Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Look, I think spending $149 on an immersion blender is plain ludicrous but I did, and here is why: I have an 18-year-old cat who is my absolute love and she has gotten to the point where she will not chew her wet food; she will only lick the juice and then leave the part that she has to chew. I think she has lost some teeth and chewing probably hurts. My remedy for this problem was to use my Hamilton Beach immersion blender to liquefy her food for her to make it easier for her to eat it. Well, after about 3 years of use, my Hamilton Beach immersion blender has started to slowly die on me. I could not run the risk of not being able to blend her food for her (because she literally would rather not eat than have to chew her food) so I researched the best immersion blenders. This Vitamix immersion blender was at the top of the list on every single list. All I could think was, there is no way that I am going to pay $149 for an immersion blender when I can buy one for about $30. Well, I did spend $149. Why? Because my hubby told me that I may as well go ahead and spend the money on something that will last for a long time because we recently got a rescue dog and the only way he will take his monthly pill is if it is blended into his wet food. *Le Sigh* So now that you know why I bought it, let me tell you what I think of it. I tried my best to HATE it, but I do not. Granted, it is a lot heavier than my Hamilton Beach and it does sit up higher than my Hamilton Beach which is the only thing I can say I do not really like because a can of cat food is a very small amount and it takes a lot of scooping and scraping to get it all ground up, but the end result is a very nice paste that my cat enjoys quite a bit. That alone is worth the money. I ground my dogs' pill into his food yesterday and OH MY GOODNESS there were no little chunks of pill leftover! Just an extremely smooth consistency. That has me so impressed because as much as I liked my Hamilton Beach, it would not blend up his pill well and he would take the time to pick the chunks of his pill out of his food and spit them out on the ground before he would finish his food. I can not begin to explain my irritation with him doing that, but this time there was none of those shenanigans! He ate it all with no problem. It is also super easy to clean which is always a plus! So all-in-all I am highly impressed with this immersion blender. I did not want to be. I wanted it to be trash and I wanted to fuss about it. I wanted to say to myself that I should have gotten another Hamilton Beach in the first place, but instead, the opposite has occurred. I love it so much that I bought the full-size blender which will promptly replace my Hamilton Beach blender. I also have Hamilton Beach personal blender cups and when I get the money I will be replacing those with some from Vitamix. Dang. I never thought I would become one of those "Vitamix people" (you know what I mean!) but I guess I have seen the light. If you are on the fence, get it. You likely won't regret it. Ugh, it is just that stinking good. Enough said.