Ordinary Blender Vs Blendtec Blender

Broke down and bought a Blendtec Total Blender from Costco last week. Costco has the best price I've found on this, so click HERE for that product page if you're interested.


While researching blenders, I found many comparisons between Vitamix and Blendtec, but not any decent video comparisons between an ordinary blender and the Blendtec. Hopefully, this video will serve others seeking a similar comparison.


One note that I didn't include in the video: When blending softer fruits and veggies, oranges, bananas, and spinach, for example, the Hamilton Beach ordinary blender seems to do fine. Still not as smooth as the Blendtec, but satisfactory for the most part. The real difference between the two, and this is worth noting for those who aren't sure they want to shell out $400 for a Blendtec, is that the Blendtec breaks down the cell walls in the fruits and vegetables - regardless of how hard the fruit or veggie is, resulting in a pulverized mix of all the ingredients and a true blending of all the components of each. What you get is soup-smooth drinks instead of chunks of ingredients mixed with unblended pieces. 


One may think that simply blending items longer in an ordinary blender would allow you to achieve the same smoothness as the Blendtec. Unfortunately, this doesn't work. What happens is the blades in an ordinary blender can only spin so fast, and reach terminal velocity within the mix. Keep blending and the drink begins to froth or foam-up, but the unblended components continue to evade the blades as they can only spin so fast. 


I hope this helps you decide on which blender to get. I'd like to get my hands on a decent "commercial" $100 blender to compare with the Blendtec, so if you live in the Orange County area, have one of these blenders, and want to help me make another video - please leave a comment below and we'll try to make this happen.


One more thing. If you like my video, please leave a comment on YouTube to that effect, and be sure to share it on Facebook or via email.


Thanks, and happy blending!