I am a Costco junkie. That $50 gets me in the door at least once a month. They know it, too. I am there so often that certain people smile extra big when they see me, like I am a long lost friend who showed up for the free buffet at a wedding.
Did I buy the BlendTec the first time I saw it? Heck no! I had to go home and research the poop out of it. And compare prices on craigslist and amazon.com. I read reviews by supposed real people on the BlendTec and the Vitamix. I talked with my friends who owned one or the other. I investigated in local restaurants and coffee shops to determine WHICH brand they used.
I came up with this: they are the same machine. And I don't want to have to wash a plunger. Ergo, (I've always wanted to start a sentence with that) I purchased the BlendTec.
I have 2 very important tips for you. 1) Be sure the power button is ON - that little button on the back. Whilst cleaning, I turned it off and put away the base. Brought it out a month later because I didn't know how to use the BlendTec in my every day life, and plugged it in. No worky. Did I tell my engineer husband that I broke an appliance that cost the same as a dishwasher? No. I figured I burned the motor trying to blend something to chunky and forgot about that. For another month I debated bringing it in to a repair shop. Once day, by chance, I plugged it in and gave it one final try. Picked it up, looked all around, talked to it like I do my computer sometimes. What's this button? Ta-da! The screen came on and told me how many times I had used it. The heavens parted and I resumed my blending frenzy. 2) Rinse your pitcher right away or food gets stuck on it and you end up using the scratchy side of the sponge and 7 years later the pitcher is no longer totally see-through. Imagine scrubbing the daylights out of a plastic glass for 7 years and you know what I mean.
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