Vitamix TurboBlend 4500

Pros: Our choice after eight other blenders, all field tested. For all those serious about smoothies.

Cons: Expensive, ugly, too big to fit under your cabinets in one piece, big footprint

The Bottom Line: If you're serious about your smoothies, this is the unit for you.

Review: We're unbelievably hard on blenders, as we make smoothies every morning as our regular breakfast for two. We burned through five KitchenAid blenders, with the rubber container-motor interface teeth getting stripped off in three instances, and the motor ...

Pros: Least food prep you could aspire to for a blender, least amount of waste.

Cons: Noise, size, looks. Cost, but not if you look at the 'big picture'.

The Bottom Line: IF you only want to buy one blender in your life, make it this one. You may never have to buy another.

Review: After reading an article in a health magazine about how fresh fruit smoothies could help detoxify and energize you, I was thinking about getting a juicer. Then I remembered my mom and dad's Vitamix (they bought one at least 20 years ago). After calling ...

Pros: This unit will definitely get the job done.

Cons: It's big, a bit noisy, and takes up more space than most.

The Bottom Line: I'd buy a VitaMix again in a heartbeat.

Review: I'm a vegan and my husband is a vegetarian.  Since my diet consists of mostly raw foods, I make everything from smoothies to pates in the VitaMix and use the blender literally everyday--sometimes two or three times in a day.  ...

Pros: Replaces Tons of other appliances, super powerful, great quality

Cons: Too big to fit under cabinets, noise, expensive but worth it!

The Bottom Line: Highly recommended! This will cut your kitchen work time significantly, provide the necessary tools for a healthy lifestyle, and is built to last!

Review: I saw a demo of this machine at our local store and it was amazing. You can make smoothies (my favorite), soups, sauces, sorbets, dips, nut butters, milks and more. It slices, dices, splits, peels, and demolishes anything you put in it. I saw a guy ...

Review: The Vita-Mix blender is the best I've ever used and after 15 years in the restaurant industry I know...