 Hey guys, today, I'm feeling pretty good. Our fifth annual, which Vitamix to buy video, which Vitamix 2020? There are three things I wanna show you as you make this decision, but first, quick housekeeping. I'm Lenny Gale, we are life is no yolk, please consider using our links to make your purchase. You'll get the minimum accepted price, that's the lowest, free shipping. And when you notify us of your purchase that you use our links to buy, Shalva and I will send you our ebook and you'll get six months of VIP support from us. If you bought your Vitamix from your cousin's little blender shop, you wouldn't hesitate to reach out to them if you needed anything. Think of that with us, this, VIP support. Okay, housekeeping done, time for quick picks. When our friends and family say, yo, Len, which Vitamix should I get? I say, oh, awesome, let's find you the best deal. All Vitamix machines can do all the things, smoothies, whole food juices, like our spicy green juice, a little bit every day will change your life, hot soups, nut butters, ice cream, dressings, flowers and other fun stuff. Baddest for pancakes, baddest for breads, baddest for cakes, this is apple cinnamon cake, coarse chopping, make a detox salad, pulled meat for tacos, these are jackfruit, peanut butter sauce for spring rolls, creamy bases for soups like our wild rice, rapuccinos just like Starbucks, plant-based cheeses, this is our queso. Snack bites, these are iron bites. Did I mention nut milks? Guys, they can all do all the things, including self-cleaning. And with that in mind, they wanted to get one and we got them the best deal at that moment. Usually, it's a certified recondition machine. They're awesome. If those friends and family say, well, what else do you recommend? Well, if you're not gonna get the best value available, don't mess around with the middle and just get the best. A3500, true metal finish, quietest, or least loud. Most features, pre-program settings for walk-away blending, extra safety. Like if you knock the container off the base, it senses and stops the machine. Programmable timer, ability to use the eight ounce containers, full integration of the SmartSkill app. It's the one we use in Tijon and they're like, all right, can you send me a link? And then they say, all right, cool. Which accessories do I need? And we say, all right, you're eventually gonna want a secondary narrow-bodied container. They're really good for small batches of thick blends, hummus, nut butters, ice cream. In fact, we used to call this a full-sized Vitamix and a secondary narrow-bodied container, the ultimate Vitamix setup. That's what we have. Best best, if you will. But no pressure, you don't need to get one today, but definitely get yourself an under-blade scraper. Throw it in your car before you check out. They're like 15 bucks, purpose-built, spatula. Get that last little bit of nut butter, pesto, hummus from under the blade. Scrape the size of the container. Amazing bang for your buck. Now, if you need a minute to do a little more research, go to our site and find that keep me updated link. Get on our mailing list and we'll keep you updated with upcoming deals on full-sized blenders and accessories. If you want a quick pick that isn't just the best possible deal and the best possible Vitamix, here we go. You have a couple choices, classic or smart system. Either way, a few things are true. One, they can all do all the things. Smoothies, juices, nut butters, hot soups, ice cream, flowers, batters, coarse chopping like a food processor. Next, both are built to last. Both come with generous multi-year warranties that generally expire before your machine is even middle-aged. And both are easy to use and easy to clean for the following reason. On full-sized Vitamix, the blades are fixed to the container. They're one piece. This is one of the reasons that makes the Vitamix so magical. They're so easy to clean. You don't have to disassemble the blade from the container. Okay, looking at the classic Vitamix series, the best classic Vitamix for most people is the Vitamix 5200. This one's been around for almost 10 years now. It's almost identical to the machines they have in the quick serve smoothie shops. Tall, narrow-bodied, 64-ounce container. If you want a classic Vitamix, this one is the best for most. I'm pretty sure America's Test Kitchen, the Wire Cutter, Consumer Reports, they all agree. This is the best smoothie maker you can get. All right, let's talk upgrade pick. The best classic Vitamix you can get, the Vitamix Pro 750. Low profile, 64-ounce container, five pre-programmed settings. You cannot go wrong by picking a Pro 750. The best classic Vitamix on a budget is the E310. Right around 300 bucks, American. Very easy to use. 48-ounce, narrow-bodied container, low profile. For a lot of people getting their first Vitamix, this is a great fit. Also, I should mention certified recondition options. Certified recondition standards, certified recondition standard programs, certified recondition 5300, certified recondition 7500. When they're available, a really savvy budget pick. All right, let's talk smart system. The best smart system Vitamix for most people is the Vitamix A2500. Three-prong program settings and those classic style controls. Two switches and a knob, the A2500 is the best smart system Vitamix for most people. Best smart system Vitamix you can get, the A3500. Five pre-programmed settings, programmable digital timer. So you can set it kind of like you would a microwave. And the best thing you're getting here is that true metal finish on the outside. Gives it a nice look. We think the brushed stainless finish is the most versatile in the most kitchens. But these metal finishes give you that dampened, least loud, quietest Vitamix you can get. And then finally, the budget pick. If you want to get a smart system for the most value, A2300. Or, these are popular if you can get your hands on one, a certified recondition A2500 or a certified recondition A3500. One quick note, if you found yourself stuck between classic and smart system Vitamix. The smart system Vitamix machine has now come with a new tamper. It's called the S2 tamper. It actually reaches further down in the container, closer to the blade, further down the size of the walls. So just in case you see some feedback about that, it's been improved quite a bit. All right, those are the quick picks. And at this point, I want to take a quick pause. We have two more sections to get through. We have our decision tree and then the three best ways to get unstuck. How to actually pick a Vitamix and that paralysis by analysis. All right, the second session of this video, the decision tree, I want to show you how we help people visualize which one they're going to get by asking them questions. So first question, are you making smoothies only? Smoothies and protein shakes. If the answer is yes, then you should get a narrow-bodied container. So that's a Vitamix 5200. This comes by a lot of different names. Or the E310. Why? The narrow-bodied container is best for smoothies and juices. The flow of liquid ingredients is ideal for this. And that's why you'll see. In Starbucks, other quick-serve restaurants that use the Vitamix, they have containers that are narrow-bodied. But you should know the low-profile, so the wide containers, they're just as good at making smoothies and juices and protein shakes. The difference is that the flow of ingredients is a little more chaotic. You get the same end result, but getting there just looks a little different. So if your answer is no, I want to be making more than smoothies and juices and protein shakes. And that's what most people say. Then you should get a machine with a low-profile 64 ounce container. Why? The low-profile 64 ounce container is more versatile. Course shopping with the wide, low-profile 64 ounce container is so much easier and you can do it more efficiently in there than the narrow-bodied containers, like the ones that come with the 5200, the E310, or the 48 ounce that can be purchased separately. Also, batters, pancakes, waffles, muffins, cakes. The low-profile 64 ounce container is better for these because it's so much easier to get in there than with the narrow ones. Next question. Do you want pre-programmed settings? Some people say they don't care. We say they're really great and nice to have. The pre-programmed settings are like timers that ramp up, ramp down, start, and stop automatically. Great for multitasking. You want to run a cleaning cycle and go get your kid dressed, come back, and it's done, stops on its own. That's why we like it. If you choose a machine that has pre-programmed settings, you don't have to use them. You can also do manual control, so variable speed one through 10, start, stop, and pulse. Is your Vitamix gonna be for just you? Maybe you live by yourself or maybe 99% of the time you're gonna be blending for just you. If that's you, we recommend a Vitamix E310. It's got that really versatile, really easy to use, 48 ounce narrow-bodied container. The machine itself is no frills. Two switches and a dial, can't go wrong with this one. No brainer price, that's the one you should get. Now, if you do live alone, a machine with a low-profile 64 ounce container, so pretty much all of them, can still be really great for you. These containers can make fairly small batches of non-thick blends. We've made smoothies and juices as small as 12 ounces in the low-profile 64 ounce container. The challenge is when you are making the thick blends. Hummus, nut butters, ice cream, the low-profile 64 ounce container has a greater minimum batch size. So four cups of almonds to make almond butter in the low-profile 64 ounce container, versus three in either of the narrow-bodied containers. Are you looking to use the eight ounce personal blending bowls? These are exclusive to smart system Vitamix machines, so if you're looking to make baby food, tiny batches of dressing for accessory that's ideal for chopping tiny amounts of nuts or herbs and spices or garlic, you're gonna need to get a smart system. And on that topic, there were rumors about a food processor attachment. There's gonna be a food processor container. It's rumor, but there's gonna be one. That may still be coming, and there may be other accessories that are exclusive to smart system. What I know is that smart system machines are the system on which Vitamix is building its future. Next question, how important is loudness or quietness or noise levels to you? All Vitamix machines are loud, very powerful. They output a lot of noise, but if you wanna get a Vitamix that's the least loud or the most quiet, you have to get one with a true metal finish. The A3500 has three or four different choices, and the A3300, which is this without any programs, now comes in brushed stainless metal. Do you have little ones running around the house, kids or even like small pets? If yes, you might wanna consider getting a smart system because of that extra added safety feature where if a container gets knocked off the base, the machine will stop. That's exclusive to smart system machines. So now you've probably figured out which Vitamix machine you should get, and now you're trying to figure out which accessories do you need. Really simple, guys, you can usually avoid extra costs by buying just the machine, no bundles. And we find people are most successful and have fewest regrets when they take a minimalist approach and just grab the underblade scraper and pick up an accessory down the road as you need, but sometimes people ask about specific accessories. What about the eight ounce container? What about the dry grains container? Let's talk about those really fast. Do you wanna add a secondary narrow-bodied container? These are super nice to have. When people ask what's the one accessory I should get besides the underblade scraper, it's this. And as mentioned earlier, we used to call this a full-size Vitamix and a secondary narrow-bodied container, ultimate Vitamix setup. That seems like a more appropriate name for getting all the accessories, and that's not what this is. This is more about avoiding clutter. So let's call this the accessorized Vitamix for minimalists. Maybe we can think of a more minimalist name for it. Whatever you wanna call it, this is what we use and what lives on our counter. Yeah, we have all the accessories because this is what we do for a living. But if you wanna get just one, that'll give you the greatest enhancement of your Vitamix experience. Pick up that 48 ounce container, you'll love it. Now, if you wanna do personal blending and you pick the classic machine, grab a personal cup adapter. This comes with a 20 ounce cup blending go. If you pick the smart system model, you can go with the eight ounce bowls or the 20 ounce cups. The blade bases for these are interchangeable so you only need one of the starter kits. Just note that with all these personal blending accessories, you can't make anything that requires a tamper, the super thick blends. These containers are totally sealed off and there's nowhere for a tamper to go. Wondering how we use our personal blending accessories? We make baby food, small batches of salad dressing, and the plan is to make our own Indian food so fresh, spiced blends. Next decision. All right, do I need a dry grains container? 32 ounce dry grains container for classic, 48 ounce dry grains container for smart system. These are purpose-built to throw ingredients up instead of like the standard containers that pull ingredients down. If you grind your dry grains today, yes, you will love a dry grains container. If that's not currently part of your practice, blending practice, hold off on the dry grains container, you can always pick one up later. The air disc container, this is compatible with both classic and smart system. Really good if you like to work with milk, traditional dairy milk for making foams, lattes, and also whipping eggs. We keep a plant-based house so we don't have traditional milk or eggs. So our air disc container is primarily a mojito maker, a tool for muddling other cocktails, and our secret weapon for making coconut whip and aquafaba fluff. What about the perfect blend scale? This is really cool. If you're into the precision of following recipes, if you wanna be able to adjust recipes by calories, by ingredient, and then see the real-time impact of those adjustments on the nutrition facts, this is definitely a fun accessory to have. Personally, we don't use ours very much because we like to wing it, but we do know a lot of people that do, and they use our recipe packs. The Vitamix app comes with their five or 600 recipes, and if you want 10 of ours, go to our website and pick them up. So many other little add-on accessories. There's a tamper holder for both classic and smart system. There's the nut milk bag we like. All right, guys, last little section here. If you're still stuck, there's three ways to get unstuck, to finally take the plunge, to stop the paralysis by analysis. Number one of three, close your eyes. Picture that Vitamix sitting on your counter. What does it look like? That's the one that you should get. Do you think they'll be living on your counter? We recommend that they do. A constant reminder of that choice, that lifestyle that you've bought into. What does it look like? Get that one. Number two, use the regret test. You just placed your order. Which Vitamix do you regret not getting? Oh, I should have got the pros of them 50. Oh, I should have got the A3500. That's the one you should get. And if you're still stuck, 30-day returns if you change your mind. No worries, guys. They'll send you a shipping label. And guys, subscribe to our channel if you haven't already. Hit that bell to get notified. If you appreciate videos like this, hit that thumbs up. Thank you so much for watching and we will see you in the next one. 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