Former Morrison—January 5, 2015
I purchased the blender from TYCS and experienced no issues in the delivery, but was very surprised to receive a package from Sam’s Club with my name on the receipt as if I’d made the purchase at the store. TYCS is not affiliated with Sam’s. Well, I guess I had one issue with the delivery… the date kept moving. Fortunately, it arrived on the earliest date given. The Blendtec is AMAZING! We’ve made several smoothies, nut butters and batches of hummus with no issues. The recipes in the book are delicious, but I’ve been pleasantly surprised as to the numerous web sites offering smoothie recipes. The blender pulverizes fruits and veggies into a frothy, rich smoothie in a matter of seconds. A little experimentation with the amount of added water will help determine if you prefer a more or less foamy smoothie. Nothing has become caught in the blades so far. Cleaning is a breeze, which is accomplished by adding water and soap and pulsing for 10 seconds. Additional cleaning to the jar is easy with the large jar and the dull blades. This appliance is perfect for those people wanting a great multipurpose device to help them make fresh dishes especially smoothies. Who knew that red cabbage or broccoli could be so delicious in a smoothie?! The only drawback is it IS LOUD. Quite LOUD. I expect that from a high powered appliance and from reading the reviews. You will wake people in your house if you use this during the wee hours of the morning. Fortunately, it works efficiently and quickly, so it’s only loud for a matter of seconds. Another drawback is the black feet do mark up my grey counters a bit. This was remedied by putting a matt under it and holding it while it runs. Again, it doesn't run that long, so not a big deal. We did a lot of research between Blendtec and Vitamix. The dull blades and larger jar won us over. We’re very happy with our purchase! Read more
Sharon—January 20, 2021
My wife and I are vegan, so we use our blender all the time. We’ve always had this certain blender for years, always upgraded to a newer model. [we won’t mention any brands] but they were always noisy and hard to get the contents out of the containers because of it’s weird shape. Even their small container was difficult. We had a Blendtec years ago, but thought we’d go with the other brand because everyone was using it. Well needless to say we finally tired of it when we saw this one on Amazon. It had great reviews, so we bought this one. It’s everything the specs says it is, awesome. It comes with a large container and a smaller one. My wife loves to try new vegan recipes, so the blender is always her go to gadget. She uses the smaller container mostly because it’s just us two she cooks for. We make our own nut and oat milk and this Blendtec blends them with ease. And the most important thing I like is that its much quieter than the previous blender. The shape of the containers makes it easy to get ALL the contents out, unlike the other brand I won’t mention. My wife makes me vegan ice cream everyday [I love ice cream] and this blender makes it better than any store bought crap. And we get every drop of that great ice-cream out of the container. Unlike the other brands container. This Blendtec is the perfect home use blender on the market, we’re in our sixties so we know what we like. It’ll make any sauces, dressings, gravies with ease. She even makes her own flour out of her grains she likes to use. I have yet to hear her complain about this blender yet. She loves this blender, and that says allot. I don’t think there was a day we didn’t complain about the other brand. This one will be with us for a very long time. Super powerful and super quiet. Now like I always say, read the specs before buying. This may or may not be what your looking for, but for us who uses this everyday, doing everyday recipes, this Blendtec works fantastic. We highly recommend it to be part of your kitchen. Read more
L. West—September 11, 2015
AWESOME blender but REALLY loud. I would definitely NOT purchase/ use this if you live in an apartment with neighbors! (The noise alone is INTIMIDATING!) FORTUNATELY though you can blend pretty much anything in 90 seconds or LESS. You can even turn cubed ice into fluffy snow in 4 seconds! I've ground quartered raw beets with some water and lemon for a detox drink using the WHOLE JUICE button and it works like a dream plus NO PUSHING! There was nothing but perfectly smooth beet juice! However, with whatever you're blending, it has to have the right ration with liquids and other material (like for smoothes/ milkshakes etc) otherwise the blade turns so fast that it makes an air pocket and just spins. A little extra liquid will fix that instantly. With ice this isn't a problem as when it stops crunching, you're basically done. I've not had a chance to use the twister jar but was thinking about trying a nut butter. The long handled spatula comes in handy for reaching down to the bottom. I have used the recipe to make hummus from the book and it turned out great, super FAST, perfectly creamy and smooth almost instantly! Forget a juicer! It's way better to get a blender like this to make use of all that fiber, pulp and skin on your produce than to waste it. A great deal and really easy to use. Straight forward and even comes with an 8 year warranty! :) If you're not affraid of a little extra power and you're just wanted to start juicing, this is the one to get! Read more
