My wife and i went on a journey with blenders.

I had 1 stipulation. I wanted the smoothies to be “smooth” like we get in the store.

Went though 5 blenders before just biting the bullet and spending like $700 on the vitamix.

Its night and day. Nothing compares when it comes to power.

A HUGE difference in vitamix vs everyone else is that the blades are dull. Most other blenders are slicing food at a high rate of speed. The vitamix crushes your food with blunt edges and raw force of motor. Its hard to describe until you use the blender, but as the person said above, there is a reason they are expensive.

They also come with a 10 year warranty which is worth it imo if a blender if part of your daily routine.

I do hate that it has silly wifi features, but you dont need to use them at all.

Vitamix 3500