Vitamix E310 Explorian Blender, Professional-Grade, 48 oz. Container, Red

10 stars

THE BEST!

We mainly make smoothies, but I was interested in having something that could make nut milks, peanut butter, etc. I had an old Hamilton Beach brand blender which lasted along time, but wasn't particularly powerful. When it started to burn out I decided to get something a little nicer. I did a LOT of research. The Vitamix generally scored pretty high on all the tests, with some complaints of it being too loud, heavy, powerful??? and expensive. I decided to bite the bullet and buy one. It is loud for sure. It's heavy and big. It is super powerful. Some people complained that it's too powerful and that at high speed it creates an air pocket around the blades. Adding a little liquid usually solves that problem for me, the few times it happened. It happened once making hummus and I just used the little tamp down tool they give you to push stuff into the blades. You can just turn the power down a few steps too. I don't really see it as a problem. I'd rather have the extra power there. The fact that the blades aren't removeable makes cleaning a little harder, especially with the thick stuff, but you can usually just pour some soapy water in there and run the blades at high speed to clean them. I think my biggest complaint is that the pitcher doesn't feel very secure on the mount. Like my picture shows, you put the pitcher on the motor mount and when you turn the blades on and the torque kicks in, the whole pitcher twists on the mount. It doesn't feel totally secure. I don't think it would ever go flying off or anything. Once it twists and catches on the rubber footing underneath, it feels secure. It just seems like an odd thing that Vitamix would make a pitcher base that is a little larger than the mount it's sitting on. Unless there's some design reason for it. It just feel off. That being said, it's an amazing blender. I make smoothies with cashews, dry oats, chia seeds, etc, and with the old blender it was always a little gritty. This things blends everything 100%, no leftover bits of things in the smoothy. I made oatmilk and it was totally smooth, no bits to strain out. Maybe I could have gotten similar results with a cheaper blender? I don't regret spending the money. It feels super solid and well built.

I've used a few blenders in the past and eventually stopped using them because they are difficult to clean, have trouble blending basic stuff, and are just generally poorly built. I'd hear about Vitamix and immediately thought how much better could they possibly be? Well, due to some health issues(and my old blender giving off a terrible odor when it overheats) I decided to get one of the most affordable models and see for myself. I am completely sold on Vitamix now. The power available to blend pretty much anything to the very well thought out design and engineering that makes use and cleaning a pleasure. I am very happy with it. In fact, the superior analog controls of the cheaper model doesn't even have me thinking about buying a more expensive one. Unless you include the professional quiet model designed for cafes etc. Anyway, if you're in the market for one I highly recommend the one I purchased. It is rock-solid in terms of performance and design. I have no regrets.

Should have gotten this blender years ago. The smoothies we make with peanut butter wrecked my old Breville blender quite a difference between 120 volts and 1320 volts this blender is very easy to use and cleans up easily as well

Does a very nice job of making my smoothies and soups. Fruit and vegetables get chopped up fine, have had it for awhile before i wrote this to make sure it keeps working. So far so good.