Is the 400+ Vitamix Blender Actually the Best? The Kitchen Gadget Test Show
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Date: 2020-05-20
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zoey
If you buy a vitamix buy it at Costco when its on sale. Bought it for a 100 off and after a couple of years when we got a crack in the container from user error, Costco took it and without asking any questions gave us a brand new one. Not a brand new barrel but a brand new vitamix. Again years later, after warranty the knob came off the front. We took it in not expecting much. Bc it was past warranty they didnt give us a new one. Instead they gave us a 400 voucher and told us to go pick out a new one. We ended up with the newer model with a shorter, wider canister (which means it fits under your counter better and even better when your making a nut butter or other thick and sticky recipe, its so much easier to scrap it out) Even vitamix sales ppl have said to buy it at Costco. Even if you didnt buy it at Costco Vitamix will buy back your blender at a great price if its not functioning properly (post warranty) or just bc you want a newer model bc they dont want their products on the market when theyre not at top performance bc theyre so proud of their product. The thing is not everyone needs a vitamix and its an investment. Our family has some special diets-a vegan teenager who makes her own cashew milk, my sister and I who are strictly gluten free bc of health issues and we dont buy processed foods. It was an investment but its used daily. If you dont have the money for a vitamix but would like to cobble together something similar Id suggest a decent emulsion mixer and a decent blender. You can get really good mixers between 50-100. And theres sales. If you find one that comes with a bladed bowel your emulsion mixer can double as a small food processor. (The one we have was 100 and has the bladed bowel, a mixing attachment for making things like whipped cream and a canister that allows it to act as a small blender)Then buy a decent blender for 50-100. You can buy them one at a time as you save up. The vitamix is wonderful but if your just making smoothies you dont need it. But its awesome to have. My kid makes smoothies with it and sorbet (and now frozen coffee drinks now that you I let her have coffee) I use it for everything from making nut flour to soups to grinding up herbs to put in capsules to make my own herbal supplements. I adore it. Also Costco is amazing. Before it was a movement they were paying a living wage and offering good benefits. Great company.
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If you buy a vitamix buy it at Costco when its on sale. Bought it for a 100 off and after a couple of years when we got a crack in the container from user error, Costco took it and without asking any questions gave us a brand new one. Not a brand new barrel but a brand new vitamix. Again years later, after warranty the knob came off the front. We took it in not expecting much. Bc it was past warranty they didnt give us a new one. Instead they gave us a 400 voucher and told us to go pick out a new one. We ended up with the newer model with a shorter, wider canister (which means it fits under your counter better and even better when your making a nut butter or other thick and sticky recipe, its so much easier to scrap it out) Even vitamix sales ppl have said to buy it at Costco. Even if you didnt buy it at Costco Vitamix will buy back your blender at a great price if its not functioning properly (post warranty) or just bc you want a newer model bc they dont want their products on the market when theyre not at top performance bc theyre so proud of their product. The thing is not everyone needs a vitamix and its an investment. Our family has some special diets-a vegan teenager who makes her own cashew milk, my sister and I who are strictly gluten free bc of health issues and we dont buy processed foods. It was an investment but its used daily. If you dont have the money for a vitamix but would like to cobble together something similar Id suggest a decent emulsion mixer and a decent blender. You can get really good mixers between 50-100. And theres sales. If you find one that comes with a bladed bowel your emulsion mixer can double as a small food processor. (The one we have was 100 and has the bladed bowel, a mixing attachment for making things like whipped cream and a canister that allows it to act as a small blender)Then buy a decent blender for 50-100. You can buy them one at a time as you save up. The vitamix is wonderful but if your just making smoothies you dont need it. But its awesome to have. My kid makes smoothies with it and sorbet (and now frozen coffee drinks now that you I let her have coffee) I use it for everything from making nut flour to soups to grinding up herbs to put in capsules to make my own herbal supplements. I adore it. Also Costco is amazing. Before it was a movement they were paying a living wage and offering good benefits. Great company.
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Biz
It's only fair to compare apples to apples with Vitamix going against it's rival Blendtec. My choice would be Blendtec hands down and it doesn't need a paddle to make it work properly. The Blendtec is simply well designed. It's blade design is patented. Something which their rival got sued for infringing upon. I've had my Blendtec for nearly 10 years and it just keeps excelling showing no diminishing signs of quality in functionality nor esthetics. It came with an 8 year warranty, which I've never needed! The Blendtec takes everything that you throw at it and makes it smooth! My former blenders did not make smoothies. They made lumpies.
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It's only fair to compare apples to apples with Vitamix going against it's rival Blendtec. My choice would be Blendtec hands down and it doesn't need a paddle to make it work properly. The Blendtec is simply well designed. It's blade design is patented. Something which their rival got sued for infringing upon. I've had my Blendtec for nearly 10 years and it just keeps excelling showing no diminishing signs of quality in functionality nor esthetics. It came with an 8 year warranty, which I've never needed! The Blendtec takes everything that you throw at it and makes it smooth! My former blenders did not make smoothies. They made lumpies.
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Jakob
weird. how she is funded of the ninja. no thx misses keep your wet dream of a ninja and step the f back and look at the products. how in the freaking hell would that ninja with a containing size around the smoothie volume work as an everyday blender? 9: 46 perhaps if you only in your house but even then, it would be too small. Is it an everyday blender or a smoothie blender we reviewing and even then it would likely also be too small, unless you really wanna go out on a limb by making numerous portion. the ninja blender is way-way to small and where is better deals with big blender-compartment around 100 too 200 USD ballpark.
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weird. how she is funded of the ninja. no thx misses keep your wet dream of a ninja and step the f back and look at the products. how in the freaking hell would that ninja with a containing size around the smoothie volume work as an everyday blender? 9: 46 perhaps if you only in your house but even then, it would be too small. Is it an everyday blender or a smoothie blender we reviewing and even then it would likely also be too small, unless you really wanna go out on a limb by making numerous portion. the ninja blender is way-way to small and where is better deals with big blender-compartment around 100 too 200 USD ballpark.
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Brandon
I really want to like other parts of Eater, but the guys from Meat Hook are the only good ones. Why even bother with this kind of test? It's not a good comparison in any regard. You used a product lineup that doesn't make sense and only tested two scenarios out of the hundreds of things you would use a blender for. No mixed drink test? Really? Also, how can you review a Vitamix without talking about the warranty? Half the reason you buy a Vitamix is the 10 year warranty they do on their core product line.
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I really want to like other parts of Eater, but the guys from Meat Hook are the only good ones. Why even bother with this kind of test? It's not a good comparison in any regard. You used a product lineup that doesn't make sense and only tested two scenarios out of the hundreds of things you would use a blender for. No mixed drink test? Really? Also, how can you review a Vitamix without talking about the warranty? Half the reason you buy a Vitamix is the 10 year warranty they do on their core product line.
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SKRUBL0RD
Vitamix it's more about the horsepower and not the blade -- Wrong. The blades are designed dull so they create a lot of friction as well as to bash and batter, not cut, which more effectively and efficiently pulverizes anything and everything into fine dust or smooth blends. The design also of the container and especially the blades creates a vortex which pulls down towards the blades making that horsepower actually useful and efficient versus most blenders which just shoot everything up.
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Vitamix it's more about the horsepower and not the blade -- Wrong. The blades are designed dull so they create a lot of friction as well as to bash and batter, not cut, which more effectively and efficiently pulverizes anything and everything into fine dust or smooth blends. The design also of the container and especially the blades creates a vortex which pulls down towards the blades making that horsepower actually useful and efficient versus most blenders which just shoot everything up.
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TXSuburbanHomestead
We used to have a couple of Ninjas, but we kept having to replace it because the gaskets would eventually start to leak. We upgraded to the Vitamix a couple of years ago and haven't looked back. It's an absolute beast & exceeds in everything we ask of it. Yes, it's expensive, but we spent as much money replacing the Ninjas over the years that we should have just bought the Vitamix up front. Maybe the best part is the variable speed motor.
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We used to have a couple of Ninjas, but we kept having to replace it because the gaskets would eventually start to leak. We upgraded to the Vitamix a couple of years ago and haven't looked back. It's an absolute beast & exceeds in everything we ask of it. Yes, it's expensive, but we spent as much money replacing the Ninjas over the years that we should have just bought the Vitamix up front. Maybe the best part is the variable speed motor.
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Tanuki
A fault in your testing is that you did not blend the same percentage of volume of product by volume of the blender. By not accounting for the volume of the blender, you are overloading the smaller blenders and handicapping them. For example, 2 cups of corn in the Vitamix has less percentage of volume than the Ninja. If you overload a blender, the blender simply will not be able to work at maximum efficiency.
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A fault in your testing is that you did not blend the same percentage of volume of product by volume of the blender. By not accounting for the volume of the blender, you are overloading the smaller blenders and handicapping them. For example, 2 cups of corn in the Vitamix has less percentage of volume than the Ninja. If you overload a blender, the blender simply will not be able to work at maximum efficiency.
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Scan
I think thats kind of an unfair comparison. The Breville blender is a capable blender, its just geared towards ease rather than speed. I think if you ran it longer it would produce as good if not better result as the vitamix. The vitamix its true is fast and rough but you have to use the plunger with most stuff, and it seems like this has really been fixed to produce a result favourable to the Vitamix.
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I think thats kind of an unfair comparison. The Breville blender is a capable blender, its just geared towards ease rather than speed. I think if you ran it longer it would produce as good if not better result as the vitamix. The vitamix its true is fast and rough but you have to use the plunger with most stuff, and it seems like this has really been fixed to produce a result favourable to the Vitamix.
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icesilverwind
As someone who lives alone, uses a blender for smoothies and maybe soups, I have a magic bullet. Yeah it takes me a few extra minutes to blend, but it takes up less space, it makes one serving (for me. It's cheaper and mine's lasted for 6 years now so it's pretty darn durable as well. Do I need the vitamix? Nah. I'm not feeding a soccer team.
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As someone who lives alone, uses a blender for smoothies and maybe soups, I have a magic bullet. Yeah it takes me a few extra minutes to blend, but it takes up less space, it makes one serving (for me. It's cheaper and mine's lasted for 6 years now so it's pretty darn durable as well. Do I need the vitamix? Nah. I'm not feeding a soccer team.
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David
I'd say if you are a manufacturer there is an opportunity to make a blender that is 200 -- slightly better than Ninja! And you'll take some market share from Breville and some market share from Ninja! And I'd say she's pretty smart! I hope she is not just a commercial hiding behind a test! Is Vita Mix giving her 10k to do a phony test? Who knows.
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I'd say if you are a manufacturer there is an opportunity to make a blender that is 200 -- slightly better than Ninja! And you'll take some market share from Breville and some market share from Ninja! And I'd say she's pretty smart! I hope she is not just a commercial hiding behind a test! Is Vita Mix giving her 10k to do a phony test? Who knows.
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