| Initial Review Of My New Vitamix |
| Written by Petra Smirnoff | |
| Friday, 18 June 2010 | |
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Today I decided to try out my brand new Vitamix. I had been hesitant to take it out of its box because I am about to move house and it was so neatly packed. But in the end my curiosity got the better of me and I could not help but unpack my new, bright red 5200 model and eagerly set it up on my kitchen benchtop.
Today I decided to try out my brand new Vitamix. I had been hesitant to take it out of its box because I am about to move house and it was so neatly packed. But in the end my curiosity got the better of me and I could not help but unpack my new, bright red 5200 model and eagerly set it up on my kitchen benchtop. I was surprised to discover that the container is not actually held down to the base at all. I do not know the physics behind why the liquid will rise but the container will not, but it works. The container simply sits on top of the motor, and the power pushes it sideways, to be caught by four corner plugs. It s a very simple design, and I much prefer it to my Sunbeam Cafe Series blender, which is almost impossible to use now as it is been designed to lock in place and the locking mechanism has been worn away. At full speed the Vitamix blades travel at 384.26 km per hour, which tends to liquidise the contents very quickly. I'm also happy that the blender has a seven-year warranty because my last blender started to break after only one week. I decided to break the blender in with a very difficult task to see how well it would respond: blending a whole pineapple. Well, without the skin of course. Normally pineapples are very stringy and a standard blender cannot break through the tough fibres which makes it unpleasant to drink in a smoothie. I put the pineapple and some water in the blender, flicked the switch and WHOOOSH! the machine was busy blending. It was not as noisy as I expected, and when I came to pour the drink it was smooth and creamy with a lot of 'head'. When drinking the smoothie I did notice that a couple of small bits of pineapple still remained because I did not blend quite long enough, but overall the drink was consistently smooth. I think it will just take some experimentation as to how long to blend. The most smoothness will obviously come with a longer blending time, but some ice should be added to avoid the smoothie heating up. Six minutes blending will turn the liquid into a hot cooked soup! I had a good look at the cookbook after drinking my smoothie, and I'm impressed. The book actually folds out into its own book stand, and the pages are spiral bound which allow them to sit flat when you've got the book standing up. The recipes look very simple and tasty! The Article Author: Want to find out more about the Vitamix, then visit Petra Smirnoff's site on how use the Raw Food Diet to lose weight and become healthy. |
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