I have looked at Vitamix for years and refused to spend that much money on a blender. I finally gave in and decided to give it a try. Now I’m kicked by myself for not buying it years ago. I love the smoothies and the soup is amazing. Clean up is a breeze. Take it from a cheapskate, it IS worth the money.

This blender is very powerful and takes care of anything I throw at it. Plus it’s much quieter than other blenders that have less horsepower, an added benefit considering I use it early in the morning when others are asleep. It also can hold a lot of volume for those big jobs where I want to blend my shakes for the whole day. One note: it only comes with the blade that handles liquids and frozen items. You’ll have to buy the dry blade if you’re into chopping nuts and beans on a regular basis. I highly recommend this blender!

This thing delivers an excellent smoothie, but it smells and sounds like an un-oiled tractor! I have to hold it down onto the base at speeds above 4, not secure at all (it jumps!) I’ve been using this machine daily for two weeks and it’s for sure going back!

I use blender to finely chop peppers for pepper jelly. I previously owned a Ninja and thought it was great. Sadly I broke the pitcher and a new pitcher cost as much as a new Ninja, so I convinced myself a Vitamix is worth the investment. The Vitamix did a great job on the peppers and I didn’t have to deseed them because it chopped the seeds too. I am very happy with my purchase.

I had my doubts about a "mixer" that cost this much. My brother has an older model and he swears by it for the last 15 years. He's never had a problem and is always mixing smoothies. So, it went on sale at Sam's Club for $60 off and I caved. I'm glad I did. Everything my brother said about the Vitamix is true. It mixes, beats, chops, blends just about everything edible. And it truly cleans up well too. It's very powerful and rattles the surrounding things on the counter (not a bad thing). I also like that it's one of the few things I have in my house that's still American made.

So far, she’s out-blended a Blendtec and two different Ninjas. She still looks like new, runs like new... and smells like new. (That’s the thing I wish would fade... the smell of the high-powered motor. Still a slight annoyance that is far outweighed by the amazing job she does!) I’m so thrilled to have added her to my kitchen!

Bought this for my wife because she makes smoothies everyday. She had had 3 other brands and they all underperformed and frustrated her. So we splurged on this and she has been raving about it to everyone. If makes everything so smooth unkind previous blenders. If you use a blender often then it's worth it.

I’ve had my first vitamix for 12 years and I love but my container fell and broke. I needed a new container but the price of the new one was great at Sam’s so I bought the new one. The 5300 looks great and blends like a vitamix so no problem there. I’m not giving it 5 stars because the machine is way too loud. It might be because the motor is very powerful. So if you don’t mind the noise, this is amazing if you can still get it for the under $300 that Sam’s was selling it for. Oh another problem is it moves when blending. Needs a suction stand

There is no comparison between the Ninja equivalent and the Vitamix. The blades on my Ninja could no longer blend frozen fruit and I am now trying to buy Made in the USA as much as possible so I purchased the Vitamix. This Vitamix blends frozen fruit literally in seconds, not minutes like the Ninja. I should have bought the Vitamix to begin with. Very happy with this purchase. I make up several smoothies and put them in individual soup mugs and put them in the freezer. Take one, microwave it for a couple of seconds and you have a real nice sherbertty kind of dessert that is a lot healthier than anything purchased in the store.

I purchased this to be able to make almond butter without burning up my blender. This works great! In a matter of a couple minutes it turned out perfect. Great for smoothies too.