Breville Boss To Go Sport Blender Review

The Breville Boss To Go isn't too big and can easily be stored in a cupboard, or stay on a kitchen counter. You can also detach the jar to make it easier to store.

The build quality of this blender is amazing. Unlike the Ninja Nutri Ninja Auto-iQ, this personal blender has a metal base that feels very durable and sturdy. The transmission is also made out of metal and even the jars feel quite premium.

The main jar has a 23-ounce capacity, which isn't ideal for very large servings but should be fine for a single person. You can also put it on the top rack of a dishwasher for safe and easy cleaning. If you're looking for a personal blender with a slightly larger main jar, check out the NutriBullet Pro.

The Breville Boss to Go Sport comes with an additional 15-ounce jar that is dual-walled insulated, which explains why it's heavier than the main jar. This will help keep your drink either cold or hot. You can also put this jar on the top rack of a dishwasher for safe and easy cleaning.

The blades of the Breville Boss To Go are quite sharp, although not as sharp as other blenders coming from brands like Ninja. While you can't remove the blade to clean under it, you can safely put them on a dishwasher's top rack for cleaning.

The lid is attached to the blade, so you can't add anything while you're mixing. It screws on the jar and then needs to be attached to the blender's base. After you blend, you can put the blade lid in the dishwasher and put a drinking lid on the same jar and bring it on-the-go.

While this blender has a circular track underneath its base to store the cable, it's quite hard to fully push it in, so you might have trouble stowing it away. On the upside, the cable should be long enough for you to reach your power outlets.

• Motor base
• Dual-walled 15 oz jar
• 23 oz jar
• 2x To-Go lids
• Blade
• Manual and recipe guide

The Breville Boss To Go has a single speed, which is very fast and quite loud. You need to twist the cup to the 'Liquify' notch to make it blend. While the manufacturer advertises a pulse mode, it's more like turning the blender on and off than an actual dedicated pulse function. You need to twist the cup to 'Liquify' and back to the off state to pulse. If you prefer an easier-to-use pulse mode, check out the Magic Bullet Mini.

This blender produces a great almond butter. You can quickly process the nuts in about a minute, but we experienced a layer of unmixed crushed almonds above the butter, so we needed to open the jar and mix it so that the top layer of uncrushed nuts would blend into the butter. The result is fairly smooth with a nice stickiness. It's a bit grainier than the butter you can make with the Vitamix A2300 but still has good spreadability.

The Breville Boss To Go Sport can produce very smooth and fresh smoothies. The manual recommends using smaller chunks of banana than what we use, but our result is still quite enjoyable. The mix doesn't have any foam and has a nice color. It's very quick to prepare and it does a good job processing fibrous ingredients like kale.

Update 09/23/2020: We've tested the additional jar. The review has been updated to reflect those changes.

If you use the smaller 15-ounce jar for a smoothie, the result is great but significantly foamier than the 23-ounce jar. On the upside, it's still very good, there are no unprocessed chunks or grains of any ingredients and it's very fast to make.

This blender has a good overall performance when it comes to crushing ice. It doesn't take too long for the blender to give you bar-quality ice, although you might want to use fewer cubes at a time to make sure they can be properly crushed.

This blender doesn't have any specific programs or modes.

Cleaning the Breville Boss To Go is quite easy as its jars and blade assembly are dishwasher-safe if you put them on the top rack. If you want to handwash it, you can use warm water with soap, but if you want to use its blending mechanism to wash the interior of the jar, the manufacturer recommends using cool water due to pressurization. Almond butter is a bit harder to clean, as you need to let the leftovers soak for a few minutes. If you're looking for a personal blender that's easier to hand wash, check out the NutriBullet PRO 1000 or the Ninja Nutri Ninja Pro.

The Breville Boss To Go doesn't have any extra features, which might disappoint those who'd like to make hot blends. It only comes with an extra 15-ounce personal jar.