I Finally Got a Vitamix — Here's What I Think of It 7 Months Later — Appliance Love

You know how once you've finally gone and done something, you look back in hindsight and kick yourself for not doing it sooner? That's how I feel now that I finally own a Vitamix blender.

I'd coveted a Vitamix for as long as I can remember, but never thought I could justify the expense. I mainly used my blender to make morning smoothies, so I spent years buying cheap model after cheap model (in the $50 range), thinking they were good enough to carry out such a basic task.

But for all the poorly blended smoothies I drank with huge chunks of kale and ice in them, and for all the blenders I had to retire after only a year, I could've just bought a Vitamix and saved money and avoided sad smoothies from the start.

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