I drive right past the Vitamix headquarters on the way to work. I bet you think I'm cool NOW.

I've got an old, 60s commercial grade Waring that was used in a lab to break up small rocks years ago and still works well. And yess, it's very satisfying to have a good blender.

Tell me about good blenders: how do they make your life better? What am I missing out on by not having a blender at all? Er, out on what am I missing?

Bort, home made fruit smoothies alone are worth the cost of a blender. There are also various ice cream based things made better by blenders.

We're talking 0 of blender at a minimum, though; that would have to be a life-threateningly bitchin' smoothie.

Hey, on the Blendtec site they've got a blender called the Tom Dickson Extreme!

I have owned 4 blenders. the first was a cheapo during college and I do not remember it. The second was a model that broke within 6 months. the third was another model that broke within a year. the fourth is a Kitchen Aid from the 80s that cost from the Goodwill. It has one setting, and at this setting it will liquify a whole chicken thigh, bone and all, in under a minute I shit you not.

Update: I eventually went with a 0 Ninja blender. It chops ice into snow, it makes smoothies, and I'm sure it does other useful things too.

For me the Ninja is the proper price point: less than 0 and you don't get the functionality (such as being able to chop a frozen strawberry into a paste), but a Blendtec or Vitamix is probably overkill and four times the price.

for real tho.