[Yieldway17]

Originally Posted by sagarpadaki

Even our recently purchased Samsung microwave came with 1 meter power cable.

Kenstar microwave my parents bought like 10-12 years ago also came with 1 meter power cable. Looks like the whole industry expects that the appliance is placed beside a plug point.

[Thad E Ginathom]

Originally Posted by Yieldway17

... Looks like the whole industry expects that the appliance is placed beside a plug point.

I guess it should be! But then, if it isn't, people will use extension leads anyway, which is worse than one single lead.

So, it might be a safety measure (haha, no pun intended) but good flex is not cheap, and it is probably as much about cost cutting.

[vsrivatsa]

Need recommendations on Food Processor - I see the below three listed on Amazon. We have never owned a Food Processor before so checking for advice:

Inalsa INOX 1000 1000W Food Processor with Blender
https://www.amazon.in/Inalsa-1000-Wa...dp/B079YQJJ18/
₹8860

Morphy Richards Icon Superb 1000-Watt Food Processor
https://www.amazon.in/Morphy-Richard...dp/B071GQM1S1/
₹8855

Usha FP 3811 Food Processor 1000 Watts Copper Motor with 13 Accessories
https://www.amazon.in/Usha-Processor...dp/B07QY3L2BT/
₹11,089

Can folks who have prior experience share your experience and recommendations.

[ajayc123]

My wife strongly prefers food processor by a brand called Sujata. Pretty rugged. In the past we have used Braun, Black & decker and few others. This one stands out for us.

[carboy]

Originally Posted by ajayc123

My wife strongly prefers food processor by a brand called Sujata. Pretty rugged. In the past we have used Braun, Black & decker and few others. This one stands out for us.

Their mixie seems to be 900W. Isn't that overkill for home use?

[ajayc123]

Originally Posted by carboy

Their mixie seems to be 900W. Isn't that overkill for home use?

Usually, the home mixers come around this wattage, sometimes even slightly more. Commercial ones are even higher wattage.

[carboy]

Originally Posted by ajayc123

Usually, the home mixers come around this wattage, sometimes even slightly more.

Most home mixies start from 500-550W & some go up to 750W. This is the first one I am seeing which is 900W.

[ToThePoint]

Originally Posted by carboy

Their mixie seems to be 900W. Isn't that overkill for home use?

Please go for atleast 750w ones. Your family will thank you later

[ajayc123]

I agree, lot of products with 550-750 watts, but this brand Sujata is quite popular in Delhi offline shops, and is default choice for many, especially the one with all steel jars, for ruggedness and durability. Pretty much pulverises everything without breaking a sweat.

[hrman]

Originally Posted by vsrivatsa

Need recommendations on Food Processor - I see the below three listed on Amazon. We have never owned a Food Processor before so checking for advice:

Can folks who have prior experience share your experience and recommendations.

Strongly suggest to go for a regular mixer grinder and not a food processor. We have had a couple over the years, we didn't use the special attachments much. If you see a dire need for these, then it makes sense to purchase. But fancy attachments like dough mixing, cutting french fries, veggies are way overrated. The effort to wash the unit after these tasks itself will put you off.

I have a Sujata Dynamix 900W mixer grinder, which we have been using for over a month. Its pretty powerful and gets the work done with lesser time compared to my Preethi Platinum 750W which was about 11 yrs old and started giving lots of jar related problems.

[carboy]

Originally Posted by ToThePoint

Please go for atleast 750w ones. Your family will thank you later

I am not in the market for one. I already have a mixie.

I was just curious as to why a 900W one is needed.

[mvadg]

Originally Posted by carboy

I am not in the market for one. I already have a mixie.

I was just curious as to why a 900W one is needed.

Not only that, I don't think anyone knows if these motors are actually rated at 750 or 900 Watts. Request TBHP electrical engineers to clarify.

[vsrivatsa]

Originally Posted by hrman

But fancy attachments like dough mixing, cutting french fries, veggies are way overrated. The effort to wash the unit after these tasks itself will put you off..

Thanks! This is a good input. We already have a Mixer-Grinder and looking towards the "fancy" benefits of a Food Processor like chopping of veggies mainly.

Originally Posted by thanixravindran

We generally keep the mixer grinder and food processor separate. Former is a bit heavy duty for hard grinding and use Preeti products. Latter is for soft purposes and use Inalsa (costs around 8k) which is going quite good for more than 5 years now.

Could you share from your experience how useful really is a Food Processor for Veggie Chopping/grating etc.

[thanixravindran]

Originally Posted by vsrivatsa

Could you share from your experience how useful really is a Food Processor for Veggie Chopping/grating etc.

Our usage of food processor is more on the baking preparation side for cakes which is quite good and useful. We have used it for veggie chopping initially but not much used later as you have to first cut some of them in the sizes that goes in the jar. So it is mixed but useful for onion chopping or greens shredding. Advantage is the uniform chopping more than time saving. Never tried the juicer option as we have a separate slow juicer too but the hassle of cleaning it is so high that it is lying unused. If you don't clean those hard to reach places thoroughly, it will lead to fungus growth.

One word of caution in the food processor is on the jars life. I have not seen any motor failure in any of them but saw many failed jars or the chopping blades in them. Previously we had a Philips make but on repeated Atta kneading, the jar broke from the joint itself because possibly our folks would have overloaded. The spare was quite expensive. So please use for less quantity than advertised.

On a related note, if the requirement is only veggie chopping, we used a Prestige hand blender/chopper too for these basic veggie chopping which does the job at a much lower price.

https://shop.ttkprestige.com/prestig...d-blender.html

[hrman]

Originally Posted by carboy

I am not in the market for one. I already have a mixie.

I was just curious as to why a 900W one is needed.

Not a direct answer to your question, but from what I checked, most You Tube videos recommend this particular mixer-Sujata 900w or Bosch 1000 w as the best for heavy duty work like grinding dosa batter or flour, which will need a longer continuous running time.
While a 750 W would have definitely done the job, it is believed the 900W would do it in lesser time. I understand the rating W is at peak load under standard test conditions. I think its also our mentality as consumers of "more is better". Hence 900w is "perceived" to be better compared to 750w.
Whether Sujata would have sold so many mixer grinders if it was 750W instead of 900W is anyone's guess.