VitamixE320 Explorian Blender Black, 64 oz

I was skeptical. How could it be that different? I have used different blenders for decades. Mostly for soup. Did I need an extra expensive one?In a word yes. This is a completely different piece of kit.I am using it mostly for blended raw veg and fruit to make easy smoothies and increase my veg intake. It can blend anything … solid lumps of raw carrot, raw ginger lumps with skin on, turmeric root, apple with skin on, broccoli stalks..If I have a reservation I suggest you have to watch it does not pulverise everything when you want a bit of texture.And yes it is VERY noisy. So just shut the kitchen door. Jet engines are noisy by they do the job.I suggest you don’t need the fancier ‘programmable’ models. Unless you want the smaller goblets , which would be useful.At the moment I would not be parted with it.

Blending perfect. Cleaning needs doing sooner rather than later especially the lid. Takes longer to clean than to blend but then it doesn't take long to blend !

It’s good but it’s sooo loud and unless you’ve got a low enough viscosity the higher speeds will do nothing. Also quite heavy

This item was delivered by amazon but didn't work. It had to be returned unfortunately.

The blender is workhorse unfortunately mine was delivered without a lid so returned. It was a blessing in disguise though as I have since discovered the low profile wide jug that this comes with is quite inferior compared to the slimline tall jug. The wide jug aeriates liquids and leaves chunks.

It’s a powerful blender which I was using a couple of times and it is really good at getting rid of all the tiny pulp and grains etc.I used it to blend up some food bits with frozen items in and it started to smoke and shut off. Maybe I have a faulty unit. This was my experiance and I have bought another one from Costco which is the same model but a lot cheaper.