Should i get new vita mix or reconditioned???

[jenn198310]

I am surely getting Vitamix but should i get new one or reconditioned one????
If you think reconditioned, why reconditioned?
What makes reconditioned equal to the brand new one???
I am all full of questions please answer with all details possible i will really appreciate all the knowledge readers can shed ....
Thank you

[animallover7249]

By reconditioned do you mean a refrubished? If so, all refurbs are, are ones that had a problem when they were originally made. The costumers sent them back and they fixed them, and now they sell them for a bit less. This is with any product, I dont have any personal experience with vitamix. I think its up to you if you want to spend a little more on one that noones had or want one that works like new but got sent back to get fixed.

[jenn198310]

By reconditioned do you mean a refrubished? If so, all refurbs are, are ones that had a problem when they were originally made. The costumers sent them back and they fixed them, and now they sell them for a bit less. This is with any product, I dont have any personal experience with vitamix. I think its up to you if you want to spend a little more on one that noones had or want one that works like new but got sent back to get fixed.

I think thats what the customer service person said. She said they are returned by customer as Vitamix also has free 30 day trial option... so i am not sure if there is something wrong with reconditioned model....
but i think i should just get new one why to get in all that drag for 100$.... what u do think?

[MrFalafel]

Where can I get a reconditioned Vita-mix? I don't see them offered in the UK.

[RockabillyVegan]

I would say to buy a reconditioned, I bought a new one and then realized I don't have as many uses for it as I first thought!

If you buy a reconditioned one (I assume they're much cheaper), you can at least try it out and if it wears out you can invest in a new one.

I really thought I would be able to use it for just about everything, but it's not as great as I thought it would be.

[Michael]

What is the warranty on the reconditioned model? If it's at least a year and you're saving at least a hundred bucks I'd say go for the reconditioned - otherwise buy the new one.

[MrFalafel]

I would say to buy a reconditioned, I bought a new one and then realized I don't have as many uses for it as I first thought!

If you buy a reconditioned one (I assume they're much cheaper), you can at least try it out and if it wears out you can invest in a new one.

I really thought I would be able to use it for just about everything, but it's not as great as I thought it would be.


What are your specific complaints with the vita mix? I've been going back and forth in trying to decide to buy one. What are the dissapointments for you?

[RockabillyVegan]

What are your specific complaints with the vita mix? I've been going back and forth in trying to decide to buy one. What are the dissapointments for you?

I think I thought I would be using it everyday and for various uses. But I'll use it maybe once a day (more during the summer) and that is usually just for simple things. For me, the Vita-mix was like something I saw on the television for sale. It seemed like a good idea and that I would have a million things to do with it, but now that I have it (and spent quite a bit of money) I don't use it as much as I thought I would.

Also, I don't think it is worth the money I spent on it. It doesn't grind up things any better than a regular blender. So I was a bit disappointed with it. It works great and I haven't had any mechanical problems, it just doesn't seem like it is worth $400.

[jenn198310]

I think I thought I would be using it everyday and for various uses. But I'll use it maybe once a day (more during the summer) and that is usually just for simple things. For me, the Vita-mix was like something I saw on the television for sale. It seemed like a good idea and that I would have a million things to do with it, but now that I have it (and spent quite a bit of money) I don't use it as much as I thought I would.

Also, I don't think it is worth the money I spent on it. It doesn't grind up things any better than a regular blender. So I was a bit disappointed with it. It works great and I haven't had any mechanical problems, it just doesn't seem like it is worth $400.

Hey There
I dont know but wanted to let you know the Jamba juice company as well as orange julius they all use vita-mix and they have fine texture smoothie...
So my question to you did u get refurbished one coz you say it does not grind that well???? please let me know please i am just doing more research before i decide to buy it...

[MrFalafel]

Its the price that is putting me off. It was 3/4 of the current price I'd buy one right now but at its current price I just can't justify it. It costs the same as a new fridge and washing machine combined (both of which I need as mine are on their last legs).

[RockabillyVegan]

my vita-mix is brand new, my dad bought it for my for christmas. I haven't noticed a big enough difference between the $400 blender vs. my old $20 blender. There are things that the vita-mix can make, that my blender can't....but it is really only things like peanut butter that I couldn't make with a normal blender.

as for juices, my vita-mix still left chunks! ugh. I guess if I left the juice in the blender for 20 minutes it would have helped, but I don't think my neighbors would have liked that (it is pretty darn loud!)

[Irizary]

as for juices, my vita-mix still left chunks! ugh. I guess if I left the juice in the blender for 20 minutes it would have helped, but I don't think my neighbors would have liked that (it is pretty darn loud!)

It shouldn't really do that. What size of chunks are you talking about?

[RockabillyVegan]

It shouldn't really do that. What size of chunks are you talking about?

well, in the videos on their website they show them putting whole fruits in the blender and it looks like it came out smooth. But things like apple seeds, rinds from oranges, etc might get broken up a bit, but never obliterated to give juice a smooth consistency.

So this doesn't work like a juicer, but the smoothies are fine (but again, I can get a nice smoothie from a $20 blender).

[Irizary]

well, in the videos on their website they show them putting whole fruits in the blender and it looks like it came out smooth. But things like apple seeds, rinds from oranges, etc might get broken up a bit, but never obliterated to give juice a smooth consistency.

O.k. I've never tried to put those things in (I don't really consider apple seeds food - but I think I remember them putting those kinds of things in). The kinds of things I might put in - kale, pineapple, beets, carrots...come out with a smooth consistency - liquefied. I don't think a normal blender does that so well?

[RockabillyVegan]

O.k. I've never tried to put those things in (I don't really consider apple seeds food - but I think I remember them putting those kinds of things in). The kinds of things I might put in - kale, pineapple, beets, carrots...come out with a smooth consistency. I don't think a normal blender does that so well?


ok, maybe I didn't word my post correctly. PARTS of the fruits/vegetables wouldn't get crushed up. An apple is probably my best example here, apple seeds wouldn't get crushed up so I thought that maybe I can cut up the apple in four parts and leave out the core. But then bits of the skin wouldn't get crushed as well.

I've also used celery and I would usually get little "strings" in the juice. I would also get the same thing with blackberry seeds....ugh

I would get juice, but there would always be some bits left.

my old blender wouldn't make "juice" like the vita-mix, but the vita-mix can't make juice as good as a juicer!

You can get a decent juicer for about $70 and a decent blender for $40, so I don't see the need to buy a $400 piece of equipment that doesn't work perfectly.

If someone really wanted to try out the vita-mix I would say to buy a used one so you don't blow all your cash on something that may not work/something you don't need.

[Irizary]

ok, maybe I didn't word my post correctly. PARTS of the fruits/vegetables wouldn't get crushed up. An apple is probably my best example here, apple seeds wouldn't get crushed up so I thought that maybe I can cut up the apple in four parts and leave out the core. But then bits of the skin wouldn't get crushed as well.

I've also used celery and I would usually get little "strings" in the juice. I would also get the same thing with blackberry seeds....ugh

O.k. That's not my experience. If I put pieces of an apple in, it seems to get liquefied enough for me. But I can't argue with your experience, so :confused:


my old blender wouldn't make "juice" like the vita-mix, but the vita-mix can't make juice as good as a juicer!

You can get a decent juicer for about $70 and a decent blender for $40, so I don't see the need to buy a $400 piece of equipment that doesn't work perfectly.

I agree about the juicer, but I find them very time consuming and a bigger hassle to clean, and they also require a lot more vegetable matter since you're only extracting the juice (there are pros and cons with this healthwise). I use a juicer a lot less than the Vitamix.

I think the Vitamix fills a niche - it certainly does for me - but not everyone has a particular desire to have that niche filled or can do it adequately for themselves with other tools.

[jenn198310]

What is the warranty on the reconditioned model? If it's at least a year and you're saving at least a hundred bucks I'd say go for the reconditioned - otherwise buy the new one.

It has seven year warranty same as the new ones. just to make it clear the reconditioned vita-mix blenders are those that are send back by the users after 30 day trial period. and then the company replace the jar with new jar and the motor get tested. so all in all it is like a new machine ...

[jenn198310]

I finally ordered my vita mix today it will be here in 10 days... i will share my experience later on. I am pretty elated for now

[jenn198310]

O.k. That's not my experience. If I put pieces of an apple in, it seems to get liquefied enough for me. But I can't argue with your experience, so :confused:



I agree about the juicer, but I find them very time consuming and a bigger hassle to clean, and they also require a lot more vegetable matter since you're only extracting the juice (there are pros and cons with this healthwise). I use a juicer a lot less than the Vitamix.

I think the Vitamix fills a niche - it certainly does for me - but not everyone has a particular desire to have that niche filled or can do it adequately for themselves with other tools.
I would also say with vita-mix, though never used but have people expressing that u get roughage... whereas in juicer the roughage gets all chunked out in the garbage.LOL ... especiall the green smoothie that has caught so much of publicity...