Vitamix Reconditioned Explorian Blender

I will primarily be using the blender for making smoothies. I live in Norway and the Vitamix blenders that are sold here are: Explorian E310 and Ascent 2300, 2500 and 3500. I've read reviews on [rtings.com](https://rtings.com) \- a review site that I find very trustworthy - and it seems that the Explorian E310 actually is best for making smoothies (and it's cheaper than the Ascent series).

Bought my reconditioned Explorian online about a month ago on sale. Was ecstatic about the price (about $240 shipped) since most Vitamixes cost hundreds of dollars more. I also wanted to ease myself into this expensive appliance since I wasn't sure how much I'd actually use it. Also felt good about ...

I was perfectly happy with the $30 blender from [insert bigbox retail chain]. My wife wasn't. So now we have a REALLY LOUD Vitamix that cost 10 times as much - and that's from Amazon warehouse. In the past, Amazon Warehouse stuff has arrived non-functional or missing vital parts. The Vitamix arrived...

I had a Vitamix growing up and that thing was amazing. I decided to reward myself and buy the Explorian. I'm already regretting it, as it doesn't have the same vortex design, everything gets caught under the blades and you have to tamper almost the entire time with cold or hard substances (even when...

This Vitamix looked new. It had great blending power, but was crazy noisy - more so than my original pro-grade Vitamix - which was dying after 10 years. The disappointing thing? The "pulse" feature didn't work: a common complaint. To test my Vitamix, I made a berry/banana/soy smoothie. Because the f...

For the first 2 weeks of having this blender, I was beyond excited and impressed with the quality and functionality. Even at the high price point one enters into purchasing a Vitamix - a refurbished Vitamix at that - I wasn't disappointed. One day, out of the blue, the motor seemed to be having pron...

This blender works so well, even strawberry seeds end up blended. Have used for ice smoothies, hummus, baby food. Easy to clean and pretty quiet. I luke that the dials are switches rather than buttons and no gimmicks. Does not work well if there isnt enough in the jar, or too thick. My only issue is...

Works well for smoothies and purees. Frozen ingredient chunks are no problem.

My only complaint is that the pulse button operates with approx half-second delay, so it does not work great for rapid pulse chopping techniques - you just can't achieve the pulse frequency with the delay. (Kinda makes t...

Love vitamix. The best, and others don't compare. But I am not as happy with the short, wide blender container. It takes me almost twice as long to make a smoothie. I have another machine that I've had for years. The container is taller and more narrow. It is the best. My only reason for 4 stars ins...

...I just bought this one to replace my old one, and was very disappointed to see that the body was made of PLASTIC, not METAL, like my last one was. I only hope that it works as well and lasts as long, but this is simply indicative of everything we buy nowadays, paying MORE and getting LESS.