jug I discussed above.
You can get a mill attachment for $60, which can grind grains for homemade flours. There don’t seem to be any other attachments on Magimix’s website, which is a shame seeing as Ninja offers a full food processor attachment for its range of Detect blenders.
Magimix Blender Power 4 review: Blending performance
As with all other blenders I test, I put the Magimix Power 4 through a series of challenges. I decided on a smoothie, as it’s what people think of when they think of blenders, hummus, as it’s usually pretty challenging due to its solidity, and peanut butter, which some blenders utterly fail at.
I will note that Magimix’s claims of ‘Quiet Mark’ approved performance are sound: the Power 4 maxed out at 87dB while blending frozen fruit, which is the quietest blender I’ve ever personally used. It’s still loud, don’t get me wrong, but it’s quiet for a blender.
The classic — berry smoothie
To the 1.8 litre pitcher, I added 1 cup of frozen mixed berries and 1 cup of oat milk. I set the blender on the ‘Smoothie’ preset and let it blend. After one run through, I thought it needed a little extra so I put it back on ‘Smoothie’ again.
After two passes on ‘Smoothie’, I had a lovely well-combined fruit smoothie, as you can see from the picture. There were no chunks or even shards of ice, although there were a few fruit seeds. Even so, I think the Magimix performed excellently here.
The appetizer — hummus
I added 1 tin of chickpeas, 1 tablespoon of tahini, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, and ice water during blending. I put it on power 4 for one minute, but it was still a little lumpy, so I blended it using ‘turbo pulse’ for a few seconds. The blender did not overheat or warm the hummus whatsoever during pulsing.
As you can see, the hummus is delightfully smooth and creamy. There were no lumps of chickpea skins left in the dip at all, so again, this was a major win and the Magimix performed excellently.
The challenge — peanut butter
Nut butter is one of the most difficult foods for a blender to make. It has no added liquid at all, so all of the liquid comes from the oil released during blending. This makes it a major challenge for most blenders.
I added about 350g of roasted peanuts to the Magimix pitcher and set it on max power for five minutes. I scraped down the sides with a tamper for the first 3 minutes or so, which was more than I had to tamp when using the KitchenAid K400 and Ninja Detect Power Pro. However, the end result was much more liquidy than the KitchenAid’s peanut butter, although not as liquidy as the Ninja’s.
Even though it wasn’t as creamy as the Ninja’s result, there were no big chunks of peanut and very little grittiness. The blender did not overheat or sound like it was struggling at all, either.
Magimix Blender Power 4 review: Storage & maintenance
Excellent blending performance aside, one of the main issues I had with the Magimix Power 4 was actually cleaning it. The blades are technically removable, but it took four people to actually unscrew the blades from the pitcher. I couldn’t do it at all.
If you have weak grip or any health issues like arthritis in your hands, I don’t think removing these blades would be possible.
After making peanut butter, I ran the blender on the ‘Clean’ setting three times and it still wasn’t clean. I had to get into the jug with a sponge and twist my arm to clean under the blades. One of my favorite aspects of the Ninja Detect Power Pro is its easily removable blades, which makes cleaning a dream.
However, cleaning the Magimix was still easier than cleaning the KitchenAid K400 as the blades aren’t sunken, unlike the KitchenAid’s. Still, though, cleaning could be made easier with blades that aren’t super stiff.
As with other high-power blenders, the motor base is pretty bulky at around 6 inches high. It’s smaller than the Ninja Detect series’ base, but it’s still too big to leave out on the kitchen counter.
Amazingly, Magimix offers a 3 year warranty and has a 30 year guarantee on its motor bases, with a caveat — 30 year availability of spare parts.
Should you buy the Magimix Blender Power 4?
I think the Magimix Power 4 is a fantastic blender for the price. While it’s not as blow-every-other-blender-out-the-water-good like the Ninja Detect Power Pro, it still performs its job phenomenally well.
The Magimix Power 4 requires a decent amount of elbow grease to remove the blades for easy cleaning, and its supposed ‘Auto clean’ function doesn’t work for stickier messes like nut butter and hummus. You will need to get into the jug with a sponge and put some manual labour in.
However, these are very minimal complaints for a blender with huge power and versatility. It can be used for a huge variety of food, like dips and iced drinks, all the way to gloopy challenges like peanut butter. If you need to make a lot of smoothies and fast, I wholeheartedly recommend the Magimix Power 4.
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