Sherman
I have a Vita mix machine it is unbelievable they even make commercial ones that you might be able to find in a used restaurant supply store. I think you are correct that they warrantee their machines for seven years even the remanufactured ones which are just like new. The thing I like the most about mine is the tamping rod that you can push stuff down to the blade like when I make ice cream with it out of frozen fruit. I don't think there's any substitute for these machines even though there are many new high-powered machines that have copied this technology it's the shape of the blender itself and the blade system. If you get one I don't think you'll be disappointed, but they are expensive I think mine was just over $400 but when I use it I know why it costs that much. I guess what I'm trying to say here is I really like my Vita mix machine.
First post in a long time I try to drop by more often now. I've been working on a 30 foot Catalina sailboat that I purchased. Getting it ready to cruise the summer. Although it has felt like summer around here recently. They say we might get showers tomorrow, I'm not holding my breath.
Kim a.k.a. guts
Yeah, I've seen the Ninja machine advertized in a commercial where the woman brags & says that the Ninja (supposedly) does everything that the Vitamix machine can do, and says that its price is cheaper than the Vitamix machine.
I'll also help unravel the mystery behind this supposedly equal competitor to the Vitamix machine.
1. The Ninja machine claims to have a motor that is 2.5 hp at 1,500 watta - equal to, or stronger than the one in the Vitamix at 2.2 peak hp. Motor power, in most cases, is not measured by wattage or horsepower in small appliances, but rather by torgue. Proof of this comes by the motor's ability to mix or knead dough for bread. How far can the Ninja make dough before something just gives up?
According to statistics, a few of the other other blenders can knead dough other than the Vitamix. Other blender motors could possibly become hot-burnt and start smoking.
2. The Ninja machine claims that it can make soup like the Vitamix machine can, Well yeah, it CAN make soup, but there are setbacks in the process of it. It can't pulverize the veggies fine enough to make a very smooth soup and the soup does NOT get hot like in the Vitamix. Why?
Because the blades in the Nija can't spin as fast as the blades in the Vitamix. Therefore, the soup stays cold and barely gets even warm. It is the speed and friction against the food in the Vitamix container that help pulverize the soup more and can generate enough speed and friction to comfortably process the soup and make it hot as if it were boiling in a pot on the stove!
3. The Ninja uses plastic drive parts for the connection point just above the motor base and in the container. Its multi-tier blade system mounted on the plastic drive post is just a gimmick to try to convince consumers that it is a better processing system. Fact is, that this type of system can quite possibly fail and begin to deteriorate quite prematurely.
The drive system in the Vitamix machine consists of metel-to-metal contact. The blades are of hevy duty thick heavy guage surgical stainless steel. the drive connection just above the motor base is made of metal, as is the short drive post for the blades. This type of system is designed to work better faster and last far longer. The Vitamix system does not need a secondary blade system. It has ALWAYS used this same system to process foods thoroughly for many years.
4. The container for the Vitamix is a thick guage polyurathine space-age material so solidly contructed that you can stand and bounce on it and it will not crack or break. The Ninja uses a very complex lid locking system with a fold-up part for the spout, and even THAT can fail in a short time.
Vitamix has a complete tall one-piece locking lid that won't crap out and will last far longer.
5. The Ninja machine is made in China, hence its cheaper plastic drive parts. The Vitamix machine is proudly made in the USA.
6. The power cord on the Vitamix machine is of heavy duty construction & design, making it last for the life of the machine.
7. The Vitamix Professional 750 has an extra added safety feature to help protect small children who may attempt to tamper with or use the machoine without supervision. It has a kill switch on the side of the machine that while still pluged into a live outlet, can disable all functions of the machine.
Yeah, at times, cheaper isn't always better, but when you look at all the the things that the Vitamix machine has, you just migh stop and wonder if a cheaper brand is really worth getting!
Sorry, Ninja owners. Nothing against you at all. But those are the facts.