Must have for your Vitamix
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For peak performance I rotate this retainer nut with the existing one once a year....think of it as a tune-up for a car.  Very easy to take your unit apart, clean and very slightly oil the rotator blade base with WD40!
1553643
If you love juice, buy this now. Put any sort of juice source into your blender, put the mush into the bag, and squeeze the juice out. Voila! I have made apple juice, watermelon juice, pear juice, strawberry juice, carrot juice with this. Its pretty cool and can really upgrade the blenders abilities for just a few bucks.
1738314
The Vitamix mixer is one of the best on the market, and this replacement container is no exception.  Excellent quality.
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Being a raw food chef I need a machine that can deliver the goods. I used the blendtec with the wildside and twister jar while in culinary school and LOVED it. I personally had a vitamix at home and realized the more I used the blendtec I couldn't stand using my vitamix as it simply did not have as many functions. With that said both vitamix and blendtec are great machines for those in the raw food world, however the blendtec just has way more pros. The biggest pros are the vitamix container is shaped with a pinched bottom, which means every time I put my smoothie ingredients in, it always blends everything at the bottom but misses the top, so that I have to use the tamper (which I hated using). The blendtec wildside container just simply blends way better and more efficiently no tamper needed! I also LOVE the twister jar as it is great for mixing my nut cheeses and smaller amounts of sauce without having to clean the larger containers. The vitamix also had a wobbly lid that the top would pop off really easily while blending and the blendtec stays on tightly. Overall I can't say enough good about the blendtec, I love it. I have been out of school for some time now and finally bought this blendtec set that I loved so much and have now put my vitamix in the garage. The blendtec's are really great machines. If you are looking into the Blendtec Vs. Vitamix the blendtec wins hands down.
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I bought this for my Vitamix 5200 after I used the blender with out the balance padding. Yeah not a good idea LOL pretty dumb of me, anyways I damaged the socket very bad so I ordered a new one to replace it. Let me tell you that it was very simple and easy to read those instructions. Get one if you need it! It truly helps to have a new dock.
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We were devastated when we broke our original Vitamix Blender due to a forgotten spoon. We were able to locate this for a great price and the blades were easy to install and it works perfectly.  The lid actually seems to seal better with this replacement than with the one that originally came with the base.
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I have ignored the vitamix for decades.  That much money for a blender?  I hardly ever use my blender!!!  Well my 20+ year old oster blender died and it was time to get a new blender.  I reluctantly decided to give the vitamin a try, and I love it.  Should have bought one decades ago.  Super powerful, great for making veggie/protein blends (no smoothies here, borderline diabetes means no juicing/blending fruits), batters, breads, soups, mayonaise (omg, once you will taste you will never buy from store again)...
1603034
love the ease of preparing Smoothies, soups etc.  It is an investment, but I find I use mine almost every day.  I am going to try making Vegetable juice in Fall. I have in the past make V-8  with my food mill, but that is too time consuming and hard work.  I wonder if anyone has tried making tomato or mixture of veg. juices in their Vitamix.  I would like to know how it worked for them.
1808262
Love it!  Worth every penny!  I purchased several different blenders in the past and the Vitamix way better.  It makes smoothies almost like juice!
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I work in a cafe where we use 4 vitamix containers. In order to be cost effective I try and repair things rather then just replace. I have tried replacing the blade assembly without this tool and it is a pain. I was using a screw driving for leverage and was constantly slipping and slamming my hand down. This just slides in there really easy and with a little bit of leverage unscrews/screws it right off/on. True it does have only one type of use but its use is invaluable.
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Breathe new life into your older VitaMix!!

It's amazing how such a small part can make a big differnce in performance... over time, little slippage, little more noise... don't notice it much, but then you replace this and remember the awesomeness of a "new again" VitaMix!
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Just what my trusty Vitamix needed! I had no idea my old bald had become so dull. If you think you might need a new blade, you probably do and you won't be sorry you bought this.
215846
I love this book.  I bought 4 additional copies to give to my loved ones who are working on being healthy.  The first 30 plus pages are about health and suggestions to help live more healthy.  Great book.  If you have a Vitamix this book is even better.  Lots of the recipes are blender recipes -- though not all of them.  She employes spices and herbs t give a meal or a smoothie something extra.
4197034
Husband destroyed other tamper that came with our original Vitamix.
This replacement fits perfectly on our machine and works great
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When my daughter was 3 years old, she was a very difficult eater.  One strategy we used was to give her smoothies made with our Vitamix, made with whole fruit--with lots of fiber!  Our Vitamix has worked great for us over the past 7 years, so I was very curious to see how the Jamba Blender would compare.  Basically, in a nut shell, this is an improved version of my Vitamix.  It can do the same things, but there are some big advantages with this blender.

What I love about this blender:
#1  The height!  It can fit under a normal sized cabinet with the canister on top.  My Vitamix is too tall, so the canister has to sit next to the blender and take up more space.
#2  The strength of the motor (2.4 hp is more than the 2.0 hp on my Vitamix).
#3  The ability to pulse, use manual control, or use a pre-programmed setting.
#4  The black measurements labeled on the front of the cannister.  So helpful that they are in black so you can see them!  My Vitamix only has clear measurements that are very difficult to see.

This blender is very easy to move.  I was surprised at the weight of the base.  But, the design allows for you to use the sides as handles to move it (much better than my Vitamix!)  It hasn't rocked or moved yet while blending the way my Vitamix has at times.  I like that it only has one speed of 0-10.  With a Vitamix, if you forget to switch from high back down to low before you start, you can cause damage to the cogs on the bottom of the canister--and make a horrible noise in the process!  With this blender, you just need to always remember to turn the blender back down to 1.  The auto settings are completely separate.  I've used the smoothie setting.  It's interesting.  Make sure you read the manual that comes with the blender before using so you aren't surprised by what the blender does when you used a programmed setting.  In order to use the smoothie setting, there does have to be enough liquid.  If there isn't, the blender will end up just spinning its wheel so to speak.  But, you can interrupt a programmed setting, by simply pressing the start/stop button.  This button does turn on the blender in manual mode, but it will also stop a programmed mode mid-cycle if needed.

Interestingly, there is a power button on the side that must be turned on before you can use it.  The manual does also admonish you not to leave it plugged in.

Of course, there is a cookbook included, but don't hope that there will be any of the Jamba Juice smoothie recipes in it.  It actually wasn't very helpful to me.  I really wish they had put a few normal, less unusual smoothie recipes in the mix of the cookbook, but sadly, they didn't.  Even so, you wouldn't buy this blender for the cookbook anyways, so it isn't a huge detractor for me.  I just need to keep on looking for a good smoothie cookbook to add to my cookbook collection.

If I were choosing today which to purchase--a Vitamix like the one I have or this blender, I'd definitely choose the Jamba blender.  It works well, has more power, and is easier to move to my center island in my kitchen when I want to use it.

One last note... To clean my Vitamix, I fill my canister half way and then add a drop or two of dish soap.  I put the cannister on the blender, turn it on, and let it swish around to clean the canister.  This works great.  This direction isn't included in the blender instruction manual, but it is how I'm cleaning it.
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Your Vitamix blender comes with one.  Site made it sound as if this would be needed.  To cheap to bother with returning.
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LOVE, love, love .... these are so tasty.  I soak them and use them in salads, soups and in sauces.  I also tossed a few in my vitamix and made a great powder for quick seasoning.  These are a must for your pantry.