I do absolutely love my Blendtec. The only thing I am dissatisfied with is that it didn't come with much of a recipe book. My friend bought one several years ago and her recipe book is huge. Mine has a few recipes only, sad day. Other than that it is a wonderful tool
I've recently become healthier and am making smoothies every day, when my old blender (it was 4 months old) began to leak (it was one of the ones you screw on upside down) I decided to blow my budget and get a really good blender. After doing my homework I choose this Blendtec and am soooooooooo happy that I did. I have now had this blender for about 6 weeks and it can do so many things, I have used it to make cookies, soups, dips etc, there is a recipe for dog biscuits in the accompanying book that my dog loves. I truly feel that there is a good chance that this product will still be in good working order long after I am not! I love the super long warranty as it shows the manufacturers have confidence in their own product and I was also swayed towards this product as it, and it's components are made entirely in America, I am not American but do appreciate a company which is creating jobs at home rather than using cheaper labour and plastic parts to maximise their profits at the expense of the consumer who have to then go out and buy the same type of thing again and again. I would recommend this product without any hesitation, yes it is expensive and you can get cheaper blenders but in this case you truly do get what you pay for and I believe that purchasing this blender once will prove to cost you less over time as it will not need to be replaced every few years. (ps cleaning this thing is ridiculously easy!)
Blender works very well! After 4 years, it started making a lot of noise, but the problem was the jar, not the blender. Jar was replace, and working like new now! It justifies the price.
I have had my Blendtec about 5 weeks and I have made everything from soup and smoothies to cake batter and popovers. It's a true multi-functional appliance -combination of food processor and blender but on steroids as it's super powerful. I love that you can just throw everything in and it blends really fast. Also very easy to clean, I highly recommend!