Waring Commercial MX1200XTS 3 5 HP Blender with Variable Speed Dial Speed Controls and a 64 oz Stainless

So about a year ago I decided my Oster is not truly a blender, but more of a mixer. So I started looking into getting a Vitamix. Prices - sky is the limit! Those things are pretty expensive! To save some dinero I purchase a reconditioned 5200 Vitamix directly from the company. Price - 300 plus 25 shipping plus 21 tax = 346. I thought I got a good deal, so before it came I started looking for various recipes, uses etc. that a powerful blender would deliver. In my search I stumbled upon 2 videos that pretty much changed the way I looked at a blender, and rocked my belief that the Vitamix was the best I could get in that price range. And that was even before my blender was delivered! So I jumped on my computer and ordered this Waring (for about 330 bucks at the time). Both got home in the same time pretty much. So which one did I end up with? The Waring, of course. How did they compare? There is not a night-and-day one. They are both very, very good blenders. But in every test I did in the short time I had both, the Waring stood out. The power, blending action, and overall feeling reinforced my decision to keep the Waring and return the Vitamix. Any regret? Absolutely NONE! This thing is a beast. Nothing can stop it! It has so much torque! It is truly one of my best appliances (I try to purchase commercial quality as often as I can - I also have the Waring WFP14SC , the KitchenAid KSM8990OB , the Weston 08-0801-W , among others) and I reach for it every time I have the chance. I make nut butters, coconut butter, fine purees, almond milk, coconut milk, smoothies, blended juices, shaved ice, nutella, and many, many more. There are some recipes (such as carrot puree) in which the speed and friction created will actually cook the food! I have also used it to make corn meal for polenta out of whole corn kernels. Is this perfect? No, not at all. When making ice cream, it doesn't matter how slow or fast I use it, it will not mix well. So I had to make my own tamper similar to the Vitamix one. Also, the container is fairly wide at the base, so it needs a bit larger quantities when making nut butters, etc. More, the container is not very resistant. It didn't break (and I blended some nasty stuff, as you will probably too after seeing the videos I seen) but it has now scars and it is cloudy at the base (to fix it I have just purchased the Waring stainless steel container CAC90 - you can also get it without the lid but with a blade for a bit cheaper, Waring model 503346 , or without the blade or the lid Waring model 026648 . The lid from the plastic container fits perfectly). And also, it would have been nice to have a smaller, maybe even upside-down container, for a quick marinade or a vinaigrette. BUT, this is nitpicking, as this is indeed a fantastic blender, and I would not trade it for anything else. If not convinced, please search for and see the following videos: "The Waring Xtreme Blender" by KaTom (S3VG24BJ0-Q on youtube), end especially this one: "Science of Blending • Impact • ChefSteps" by ChefSteps (eCJ313gICFg on youtube) - I never knew you could blend golf balls!!! Watch them, it will change the way you look at this blender - I promise. All in all - highly recommended! Read more

I owned a Vitamix 7500 for six months until the motor burn out blending peanut butter, oatmeal, a few frozen fruits and two scoops of protein powder for one of my daily shakes. I was very disappointed after paying $560 for that blender. To their credit Vitamix handled the warranty claim very quickly and had my blender fixed and sent back to me with a new motor in one week. However I did not pay top dollar just to have a refurbished blender after a mere six months. So I sold it on craigslist and was on the prowl again for a new blender with commercial level power. I am a avid weightlifter so 3 to 4 shakes a day are necessary for me to maintain my lean muscle mass. I heard very good comments on the Waring MX1200 from a friend of mine so I decided to give it a try and purchased one from Amazon this week. Received it in three days with free shipping. I blended four shakes with it today. I can tell that it's motor is indeed more powerful than the Vitamix 7500. The Vitamix 7500 was a very good blender and blended my shakes very well. However the Waring MX 1200 blends my shakes to a much finer degree. There is no hint of leaves or pieces from my frozen fruit and certainly no grit leftover from my raw oats. With the Vitamix my ingredients would be grown down fairly fine, but their would be small pieces of fruit leftover at times or a bit of grit from my raw oats at the bottom of my cup. Both blenders are great in their own right, however the Vitamix 7500 is very much overpriced, has a weaker motor, and does not grind ingredients down to as fine a mixture as the Waring MX 1200 does. So there you have it a folks. A quick comparison between the Waring MX1200 and Vitamix's newest generation home blender which is the Vitamix 7500. And I'm here to tell you the Waring MX1200 wins hands down for two hundred bucks cheaper. And I'm a guy whose blending shakes multiple times a day so I'm a fairly heavy user. I say get the Waring MX 1200 any day over the Vitamix 7500. Read more

The Waring MX1200XTX is a solid, heavy duty blender. The base unit feels heavy and durable, and the container also feels solid and durable. With my first order of the Waring, it produced tiny black flakes when testing it with just water on high for a minute. A few other reviewers had mentioned this issue, so I tested the unit out as soon as it was delivered. Sure enough, there were tiny black particles floating in the water after blending. I had this same problem with my Vitamix 6300. I decided to give the Waring another try and exchanged it for another unit. The second unit also produced black flakes after one week of use. That's too bad because it is a powerful blender that works just as well as, if not better than the Vitamix. I liked how the Waring has a solid base that does not move, shake or "walk" on the counter top like the Vitamix did. The Waring feels very hearty, heavy, and built to last. If you do not mind the black particles, it makes for a great blender. The 2nd unit producing black flakes is a dealbreaker for me. Read more