Vitamix 7500 now available
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the Vitamix 7500. Now it’s actually available.
I don’t have anything new to say about the blender, but I was interested to see the price, which wasn’t available a few weeks ago. Right now, in my mind, the main options for people in the market for a Vitamix are a $529 Vitamix 7500, a $449 Vitamix 5200
with a compact container, or $329 Certified Reconditioned
Vitamix 5200 with the 64-ounce container. All three have free shipping with coupon code 06-006651
. (2017 Update: That code does not work, you can get free shipping by visiting Vitamix through this link
.)
I basically said as much in my earlier post (the first link above), but now that I know what the actually pricing is, I’m very glad I bought the blender I did, when I did, for the price I did. Make no mistakes, the non-refurbished models come with 7-year warranties instead of 5-year warranties, and there is something to be said for the joy of buying something that’s brand new as opposed to refurbished. I am sure there are those would look at all the information and choose one of the more expensive of the two options above, but if my blender went missing tomorrow, I would buy the refurbished model again in a heartbeat. Now, granted, my blender, which gets a lot of use, has already been serviced by Vitamix once, but I that was a very positive experience that is influencing my decision, ensuring that I have no regrets from my original purchase last year.
Edit: Actually, I think I might be too quick in writing off the 7500. I was making a green smoothie the day after making this post and realized that I was adding water to thin out the mix, and remembered reading about the “process dense ingredients” blurb about the 7500. My 5200 blender is plenty powerful, that doesn’t mean the 7500 isn’t noticeably more powerful.
If anyone out there has first hand experience with both blenders, I’d be very interested in hearing some opinions from people who’ve been hands-on with both.