[quote]Bearcat77070 wrote:
FYI, I forgot to mention in my previous post, I was really surprised that out of the blenders they tested, the KitchenAid was LAST?! I have one currently, but then again, I burned out the motor on one making sorbet. I called up KitchenAid and they replaced the unit, even though it was out of warranty, so I certainly can’t kick.[/quote]
Yeah that doesn’t make sense to me either. Because I replaced my crappy Osterizer with the KitchenAid because the Osterizer just couldn’t cut it. The KitchenAid has a better glass jar and could probably blend the Osterizer into a fine grey paste. The Osterizer had problems just making stuff that had milk, yogurt, ice, and protein powder in the same mix.
Yes, it’s easy to burn out the motor on the KitchenAid if you’re not careful and you really push it. But if you know not to let it run for more than a couple minutes, it shouldn’t happen.
If you’re looking for a powerful (but expensive) blender. Check out the K-Tek Champ 3. Three horsepower. The muscle car of blenders. Seriously, I like mine a lot.
[quote]dev wrote:
biggieben wrote:
Find a restaraunt store in your area. get a proffesional grade blender, just look up restaraunt supply. I got a great one for $100 and the thing is a trooper it’s the same one my gym and the restaraunt where I work uses. Its a Warring(sp?, not at home can’t check). It’s a beast and will blend pretty much anything.
Waring.
A book (I should say THE BOOK) I have on sauce making recommends them. Sauces by James Peterson I believe.[/quote]
I’ll second or third the Waring recomendation. I too used to burn up motors and it really pissed me off. Got the wife a Waring blender a couple of years back and couldn’t be happier with it. It’s not real pretty or fancy (just 2 speeds) but it is strong.
[quote]BostonBarrister wrote:
You may laugh at this, but I bought the Silver Bullet blender because it is the perfect size for a single shake, and because if you buy it from the infomercial site you get two bases so I have one for work and one for home. I’ve had it since Christmas, so I can’t give much of a testimony concerning its long-term durability, but it mixes up a great shake.
It’s not much good for chopping – it rather made a paste of an onion and a pepper the two times I tried it, using the flat blade – but it’s perfect for shakes, in my opinion.[/quote]
I have one too, and I love it to death, but the thing cant crush ice without going into a seizure. Its not very powerful, but its perfect for a quick shake. My favorite part is the fact that you can just mix, then carry the “bowl” around like its a cup.
I own a Vita-Mix and that thing kicks butt! If you are only interested in mixing basic protein shakes you don’t need one. However, if you are going to get into throwing in whole vegetables or fruits and nuts for a health drink nothing and I mean nothing beats a Vita-Mix. I think I could mix nails in that thing and it would make juice out of them…would that be a good way to put extra iron in your diet? No wait to much iron is bad…
I had a cheapie from walmart - made great shakes BUT you had to hold the damn thing together or it would fly off the base.
I much prefer my kichenaid - it’s a refurb, but it works great so far (knock on wood). If it dies I MIGHT consider a Vita Mix - I am VERY hard on blenders.
hey this might be a bit late but here goes, I been going through the same thing!!! I blend 3 times a day and I blend EVERYTHING literaly. I was going through a blender a month!!!..not shitting you! Did lots of research and went with a K-tec Blendtec Champ HP3. (same blender starbucks uses) The champ hp3 is the non commercial version. I was willing to buy the comercial version thinking it was better.
I spoke with Blendtec and the only difference is the warranty. 7 or 8 years with the HP3. You wont get that with the commercial version. Its a good blender, 3 horsepower!!! It will completely purify ANYTHING you put in it from prunes to raw fibery celery. Cost me 500 or so bucks Canadian…but in the end was definatly worth it!!!
Seriously, I like mine a lot.