The Vita Mix is a work horse of a blender - our best yet!
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15
2009
Vita-Mix 5200 Blender —
About two years ago I started making a fruit smoothie every morning. Frozen strawberries, a banana, orange juice, yogurt, and flax seed (and more recently blue berries). Unfortunately I found that our standard Kitchen Aid blender was not up to the task. It simply could not handle the frozen strawberries. I would fight with it by starting and stopping and tilting the blender but I eventually became frustrated. So I did a bit of research and found the Breville Blender which even had a special smoothie setting. I was happy with this blender for several months but it seemed to lose its initial effectiveness over time. The seals started leaking, the blades seemed to get duller and I got frustrated. So, you can imagine my delight when my brother in law offered up his Vita Mix. They just weren't using it and I was all too happy to take it home for a spin.Well, that was about eight weeks ago. I am happy to report that I am a very happy user of the Vita Mix. It is without a doubt more powerful and sturdy by a factor of a at least two than the Kitchen Aid or Breville blenders. I still need to push the ingredients down once or twice, but once that adjustment is made, it blends through the smoothie ingredients like nobodies business. The units is a bit louder and bulkier and not as sleek looking at the other two, but at the end of the day I will gladly take function over form.
So if you are a demanding consumer who pushes your blender to the edge, the Vita Mix is for you. Just know you are getting an "industrial strength" blender that is louder, uglier and bigger than the other less powerful models but you will thank yourself in the long run.
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