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Vitamix owners and non-owners, help me decide!

SamphireSamphire
in New to Raw

I'm celebrating getting a new job and I'm going to splash out on a much-needed new blender. Until now I've been making do with a very basic food processor inherited from my gran and a cheapo hand blender which cost about

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  • KazzieKazzie

    Vitamix all the way. i got mine this year after using a much cheaper blender. The vitamix gets used everyday up to 5 or 6 times. it really is a fantastic bit of kit and i would say i use it much more than my dehydrator. it really is worth the money every penny of it.

  • SamphireSamphire

    Thanks for the advice everyone, I've decided to go for the Bamix and then get myself a spiraliser and an Excalibur dehydrator when my first paycheck comes in!

    I'd love a Vitamix one day but in the meantime a Bamix looks like a versatile piece of equipment and it's only a quarter of the price of a vitamix. It can make nut butters apparently (which is one of the main things I want it for) and it's supposed to give a nice texture to milky drinks - which I have all the time (currently addicted to maca almond milk).

    But I'm very persuaded by the fact that I've never heard a vitamix owner say 'oh, it's not that great really, I don't use it much'! One day I'll definitely get one but in the meantime I want to make proper dehydrated bread and cookies...

    Thanks everyone :)

  • LaEnsaladaLaEnsalada Raw Newbie

    pixx- i've tried making almond butter w/o adding oil in my vitamix and it didn't work out very well. My vitamix overheated and when the almonds finally turned into butter it was steaming hot. I think that it's just too thick for the vitamix to handle, so now I just buy all my almond butter at Trader Joe's.

  • purple1purple1

    water baby thnx for the link for bamix. now i know what she is talking about. ive had 2 of of these also bought my sister 1 they all burnt up or ill sy freeze up, maby if i have greased it or something, it might have been better . it was fun making skim milk froth. but it will definatly go out on you with very limited use.

  • purple1purple1

    here in the states they did imformercials on those thing all the time i got sucked in. really 3 of 3 we had broke. there is no power. sorry. id get a regular imersion blesnder for 29 $ we use all the time for years, no problem. her in the states you dont even see them any were any more

  • SamphireSamphire

    Just a quick update to say I got the Bamix and I think it's GREAT! It grinds nuts finer than anything I've managed before (but does need a tad of added oil to make nut butter). The texture of my mylkshakes, green smoothies is amazing. I'm really impressed that a mere 200w can do so much. and it's so quiet that even my toddler daughter tolerates it!

    The only thing which might be an issue for some is the fact that you sometimes need to process things in a couple of stages, i.e. grind nuts in grinding mill then add to big bowl with other ingredients to blend.

    Also it's a good piece of equipment for my non-raw family as it beats eggs etc really well.

    And it cost a quarter of the vitamix. So I'm happy (provided it holds out - it's got a 10 year guarantee so if it busts I'll just get a replacement)

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