Blendtec Vs Vitamix Blender

Pricing & Review

Blendtec vs Vitamix blender companies both develop high end blenders for the home and commercial juice shops. These are no generic, department store blenders, but powerful machines, which can significantly improve your health and lifestyle.

Hello, my name is Frank Musa, I produced the Blend Offs and wrote this review to help provide you more insight on why the Blendtec and Vitamix blenders are so beneficial to your health and lifestyle. Both Blendtec blenders and Vitamix blenders make exceptional home use blenders and commercial blenders for a juice shop.

We tested the Blendtec vs Vitamix blender models for Ice Cream, Juicing, Smoothies, Hot Soups, and Grinding Grains and compared their user controls. If you have questions on how we determined our explanations on the  Blendtec vs Vitamix blenders, or are having issues with your Blendtec or Vitamix blender model, please leave a comment at the bottom of the post and i will do my best to answer it.

This review covers everything, so try to read the whole thing.

So which blender should you go with? Vitamix or a Blendtec?

Unfortunately, the main disadvantage is that these advanced kitchen appliances come at a higher cost. And when you’re making as large a purchase such as a Blendtec or Vitamix blender, it’s important that you know the facts.

Blendtec vs Vitamix Blender

Costs & Deals

The high cost between Blendtec vs Vitamix top blenders can deter most people from wanting to purchase one. Most Blendtec and Vitamix blender models cost from $400 to $700 when brand new. Thankfully, there are always ways to reduce the cost, such as purchasing a refurbished blender, Both companies also offer long extended warranties to protect the purchase.

Brand new Blendtec blenders start at $399 for their cheapest Classic 575 model, but can cost up to $1100, as their Stealth commercial model does, which is designed for juice shops.

Blendtec refurbished blenders can be found as low as $279 such as the Blendtec Total Blender and slowly go up in price as you get newer refurbished models. The Blendtec 575 refurbished is $319, the Blendtec Designer 625 refurbished is $399, and the Blendtec Designer 725 refurbished is $539.

You can find an older Vitamix blender models refurbished as well. Search Amazon for the Best Vitamix Reconditioned Blender Deals. The Vitamix 5200 for $329 or a newer Vitamix 5300 for $359, both are two great refurbished deals.

Blendtec vs Vitamix Blender

$200 – $300

Blendtec vs Vitamix blender models available under $300 are either refurbished or reconditioned or a really old model, newer Blendtec vs Vitamix blender models cost between $400 and $700, but buying a refurbished or reconditioned Blendtec or Vitamix isn’t a bad way to go, you still get a warranty, the same payment plan, and the blender is able to make the same great blends and consistencies as the newer versions, depending on the blending jar or container you go with.

Although comparable, these two blenders are completely different. The Blendtec Total Blender is all digital push button controls where the Vitamix 5300 is only manual controls with no automatic features. The Blendtec Total Blender has 6 automatic push button features which are designed to make the blends all by themselves without any help, you can push the blender button and walk away, just like on the newer Blendtec models.

The Vitamix 5300 is an upgrade design of the old Vitamix 5200 blender, just with a quieter upgraded 2.2hp motor. The 5300 Vitamix speed dial offers 10 blending speeds and comes with a pulse switch capable of chopping and an on/off switch.

The Blendtec Total Blender offers more automatic features than some of the newer Blendtec Designer and Classic models giving you the same versatility and convenience. Six automatic settings for smoothies, whole juice, soups, Mixing, Ice Cream, and Ice Crushing makes blending easy because you can push a button a walk away. There is a pulse button on the right of the digital display for more control and chopping and is good for finishing off a blend. The manual speeds don’t give you as much control as the newer versions but they work great, you push the UP or DOWN button to go up 1 speed or down 1 speed, but you can’t jump speeds like on the newer models.

A Big feature we like about the Blendtec Total Blender vs the Vitamix 5300 blender is the digital timer that reads off the time left in the blend. When you push the button a timer pops up which reads off the setting you pushed and how much time the blender will run for, this is awesome and is a huge perk to the Blendtec Total Blender.

NOW aside from the controls and motor, the main thing that will determine the consistency of your blends are the blending jars and containers. There a few options each company offers which we would recommend over others. For one, the newer Vitamix Low Profile Container and Blendtec Wildside Jar are both very similar and will produce the same similar consistencies and textures for your blends. The jars are both short and have a wide base with a big 4 inch blade. Both jars work great for Hot Dry Wet and Cold blends and are the easiest to clean from the rest of the jars and container Blendtec and Vitamix offer.

The two other good ones to have are the Vitamix 640z tall container and the Blendtec 64oz Standard Jar. Both of these work great for ice creams and grind grains well and produce slightly less air bubbles for your smoothies and juices than the bigger jars and containers. Not a bad choice.

One thing about the Vitamix containers are they come with a blending tamper which allows you to push ingredients down into the blades as the blender is running where the Blendtec jars don’t have this option. What does this mean?  Well this means if something gets stuck in the Blendtec you need to stop the blender and shake the jar so the ingredients drop back down onto the blades where the Vitamix you can just let it run and push the ingredients down. Really not to big of a deal and the Blendtec usually works to get the ingredients without any help.

Blendtec vs Vitamix Blender

$300 – $400

Priced a little higher in the $300 to $400 range you get a few more options, though these are still not the newer elite models Blendtec and Vitamix offer and a couple of these are refurbished and reconditioned. A Big difference between a NEW Blender and a REFURBISHED blender is the warranty on a refurbished or reconditioned blenders is much less, usually around 3 to 5 years vs a 8 to 10 year warranty for a NEW blender.

Remember that you are able to purchase any Vitamix Container for any of these Vitamix models, so for example the Vitamix E310 comes standard with the 48 ounce container but you can upgrade your purchase and ask them for a Vitamix Standard Tall 64oz Container or the Vitamix Low Profile Container instead, or just buy it separate.

If you like automatic settings on your Vitamix then you can get them in this price range, the Vitamix Standard Series with programs has 3 automatic settings which include smoothies, soups, and ice creams, the main 3 basic features. Most older Vitamix blender models don’t come with automatic features and you’d have to jump up to the next price range to get them.

The Blendtec Classic 575 is usually over $400 but this one is refurbished so the price has been reduced. The 575 has some very nice features, it has 5 basic speeds with work great because you can jump back and forth from low to high quickly and the manual push button speeds are very responsive. The 575 Blendtec also comes with 4 automatic settings for cleaning and the basic smoothie, and also offers a 60 second and 90 second run time button for soups and pureeing.

The Vitamix E310 and Vitamix 7500 both have a similar design but motor is different, the E310 has the older and louder 2hp Vitamix motor where the Vitamix 7500 is considered the quietest Vitamix blender of all time with the newer upgraded 2.2hp motor. The display controls are the same featuring 10 controlled manual blending speeds with no automatic features on the speed dial.

Blendtec vs Vitamix blender

$400 – $500

As we get into the higher priced Vitamix and Blendtec blender models you get some more options. The New Vitamix Ascent Blender line is astonishing and gave Vitamix an amazing sleek new look which looks great. Blendtec has a upscale designer series line which is just as amazing and looks great. Both the Ascent Vitamix blenders and the Blendtec designer blenders are equally great and provide digital innovation which makes blending fun.

These are your more advanced blender lines which Blendtec and Vitamix offer. Blendtec vs Vitamix blender models in the $400 plus range start getting pretty advanced and they start to look really cool. The Ascent Vitamix blender line is the newest blender line that Vitamix has and it offers the quiet 2 hp motor just like on the Vitamix 7500, 750, and 780, but the more advanced digital display and speed dial is setting it apart from the rest of the Vitamix blenders. With the Vitamix ascent line you get the best of both worlds, you get the speed dial and a digital programmable timer which reads off the blend and gives you automatic blending options.

The Blendtec designer blenders get really advanced and the Blendtec 625 is there first and least expensive designer blender which you can find refurbished for $399. The 3 hp motor gives you the power, and the advanced digital touch slider and automatic settings gives you the control, and it looks really really cool in your kitchen.

The newest Vitamix Ascent line gives an astonishing sleek look to any kitchen. It’s sophisticated advanced design comes with a 10 year warranty standard, which is a big upgrade from the Vitamix Legacy Series 7 year warranty and the Vitamix Personal blender 5 year warranty. You have a variety of color options to choose from and the price is comparable to the Vitamix brand and other Vitamix blender models. Great Deal!

Vitamix A2300 vs A2500

The ascent Vitamix A2300 and A2500 use the old style Vitamix speed dial control system with a pulse switch and on/off switch but the new digital timer reads off the time the blender is running, which is a new feature. The 2.2hp 12 amp motor is the same as the Legacy Series, and just like the legacy series, is powerful and very quiet.  The A2300 has 10 speeds on it’s speed dial where the A2500 has 10 speeds plus 3 automatic preset features you can choose from. Both the Vitamix 2300 and Vitamix 2500 are equal in every way besides the 3 automatic features. If you want your Vitamix blender to come with some automatic features than the A2500 might be a good choice.

Vitamix A3300 vs A3500

The A3300 and A3500 are focused on their digital features but still come with a speed dial which you can work to control your blends. The speed dial has 10 speeds and located to the left and right of the speed dial is the on/off switch and pulse switch which are replaced with digital push button technology instead of the switch. The Vita mix A3500 has 5 automatic presets above the speed dial which are in the form of digital buttons where the A3300 doesn’t have any automatic presets. Both blender models have a digital timer which reads off the time in the blend, and aside from the automatic features in the A3500, the A3500 also weighs 15 pounds compared to the A3300 which weight is 12 pounds.

Vitamix Ascent Costs and Deals – If you buy it NEW the Vitamix A2300 is $399 and the Vitamix 2500 is $449, but you can find them reconditioned and save some money. Reconditioned is as good as new and makes the cost more affordable. The Vitamix A3300 is also $449 and if you want the upgraded A3500 Vitamix it cost $549 brand new. Vitamix came out with a really nice payment plan which makes owning a Vitamix blender more affordable then ever. You can pay with a Credit Card and choose financing up to 24 months.

Blendtec Designer 625

The Blendtec Designer Series Blenders come with an 8 Year warranty NEW and a 3 year warranty refurbished and are the most advanced blenders that Blendtec has ever came out with. The Designer 625 is the most affordable of the Blendtec Designer blenders but still costs over $400 even as a refurbished blender. The sleek look and responsive slide touch digital controls are a big plus, and the 4 automatic features on the Designer 625 make blending recipes easy and quick, you can push a button and walk away from the machine. An elite choice for a high power blender.

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$500 – $600

Once you jump over the $500 mark the blenders start to get really advance and offer more features. Both Blendtec and Vitamix blenders offer their top blenders at this price range featuring the Vitamix Ascent 3500, the Vitamix 750, and the Blendtec Designer blenders.

A good thing about both blender companies is that you can pay the blenders off over time with their payment plan options. Spending a large amount of money at once for a blender is hard to do and most of us don’t have that kind of cash, but the payment plans make it affordable for anyone to be able to get one of these amazing machines.

Vitamix Ascent 3500 vs Vitamix 750 Legacy Series

Both have the quiet 2.2hp motor, both have the speed dial which has 10 speeds, both have a pulse feature, both have automatic settings of which 4 are the same. The main difference between the Vitamix Ascent 3500 and the Vitamix Legacy G 750 is the new ascent series has a digital push button technology for it’s automatic settings featuring an automatic programmable timer where you can see the time remaining in the blend.

The Vitamix 750 still has the old style Vitamix look and feel where the main focus is the speed dial and all the automatic features focus around the speed dial where the 3500 Vitamix Ascent Series has automatic features that are separate from the speed dial and stand alone.

Blendtec Designer 675 vs Blendtec Designer 725

These blenders are similar in their design and features but when you look closely the Designer 725 is much more advanced. Both have a slide touch slider for manual control but the Blendtec Designer 725 has 100 speeds where the Designer 675 has 8 speeds. The Designer 725 manual control slider with 100 speeds is much more sensitive and responsive than the 675 designer.

Both offer similar automatic features which have the same blend durations but the Designer offers a Salsa feature and also has blend rewards which is a program associated with Blendtec which rewards you every time you reach a certain number of blends. It helps keeps you motivated.

The motor on the Blendtec Designer 725 is the most advanced motor Blendtec has to offer and at 3.8 hp and 15 amps you won’t have any troubles going through your fruits and vegetables. The 3.8hp motor on the Designer 725 is also a bit quieter than the 3hp motor on the Blendtec Designer 675 and Blendtec Designer 625.

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$600 – $700

The most advanced of the Blendtec vs Vitamix blenders in the Vitamix Legacy Series and Designer Series blenders are the Vitamix 780 all digital G Legacy and the Blendtec Designer 725. The Blendtec Professional 750 is an advanced blender which takes features from the Original Blendtec Total Blender with a more advanced look and feel.

Blendtec Designer 725 vs Vitamix 780

Both the Designer 725 and the Vitamix 780 Legacy are the most advanced of their blender lines offering the most amount of automatic features with the most powerful motors that the company offers and also with the most advanced and responsive controls available. Both the Vitamix 780 and Blendtec 725 are all digital and offer similar slide touch controls and push button automatic features. The Vitamix 780 is quieter but the Blendtec Designer 725 offers a more responsive control system with 100 speeds on their touch slider. Both cost almost the exact same price and and depending on the blending container and jar you blend with, will produce the same consistencies for your smoothies, ice creams, and juices.

Blendtec Professional 750

Old features in a newer blender with a different look, the Blendtec professional 750 has the same control system as the Blendtec Total Blender offering 6 automatic push button features, 2 manual controls, and a pulse button. The cool look makes it seem like it belongs in a juice shop so it will give your kitchen a very nice look.

Blendtec vs Vitamix blender

$700 and UP

If you are opening a juice shop or smoothies shop or restaurant than these are the two choices you will have to decide on. Both Blendtec and Vitamix offer commercial blenders which are made for commercial use. This means that are made to last, and offer programmable settings where you can set the buttons with custom speeds and for specific blends. Both the Vitamix Quiet ONE and the Blendtec Professional 800 are made for all day use.

Vitamix Quiet One vs Blendtec Professional 800

These commercial blender models come at a much higher cost than home use blenders because they’re built to be used at restaurants, juice shops, and other commercial facilities where they will be used a lot more than a home blender. Both offer very advanced blender technology; the Blendtec 800 offers the Blend Wizard where you can choose from 42 different programs which are pre programmed for you, you can scroll to which ever setting you want for that button and set it. They’re 6 programmable buttons you can set. The Vitamix Quiet One also offers 34 settings you can choose from with 6 buttons you can set with your favorite programmable cycles.

The Vitamix Quiet One offers more low end speeds and high end speeds for you blends than the Blendtec Professional 800 and uses a push button control system where the Blendtec Professional uses a slide touch slider with 11 low to high speeds you can control by sliding your finger up and down the slider.

You can find these commercial blenders refurbished and reconditioned to save you some money or you can use the payment plan options which the companies offer. Blendtec has a much better warranty for their commercial use blenders, even as a refurbished model it is still 10 years.

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Blendtec vs Vitamix

Between the models I really liked the quiet 2.2hp motor on the Vitamix Legacy and Vitamix Ascent blenders, it’s definitely more quiet then the Blendtec blenders, but one thing I like about the Blendtec blenders is their automatic features are more responsive. It’s a hard decision between the two blender companies. They each are trying to out due each other from refurbished models to high end commercial models. They are perfectly matched from their containers and jars to their commercial blenders to their new sleek home blenders.

Any of these Blendtec or Vitamix blender models will get the job done for you, the bigger decision you’ll have to decide on is which features do you prefer? which jars and containers do you like blending with? Each company offers a Payment Plan option so you don’t have to bare the burden of paying it all at once. Now pick out which kid you want to be friends with and go play.

Blender Models

1. Vitamix S50
2. Vitamix C Series 500
3. Vitamix 750
4. Vitamix Reconditioned 
5. Blendtec Designer 725
6. Blendtec Classic 575
7. Blendtec Refurbished

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