Subject: RE: VitaMix The difference is the power. You could blend wood in a vita-mix. They have 3HP motors and are just amazing. We use ours almost everyday. You can make nut butters in them (which would never work in a regular blender) and you can even cook soup. Yes cook it. The thing comes with recipes where you put a bunch of stuff in turn in on high and the blade spins so fast that it will bring soup to a boil. I've never tried myself though. Anyways, if it is something that you are going to use everyday and you have some extra cash, go for it. However it is a bit excessive if you don't have a use for a really high powered blender. |