With the holidays coming, I’ve been getting questions about which blender I prefer, Vitamix or Blendtec?
Then, my friend, Angela, sent me this link (thanks Angela!). You may have seen these guys before, they have lots of great videos. I’ll tell you what I told Angela.
I have the old Blendtec, which was on the right in that demo. He kept accidentally calling them K-Tec & Champ’s because that’s what they used to be called. That’s what my base says (the one on the right in the video). I got a new carafe, as he called it (the top part) like 8 months ago or something. My new carafe says Blendtec, since they changed the name, but it’s the small blade, smaller model still. I would LOVE that new Blendtec with the 4″ blade and bigger carafe -the one in the middle in the video. WOW. That thing rocked! The new Blendtec doesn’t need a tamper (the thing to push the food down), as you can see in the video, whereas the Vitamix clearly does.
Hope that helps! Love, Kelly
Heather says
We certainly love our Vitamix. I am sure they are both good! My mom recently met Angela Stokes and Matt Monarch at an event in Denver. They are cool 🙂
Kelly says
Neat! What event?
I think your Vitamix works better than my old Champ/Blendtec. Did you watch the video? My oldie could use a tamper =]
Heather says
It was a talk about raw food and their journey, plus there was some food there and such.
Yes I did. It’s neat that the blendtec doesn’t need a tamper!
Angela says
🙂 Glad you liked the video. Mae waants to watch it over and over for some reason! HA! I think she is as excited about me getting a Blendtec as I am! (I’ll have to wait until AFTER Christmas, when all my $ is in hand) 🙂
Can I hold out that long?! Grin…
Jennifer R. says
I have a VitaMix and love it… I got it before the blendtec came out with the 4″ blade container. I don’t use my tamper much at all. But I do use the blender just about every day — made a yummy zucchini hummus for our wraps for today’s lunch.
noosh. says
thanks for posting this– i’ve been pining over a vitamix forever and had never heard of blendtec… maybe i should reconsider 😉
Marillyn Beard says
I’ve never heard of Blendtec and it looks nice!! Thanks for sharing this. I have the Vita Mix and love it, but the Blendtec seems to blow it out of the water.
Anonymous says
I have a Blendtec and love it. My mom has a Vitamix and loves it LOL. I wound up going with a Blendtec after watching it blend an iphone (I still threaten DH with that !!) and I was able to get a better deal on a used one (floor model) on ebay vs. a used Vitamix. I used to make green smoothies with kale a lot and it would pulverize everything very finely. I love it !!
Magda
Kelli says
When making your nutcracker latte, what do you blend it on in you Blendtech? I used the “smoothie” option, and it was really liquid. Or maybe it was supposed to be liquid and not thick like a Starbucks frap drink?