I grew up with $20 walmart blenders, and hated anything that required a blender.

Recently bought a ninja and there is no going back. I’ll never use a crappy blender again.

Anything else like that?

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    10 months ago

    Using a Ninja and thinking it’s a good blender. I’m so sorry you missed out on the Vitamix experience.
    (。•́︿•̀。)

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      10 months ago

      I have a ninja professional and my brother has a Vitamix. Yes, his is a little quieter and nicer feeling, but it is nowhere near $500 better.

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      I’ve used industrial vitamix blenders at work and I have a Ninja at home. Unless you’re making smoothies every single day there’s absolutely no reason to pay 400 bucks for a vitamix. A ninja will suit the average person who needs a blender / food processor almost every time.

      Tl;Dr: If you’re cool with buying a Lexus to drive 5 miles to work every day instead of a Toyota then get a vitamix.

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        10 months ago

        The quality of your blending experience can determine how frequently you are motivated to blend things. I’m currently living at a place where the only blender is a Ninja, and I never want to blend anything, because I just don’t want to deal with that hassle. When I had my Vitamix - the lowest-end $250 refurbished model - I did make smoothies at least twice a week.

        That’s not to speak of the fact that some things, like making nut butters, are simply infeasible on a lower quality blender.

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      10 months ago

      They all look like bottom blade only things, whereas my ninja has 3 blades throughout.

      Me and bottom only blades are not friends.

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        10 months ago

        Plus I just looked at the price. I also have a Ninja - $90. Vitamix - $600. I’d have to be blending a whole lot to shell out that much, but I’m not, so I didn’t. The Ninja works great and is the best blender I’ve used so far, so I don’t see a reason to upgrade. Use what works for you!

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          The Vitamix is the standard choice for restaurants. It’s consistently out performed every other blender on the market for literal decades, is built like a tank, and makes smoother purees than anything else.

          It’s an absolutely insane purchase for a home cook to make though lmao. The ninja you have, while it might not be as well built, works like 90% as well as a Vitamix but for a tiny fraction of the cost. And for a home cook that maybe uses a blender once a day, it doesn’t make sense to pay for the durability and slightly increased performance of a Vitamix. Whereas for a restaurant that might use a blender dozens of times a day, it’s absolutely worth it for them to go with the Vitamix.

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            10 months ago

            Alternatively: get a used Vitamix on eBay or elsewhere. We did that last year and saved 50% on the cost vs new (I want to say it was $200 vs over $400 new). From what I’ve read a Vitamix like the 5200 is pretty easy to get parts for if something breaks on it.