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Get a Vitamix. 5x the price and seems to last forever. In fact, there are even very old (decades old) used Vitamix’s on eBay that are still running and usually
by cudgy 4y ago
Get a Vitamix. 5x the price and seems to last forever. In fact, there are even very old (decades old) used Vitamix’s on eBay that are still running and usually just need a new canister.
- xahrepap 4y agoFor Christmas we replaced my moms vitamix. She had her last one for well over 20 years. We’ve had ours for 8 years and it works like new and doesn’t smell like the motor is burning out like so many cheap blenders do.
- hansvm 4y agoI can second this motion. I've used a lot of blender-like products of various advertised levels of quality, and Vitamix is the only thing I've seen that can take massive levels of abuse for ages.
- Ma8ee 4y agoBut that only says anything about the units that were sold decades ago. It's very common that quality brands with very good reputation are bought by some investors, and then they start selling the same crap as everyone else, but to the premium price that their brand and reputation allow them to. And it works surprisingly long before the new crap they sell destroys their reputation. (I know nothing about Vitamix, they may still be great.)
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- cudgy 4y agoYou are absolutely correct. This happens far too often, but I don’t think that is the case with Vitamix … yet.
- bilegeek 4y agoAnecdotally, new units are about the same quality for a higher price than 10-15 years ago. Nothing objective, could be wrong; in my late-2000's case, it was from Costco, so maybe it was higher priced elsewhere.
- palijer 4y agoVitamix is a private, family owned company. Your statement would be correct for the majority of companies however, but Vitamix is actually distinct in that regard (currently)
- robotnikman 4y agoIt seems like private family owned companies are the way to go when you want something with decent quality that will last.
- rlaabs 4y agoModern Vitamix benders (roughly within the last 8 years) have the same declining quality issues. Newer models are typically much lighter. This means they now have far less internal material to reduce noise. I can't use mine without ear protection since it's about chainsaw level of noise. The reduced weight means I also need to hold onto it during use otherwise it will vibrate itself off the counter. The company seems to be most interested in selling smoothie recipe subscriptions for their blender companion phone app. Aside from subscription selling the app is pretty much useless -- who wants a phone app to remotely control a blender?
- gnicholas 4y ago> who wants a phone app to remotely control a blender? Here's an idea: if you find the blender to be too loud, go into a different room, close the door, and remotely trigger the blender with your smartphone app. We put our blender in our pantry because we can close the door and blend without waking up the baby. Otherwise it (Blendtec) is too loud! EDIT: to the downvoters, this was tongue in cheek. It would obviously be better for them to spend more money on soundproofing and less on a useless app!
- 2muchcoffeeman 4y agoThis is the worst part about all this smart phone junk and cooking. It's normalising leaving the room and then cooking something remotely a bit too much.
- mlyle 4y agoIt all depends. Getting notified for time consuming things is great. Having my smoker self-manage its temperature and graph the amount of heat it's dumped in is nice. Checking on the temperature ramp of the sous vide is nice, too.
- gnicholas 4y agoIs blending time-consuming? I guess peanut butter takes a couple minutes, most blending is < 40s IME.
- christophilus 4y agoI can’t speak to the quality of the new ones, but mine is a decade old and still going strong.
- slowmovintarget 4y agoBreville seemed to be the better one to go with, but that was a while ago, too.