Vitamix 5200 Professional-Grade Blender, 64 oz. Container, Black

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ After years of buying cheaper blenders and replacing them every couple of years, I finally decided to buy a Vitamix. I wish I had done it sooner. This thing is built like a tank. It powers through frozen fruit, ice, nuts, vegetables, and anything else I’ve thrown at it without hesitation. Smoothies come out silky smooth with no chunks, and homemade soups, sauces, and dressings have a consistency that I could never achieve with my previous blenders. What impressed me most is how powerful and consistent it is. You don’t have to stop every few seconds to scrape the sides or shake the container. It simply works. Yes, it’s expensive. I hesitated because of the price, but after using it regularly, I understand why so many people swear by Vitamix. The performance, build quality, and reliability make it feel like a long-term investment rather than another kitchen appliance. If you’re on the fence because of the cost, consider how many cheaper blenders you’ll replace over the years. This is one of those products that lives up to the hype. Highly recommended.

Owning a Vitamix blender was a goal for ages, and I finally got this one almost 3 years ago. This awesome blender still works like it did when it was new. I’m a vegan and the value of an excellent blender really comes into play every day. This blender is so fast and powerful that it has no trouble making things like silky hummus and cashew cream. Smoothies blend thoroughly in just a few seconds. This Vitamix lets me make my own nut milks and turn pumpkin seeds or lentils into tofu. It’s opened a whole new world of cooking. This blender is so top notch that if you don’t want something blended into the consistency of a shake, like pesto for example, then you need to set it to low speed and don’t walk away to load the dishwasher or something. Just wait a moment and you’re done. Clean up is no problem with this Vitamix. They’re built with a smooth general surface and don’t have annoying gaps that fill with liquids. Just a heads up on use - I start mine on the lowest speed then turn up the power to blend. It only takes a second and avoids the jolt of 0-100 instantly. In any case, I haven’t experienced any sort of leakage with this awesome Vitamix and everything fits perfectly. Three years in and I’m still so happy with my Vitamix blender. Never had any problems with it. There is a reason that Vitamix has a loyal fan base. Yes, they’re more expensive upfront but it’s saved me a small fortune too. I haven’t needed to replace or repair anything. Prior to getting the Vitamix, my blenders were not the inexpensive type and they still only lasted a year at most. Vitamix is the best blender you can buy.

I bought this so I could learn to make my own smoothies instead of paying $11 and change everyday for a Southblock one. After upgrading from my wife's old knock off nutribullet, this was a game changer. It blends frozen fruit with ease and makes the smoothie silky smooth. I saw some reviews that complained about the noise but it's actually fairly quiet. I don't go up past 7 on the dial though (cause it's not needed) but that might be where it being loud becomes a factor. Cleaning is also super easy and I do appreciate that the blades aren't razer sharp so I can get soap and water under the blades without worrying about my fingers as much.

It's the best blender without any bells and whistles. Pricey but again it is the BEST. It is THE restaurants' standard peace of equipment that last decades under heavy use, and restaurants will use this machine more in a week than you will in a lifetime. You most-likely will never need another blender (at least not for 15-20+ years) The design coupled with its power gives you smoothe and most consistent results. If you get into making, smoothies, purees, nuttbutters, or any blending (like soups, refried beans, and even hummus) you can't get much better outside of some fancy setting/buttons (which I find unnecessary) and maybe some safety features/failsafes (which again, I also don't find necessary, because a good rule of thumb too not stick your hand in it while on the motor...) The only con I have is it is tall and usually doesn't fit in spaces between the counter and cupboard when you put the blender on the motor. Easy solution just pull the motor out so it isn't under the cupboard. I do wish my cupboard are hight so i can have the whole blend just chilling on the counter like my Toaster. But I just do that with the bottom motor and store rest of the blender away. I would have gone for a shorter blender, but this size gives me opinions making it less of a hassle when I do need to blend more or if i need to make more than 1 or 2 smoothies. Plus I find the narrowing design towards the bottom of the blender helps with the product. Personally this size is just right for all my bending projects and it fits in most standard dishwashers, if blitzing some soapy water doesn't already do the trick. So IF you are finding yourself needing a bender, wish your smoothies felt more like SMOOTHies rather and Slushie from a certain drive-in, or want a better consistency for purees and have a easier time makingemulsions . Your journey ends here. Disclaimers: -Obviously this an investment, but if you want a great appliance this is a "buy once cry one" kind of purchase. If you DO NOT have a blender, think of how (or if) a blender be helpful to you. If your not satisfied with your cheaper bender, it's probably because it isn't a vitamix or at least not the 5200 -With the Vitmix 5200 blender MAKE A HABIT of always turning the dial to 1 and flip the switch to "Variable" before and after turning it on. The power of this bad boy need a little bit of responsibility. Flipping it on while it is switched on "High" or dialed to a "10" (especially without a lid) can splatter all over the place. -This blender is also loud, you won't suffer earing damage but you'll get an earful if a baby is sleeping in the next room. Also, Late night smoothies can also run the risk of head trauma if you have a wife... blend responsibly.

upgraded 1 star to 5 star due to customer service - called Vitamix and they said it is under warrenty and they will send a shipping label and I can send it to them get it fixed and back at no cost to me (other than the trip to the post office) - so I am fine with that - had not registered the thing and expected a bunch of excuses and lecture on what I should have done - none of that - very pleased with the company for standing behind the product and love to use it when it works!! *********** We got our first Vitamix from Costco and fell in love. When working properly the Vitamix is awesome and we have used the first one to make soups and sauces and smoothies. The first one started having a problem with the gears not catching and the machine sounding terrible - burnt wire/electrical smell coming from the machine while it was still working sometimes - have now seen another review mentioning this smell - then it stopped to work. Since we liked and used it so much, we decided to chalk the first one failing up to a bad individual machine and decided to give it another chance. The second one is now acting up the same way after only one year and maybe 30 uses. Very disappointed and now thinking this must be a pattern with Vitamix, maybe gears produced abroad with poor quality control? It says engineered and assembled in USA but God knows where the parts are actually made. Really feeling cheated for the money we spent on this and feel a fool for trusting them a second time. *************

Disappointed – Not Worth the Money I received the Vitamix VM0197 as a Christmas gift and was excited because of the company's reputation. I honestly thought I was upgrading from my Ninja blender. Unfortunately, it turned out to be one of the most disappointing products I've ever owned. The blender worked only a couple of times before it started shutting off in the middle of blending. Every morning my wife and I make smoothies, and this machine would repeatedly stop mid-cycle, leaving half-blended ingredients and wasting expensive fruit, yogurt, protein powder, and other ingredients. I contacted Vitamix while the unit was still under warranty. Instead of replacing what was clearly a defective machine, I spent months going through troubleshooting emails, answering detailed questionnaires, testing multiple outlets, changing my blending technique, adjusting ingredient order, waiting for the machine to "cool down" because of its thermal protection, and eventually being asked to record videos of the blender while it failed. Customer service was incredibly frustrating. For a blender that costs over $400, I expected a simple warranty process—not weeks of troubleshooting and repeatedly proving that the product wasn't working. It felt like getting a replacement required an act of Congress. What's most disappointing is that my much less expensive Ninja blender has been more reliable than this Vitamix. My Ninja never left me with half-made smoothies or wasted ingredients. If you're considering purchasing the VM0197, I would strongly recommend looking at other options. A premium price should come with premium reliability and customer service. Unfortunately, that was not my experience. **Pros:** None that I experienced. **Cons:** * Failed after only a few uses. * Frequently shuts off during blending. * Wastes ingredients. * Overly complicated warranty process. * Customer service focuses on repeated troubleshooting instead of resolving the problem. I expected much better from a company with Vitamix's reputation. Unfortunately, I cannot recommend this product

blended a frozen berry smoothie with spinach for breakfast, then a hot soup later the same week. listing sells a 2 HP motor, 64 oz classic container, variable speeds plus High, laser-cut blades, a tamper, and a 30-60 second self-clean with soap water. vortex is not marketing fluff here. fibrous greens disappear. frozen chunks don't leave sandy ice chips if you ramp up and use the tamper when the blend bridges. nut butters take patience and the tamper, but they finish smoother than cheap jar blenders I've fought. variable dial lets you start slow so the lid doesn't spit. High is the nuke button for silky texture. self-clean mostly works. a quick bottle brush for the lid gasket still happens. 64 oz pitcher is great for batches and awkward if you only ever make one cup. tall profile needs clear under-cabinet space. base stays planted when it's working hard. included tamper is the difference between a stuck slurry and an actual blend. claim vs reality: "professional-grade" also means airplane-takeoff noise. apartment mornings will wake someone. no fancy presets or touchscreen, just knobs that don't die of boredom. hot soup from friction heat works if you run long enough. I'm not treating it like a silent sous-vide. blades stay sharp enough that I haven't thought about replacing them. clean cycle leaves a soap film if you use too much detergent. dry grains for flour work in short pulses if you don't cook the motor. counter footprint is modest. height is the storage problem. lid latch is simple and hasn't leaked on me yet. skip if you need quiet or a short machine for a low cabinet. keep if you want one blender that actually destroys ice and fibrous produce and you'll store it where it fits.

This was a 2nd Vitamix for us, I love them. Our original Vitamix 5200 still works great. I have used it daily for a kale/matcha drink for about 5 years. I use full stalk kale, ginger, apples, etc. The Vitamix chews it up. When I am traveling at a VRBO and make the same drink with whatever cheap blender is available, it takes 3 times as long because I have to pre-chop everything and do little batches and then mix it all together. I am spoiled by the Vitamix; it is so strong it is funny. Its a power tool for the kitchen. I moved our 5yr old original Vitamix 5200 to a rental property we own so we would have its use there when we visit. So I bought this new Vitamix 5200 for our home. The new 5200 is identical in appearance, however now there is a "soft-start" feature. I assume it lowers the incoming inrush amps from the outlet? Not sure. Regardless, it is just as strong as the original, only it now starts slow then ramps up over the first few seconds. It eliminates the initial "jolt" off the original turning ON. I was OK with that jolt, but I could see how some might consider this new one an improvement. Regardless, it makes the same quick work for my green drink. I had considered purchasing a cheaper Vitamix at Costco that still had the large 64oz capacity, but read the reviews and had concerns perhaps it was lighter duty? I don't know, the HP specs appeared the same. I couldn't seem to read a review of that cheaper version where I felt I understood its shortcomings, if there were any? So instead I got another 5200 because the first one is so ridiculously strong and dependable, why not get another? Yes, it is expensive, but for me it is worth it.

Lemon Scent who sold this blender are a fantastic company, I was initially disappointed that this blender came with an American plug and chose to return it. But Lemon Scent bent over backwards to meet my needs, they will supply an adapter to use in a UK kitchen. I purchased a Vitamix blender many years ago and fell in love with this versatile machine. Easy to use and clean. Worth the investment for sure. Thank you Lemon Scent.

I am not - WAS not - much of a "blender guy", but the Vitamix 5200 changed that. And even though I am typing this all out in a product review, where that sort of sentiment belongs, it still sounds absurd to me. Who gets impressed by a *blender*? Me, apparently. Prior to this Vitamix the only blender I had ever used in my *entire life* was an ancient Osterizer from the 70s. The thing is literally older than I am, but beyond all reasonable expectations it still somehow works. Go Osterizer, I guess? This year I grew way too many hot peppers, decided to make a bunch of hot sauce with them, and suddenly the Osterizer showed its age. While it was fine blending a couple of smoothies a month for us, it struggled to blend up 12 litres of hot sauce in one night, so I figured maybe the time had come to get a "real" (I.E. manufactured in this century) blender. After some internet research I selected the Vitamix 5200 as being the most likely not to struggle through my new hot sauce hobby, only to find that I was basically swatting a fly with a nuke. That old Osterizer took about 2 hours of blending and cooling down to do 12 litres of my (admittedly very thick) hot sauce puree. The Vitamix 5200 did all 12 litres in less than 2 minutes. The Vitamix 5200 is *absurd*. And that has made it life-changing for us. It doesn't matter what you put in there. You can just shove the most fibrous of vegetables in there, right up to the brim, and *bvvvvvt*, instantly pureed. Shove a bunch of ice in there...instant slushy. Anything that is a solid that you no longer want to be a solid anymore this blender will handle. So we went from a household that might make a couple of smoothies every month to one that is now bulk-making sauces, soups, and so forth. We even just toss hole grains of various types (wheat, oatmeal, rye, flax, etc.) and turn them into our own multi-grain flower, then into pre-mixed dry bread ingredients. When we are "low spoons" - I.E. we just don't have the jam to cook properly - we can just pull out some of our pre-made sauce from the freezer, drop it on some noodles, et voila: actual food groups get consumed. As an ADHD household we have been familiar with the concept of "a critical threshold of ease of use" for some time, but we never expected to find that in a *blender*. Somehow, however, the thing is both just easy enough to use and powerful enough to handle whatever we throw at it with zero prep work that has managed to make the "pre-cooking your nutritious meals" parts of adulting just easy enough that we can actually do them on a regular basis. If you're looking for a top-of-the-line blender for your home, you'd be hard-pressed to find anything that would top it, I think. All those rave reviews on the internet were, for once, actually not lying.

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Makes awesome smoothies and worth every penny!