Noisy and a bit pricey, but worth it!  This machine can do it all.  I find the demo's both annoying and engaging.  Can one machine do it all?  Yes, almost.

We've had the Vitamix for almost three months, and have done blender soup, icecream and many many smoothies.  The other dry blender is noisy and fast at changing dry wheat berries into flour.  (The bread was a bit strong wheat tasting and a little on the heavy side for my family.) 

I bought this at a Costco demo and couldn't be more pleased.

My family and I play a guess the secret ingredient at dinner, and they are amazed to find cherry...