Vitamix or Blendtec Blender

I wouldnt mind buying a nice blender but I got this one to try and have been using it 1-2 times a day with no problems, not trying to talk you out of something high end though.

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Have a vitamix and it's pretty awesome, don't use it as much as I should. Have made soup a couple of times in it with good results

Ive got a $20 blender that seems to work fine. What advantages does a $300 blender have? Will it make me sammiches?

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sammiches?

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WTF?

I need to go back there and try another sammich

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Mostly just for making smoothies out of fresh and frozen fruit

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Then I'd save some money and get a nutri-bullet. I love mine. Use it daily. It is so easy to clean that it makes it more appealing to use.

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I just got a Ninja from Amazon a couple of weeks ago for $45. I can't imaging anything that would blend hundreds of dollars better.

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For a commercial kitchen I can understand something like that. And kitchens have a guy to wash the thing. If people want to shell out money for a top of the line blender I have no problem with that. People want what they want.

But for making smoothies I think the ninja and nutri-bullet are the way to go simply because you can clean them in 10 seconds. I'm much more likely to use it daily. And they work great on ice, frozen fruits and greens.

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But for making smoothies I think the ninja and nutri-bullet are the way to go simply because you can clean them in 10 seconds. I'm much more likely to use it daily.

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All you do to clean a blendtec or vitamix is rinse w/ hot water.

I have a Vita Prep 3 and it is awesome. Textures you can achieve with it are fantastic and it has never overheated or strugged despite what I throw at it.