part one vitamix 750

PART ONE - VITAMIX

the blender odysee started when i decided to retire my juicer and go for green smoothies instead. maybe the juicer retains a little bit more nutrients but it removes all fibre which is also benefitial for you. furthermore i like cooking. i make my own almond-peacan butter, hummus, sauces and other delicious food. therefore i decided for the vitamix in the first attempt to find the perfect blender:

this is the high-end model vitamix 750 pro which i bought at the hudson bay company.

the vitamix does everything as advertised. it blends everything and anything into a very smooth drink, soup or sauce. it is built like a tank and it works like a charm. the tamper is only needed when blending very thick substances like hummus or nutbutter. the programs work flawlessly like advertised. no wonder that many professional cooks use it in their kitchen.
when i saw this video from a cook making pizza using the dry container, i placed an order at costco to send me this wonderful container:

i was already looking forward to making pizza like lionel when the cleaning process of the jar started to annoy me. the jar is waved at the sides which makes it difficult to get your last bit out of the jar even with a spatula. the mouth of the jar is bent almost parallel to the ground which makes it drip everywhere. if you blend thick, oily substances like seeds, nuts,avocado or oils it will collect all around this 'mouth' and removing the mess takes a long time. the advertised washing program does nothing to the mouthpiece and it does not even clean the part between the lid and the jar. if you blend oily substances the self-cleaning program will not even clean the jar properly. you will have to wash everything by hand. the jar is very large and i had problems fitting it into the sink when it had to be turned for washing and rinsing. that was too time consuming for me.

when i learned that blendtec could do the same as vitamix i decided to buy a blendtec in addition to the vitamix, then decide what blender to keep. i had the pro 750 only for a week and vitamix is proud to offer any customer a risk-free return period of 30 days which turned out to be true even though
the hudson bay company turned  me away when i tried to return the vitamix after 13 days.

i had to call vitamix directly who told me that the hudson bay company (the bay) had to abide by this policy of vitamix and refund me directly (which they refused to do). finally the supervisor of vitamix called me back after he had made sure that i could return the machine to the hudson bay company directly.

lesson learned: only buy from usa companies. i recommend COSTCO, WALMART and BEDBATHANDBEYOND

when i returned the vitamix i also had to return the dry container to costco. their service is excellent. all i had to do was refusing delivery of the container and they recredited the amount. shipping was free too.

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