First, I offer a word of caution to buyers out there. This product is the Blendtec Total Blender, the current model on Blendtec's website as of 2012. This is the one you want because of additional programs and other features. Sadly, Amazon is also offering the older HP3A unit for a few dollars less, I made that mistake and ended up returning it. It looks almost identical, and you have to look at the button panel in enlarged view to see the difference.
Anyway, I love the Blentec total blender, it is a very reliable tool that has earned its place on my counter daily. I had a Vitamix previously, but I found it to be clumsy to use by comparison. Basically the Vitamix is a manual blender, very rugged, but its lack of automation makes it hard to get consistent repeatable results especially when you are doing multiple batches. The best part of the Blendtec is its programmed buttons provide a repeatable consistent performance, that guarantees the same product each blend. Also, the Wildside jar is my favorite. Not simply because of its large capacity, but with its 4 in. Blade it makes really short work of anything you ask it to blend. It also heats food faster because the tips of the longer blade travel faster through the material than a shorter blade would thereby generating more friction.
The key difference in the 2 blenders is the plunger in the Vitamix, and the lack of same in the Blendtec. The major technical difference is that the spinning blades and square jar design in the Blendtec create a downward liquid vortex, sucking your material into the blades and eliminating the need for a plunger, whereas the blades on the Vitamix (and basically every other blender made) tend to blow your blended material upwards away from the blades and it needs a plunger to push the material down into the blades. In a clear vote of confidence for this superior design, a few years ago Vitamix blatantly copied Blendtec's patented square jar design in an effort to get the vortex performance, but they ultimately lost a $24 million lawsuit and were forced to drop the product and square jar concept from their line.
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So basically, if you see any commercial blender with a square jar, it is a Blendtec or one of their subsidiary companies.
An important component of successful, repeatable results with the Blendtec is proper loading order of your ingredients. Liquid and soft ingredients first, then hard or frozen items on top. This allows the blender to quickly liquefy the soft ingredients, thereby immediately forming that strong vortex to suck the other harder material down into the blades. This makes for completely efficient blending, noticeably faster than identical ingredients in the Vitamix. If you do not load the ingredients in this order, grinding the hard items first will not form an efficient vortex, and you may have to stop the machine and tamp down the material. In this scenario, the Vitamix with its plunger will work without stopping. Understanding this may leave you with the impression that the Vitamix is more versatile, allowing the user to throw whatever ingredient they want into the bowl without regard for order or hardness of the item. This is true enough, but in that case it takes manual intervention in either unit to get a blend when you load items outside the recommended liquid/soft to hard order.
The great advantage of the Blendtec is that it will allow anyone to get completely consistent results. The programs under the buttons vary time and motor speed precisely, and shut off when the cycle is finished. Vitamix relies on an entirely manual set of analog controls, and therefore require the full attention of the operator, making it nearly impossible to get consistent results realistically. This is especially true when doing long blends, like making hot soups, where the friction of the blades passing through the material generates heat. Having a consistent timed process ensures you do not over process and overheat the soup, killing the raw food value of the ingredients. Using a thermometer, I can get within a degree or two every time with the programmed process buttons of the Blendtec. To do this with the Vitamix is complete babysitting, making it unrealistically difficult.
Understand that a Blendtec program button is not a simple timer. It also changes motor speed at predefined points. Trying to do this combination of time and motor speed change with the manual analog controls of the Vitamix is nearly impossible. Certainly not something you want to do when you are making multiple batches of a recipe to serve a large number of people. This is one of the obvious reasons the commercial Blendtec models are the overwhelming choice in restaurants, where you can load it, hit a button and walk away to do some other task, confident that the unit will do it's job with unwavering consistency.
Now I cannot speak to all the things each unit is capable of, as I only do smoothies, juices, soups and ice creams. I cannot speak to nut butters or grains, seeds or basically anyone using the alternate jar recipes. I assume that the majority of the people and their uses for the blender will be similar to mine and therefore hope this review was valuable.
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BEST BLENDS EVERY TIME
BLENDTEC, THE LAST BLENDER YOU'LL EVER OWN.
The iconic, original blender that took the world by storm 25 years ago is back. New and improved, this blender has it all! Hone in on specific recipes with six preprogrammed buttons, or use the 10 variable speeds + pulse to get any job done. Get unbeatable quality and power with the Total Blender.
SMOOTHIES
Whether you're blending kale, apples, avocados or bananas, getting all the nutrients you need is easy.
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Fresh salsa is now on the table! Load vegetables into the jar and use the pulse function a few times to create a quick party snack.
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Make hot soup with the power of friction. Simply add cold, fresh ingredients for homemade soup and in a few minutes enjoy - hot and ready to eat.
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Quickly mix batters for pancakes, waffles, cookies, muffins, crepes and cakes. Blendtec machines can also knead thick bread and pizza doughs.
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Our patented jar design pulls everything towards the blade. Load your ingredients and blend away.
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Flinched at the high price but soooo glad I took the leap! This is unlike any other regular blender we’ve had over the years. Very versatile, it make’s beautiful smoothies of course with more volume than our old machine, and using the pulse feature chops veggies, makes chunky applesauce, etc. We’re anxious to try the hot soup feature next. The machine is noisy but it’s so fast and powerful that it’s done in no time. Looks professional on the kitchen counter too.
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Flinched at the high price but soooo glad I took the leap! This is unlike any other regular blender we’ve had over the years. Very versatile, it make’s beautiful smoothies of course with more volume than our old machine, and using the pulse feature chops veggies, makes chunky applesauce, etc. We’re anxious to try the hot soup feature next. The machine is noisy but it’s so fast and powerful that it’s done in no time. Looks professional on the kitchen counter too.
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