--- product_id: 1441105 title: "Blendtec Original Designer Series Blender and 90 Oz WildSide+ Jar - Kitchen Blender Bundle - Black" brand: "blendtec" price: "₪254" currency: ILS in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.il/products/1441105-blendtec-original-designer-series-blender-and-90-oz-wildside-jar store_origin: IL region: Israel --- # 1560W powerful motor Touchscreen with 6 preprogrammed cycles Self-cleaning cycle Blendtec Original Designer Series Blender and 90 Oz WildSide+ Jar - Kitchen Blender Bundle - Black **Brand:** blendtec **Price:** ₪254 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Summary > ⚡ Blend like a boss — power, precision, and style in one sleek package! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Blendtec Original Designer Series Blender and 90 Oz WildSide+ Jar - Kitchen Blender Bundle - Black by blendtec - **How much does it cost?** ₪254 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.il](https://www.desertcart.co.il/products/1441105-blendtec-original-designer-series-blender-and-90-oz-wildside-jar) ## Best For - blendtec enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted blendtec brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Effortless Cleanup:** Built-in self-clean cycle plus heat-resistant Spoonula spatula make post-blend cleanup a breeze, keeping your kitchen sleek and ready. - • **Smart Touch Control:** Sleek capacitive touchscreen with 6 custom cycles and 8-speed slider puts precision blending literally at your fingertips. - • **WildSide+ 90 Oz Jar:** Extra-large jar with unique 5-sided design creates superior vortex for faster, more consistent blends — perfect for meal prep and entertaining. - • **Heat-Generating Blends:** Friction heat technology lets you whip up hot soups and drinks in just 6 minutes — no stove required. - • **Professional Powerhouse:** 1560 watts of blending muscle crushes ice, seeds, and kale effortlessly for ultra-smooth results every time. ## Overview The Blendtec Original Designer Series Blender with 90 Oz WildSide+ Jar is a professional-grade kitchen powerhouse featuring a 1560W motor, capacitive touchscreen with 6 preprogrammed cycles, and an extra-large jar designed for superior blending efficiency. It heats soups through friction in 6 minutes, offers 8-speed control for perfect texture customization, and includes a self-cleaning function for hassle-free maintenance. Engineered for durability and backed by an 8-year warranty, this blender is ideal for health-conscious millennials seeking premium performance and modern design. ## Description The Designer Series introduces the new generation of touchscreen Blendtec blenders. Any Designer Series blender uses all the power and performance that made Blendtec the choice of blending professionals, and combined it with an amazing modern design with advanced functionality taking Blendtec to a new level in performance blending. No more guesswork! The Designer Series features six preprogrammed custom cycles: Smoothie, Ice Cream, Whole Juice, Hot Soup and Clean, plus a +10 button. This exclusive blend cycle technology creates the perfect blends with the touch of a button. You now have total control of your blending speed literally at your fingertip. You can select any speed or slide your finger left to right to increase or decrease speed. Alongside the slider bar is the stop and pulse controls - a cinch to use and manage. Every Blendtec is professional-grade with some of the most powerful motors in the industry, one of the longest warranties in the business, shipped with the Blendtec blunt blade (10x stronger than competitor blades) delivering smooth blends without the cuts and pokes. Blendtec offers one of the most advanced blenders you can buy. Engineered and manufactured at our Headquarters in Orem, Utah. Review: VERY HAPPY! - Finally, we had enough money to get a high powered/high end blender. We love it! I use it at least three times a day. The concerns I had were met as follows. 1. Blendtec or Vitamix? - this machine fits under my counter, - it has settings that lets me leave the machine alone while I tend to the kids or prep other food, - it also has a manual setting so I can blend a little extra if needed, and - the flat surface is easy to clean 2. How can I justify the cost if all it does is blend? I.e. what else can I make with this thing other than smoothies? I took some time and read through the recipe book that comes with the blender. If you get this machine I HIGHLY RECOMMEND READING THROUGH THE RECIPE BOOK - KNOWLEDGE IS POWER and you will enjoy more foods as a result. Each day I make a smoothie and then two or more completely different foods that I didn't ... well ... think were possible with a blender. I make, - pancakes from scratch, that is, I throw wheat berries in with milk and pulverize those, then all the other ingredients and in less than 3 minutes I have this really good batter that makes fluffy pancakes each time - no white flour! With our griddle I can make 4 at a time and have pancakes on the table within 15 minutes it's really good for my kids because they get impatient. It's easy to pour each pancake straight from the jar and clean up is painless. - brownies = delicious and restaurant quality every time! - cookies = again, delicious and healthy - tomato salsa and sauce - tomatillo salsa - bread - soup - almond butter - almond milk and more 3. Price Well, we had to save up for this but after baby #2 came along we really could justify the cost. Its easier to make healthy foods high in nutrients when you have this type of tool. I really feel that the cost is justified because of the time we save in cooking and the health benefit we get. If you're struggling to pay for it now just keep saving because the day will come when you can get it and you will appreciate what it can do for you even more. We now want to get the four sided jar because we use the wildside jar so much. Review: [UPDATED]Blendtec Designer Series vs Vitamix 5200 - My mom got a Vitamix 5200 from Costco about a month ago. I used it almost non-stop. Used it to make rice milk, strawberry-banana smoothies, butter, and peanut butter. I used it so much I started to consider getting a high performance blender of my own. About a week later, I ended up getting the Blendtec Designer Series just to see which blender I liked better. Let me just say this review comes down to personal preferences and what you are willing to compromise on as both blenders are very good. You cannot go wrong with either blender. Both do the job just as well as the other. Pro's vs the Vitamix: - Design. I have always put a high value on form. Depending on the gap, I will sacrifice some functionality just to get the better looking product in my opinion. The Blendtec Designer Series is certainly a good looker. The design of it is also part of the reason why I went with the Designer Series instead of the Total Blender Classic. I got the black model so when everything is off and unplugged, the Blendtec just blends in. The motor base is rounder giving it a smooth look. Where the Vitamix 5200 motor base has sharp edges and is squarer looking. It stands out on the counter. So a win for the Blendtec. - Controls. I just love the touchscreen controls. Another reason I went with the Designer over the Total Blender Classic. The touch controls enhance the design of the motor base as referenced above when everything is turned off. When the controls are on, they are bright and sharp looking. The touch controls are responsive with no lag. As soon as you press the mode, the motor turns on and does its job. I love it over physical buttons. How a person uses a Blendtec differs from the Vitamix. It's hotly debated and up to personal preferences. The Blendtec relies mostly on its automated modes for blending your food. The benefit of that is you can simply hit the smoothie button and walk away. It will go through the smoothie mode starting out slow to draw the ingredients into the blade and slowly progress to a higher speed to turn rice milk, an orange, a banana, and frozen strawberries into a smoothie and stop when done. The Vitamix is all manual control where you start on Variable 1 and work yourself all the way to high depending on the recipe you're using. While this gives a person more control over the blending process, it does require the user to be more watchful when blending. For my uses, I prefer the Blendtec's automated modes. It does provide a slider for manual control and a pulse button. - Jar. The Blendtec's Wildside jar has a fifth side that is stated to help prevent cavitation. While I don't have the Fourside jar to compare it to, I haven't needed to stop the blender and mess with the ingredients in order to get them to blend. The Wildside jar is a square in shape leaving a nice wide bottom near the two blades. This combined with the two dull blades makes things a lot easier. I have made pretzel/pizza dough (same recipe) with the Blendtec. After allowing the dough to rise, the dull blades and the wide bottom made it easy to get all the dough out of the jar without worrying about cutting myself on the blades and trying to get everything out of the jar and not wasting anything. Where the Vitamix jar is a more traditional round design that narrows, as you get closer to the sharp 4 blades. When making peanut butter, it is a pain in the neck to get everything that is below the blades out of the jar. Have to take a spoon and take it out constantly moving the blades to get as much peanut butter out of the jar. - Cleaning. It's not a big win for the Blendtec as both machines are easy to clean. Just put about 2-3 cups of warm water and a dash of dish soap in the jars and let the machine do the cleaning. But, it goes back to the jars design. When making thicker things like peanut butter and dough that tend to stick to the jar, the wider bottom and dull blades make it easier to rinse out the Wildside jar. Where you have to again work around the sharp blades at the narrow bottom of the Vitamix jar. - Size. The Blendtec is able to be stored under the cabinets with the jar still on the motor base. The Vitamix can't store with the jar on the motor base. Cons vs. Vitamix - Consistency. Like cleaning, for me it's not a huge win for the Vitamix. But, the sharp blades do have a benefit over the dull blades. The frozen strawberries from Costco can be huge. And sometimes just running the smoothie cycle on the Blendtec leaves 1-2 small pieces of strawberry in the smoothie (nothing a few more seconds wouldn't solve). A lot of the times it will be completely smooth. But, I guess it depends on how many of the huge frozen strawberries find their way into the smoothie I make for the day. So a small win for the Vitamix there. - Lid design. Not a huge negative for me, but I do like the Vitamix lid design a bit better. It doesn't get as much splatter on it than the Blendtec's. Making it easier to remove without worrying about getting the contents of the jar over the counter, etc. The washes between the two blenders. - Noise. Both of these machines are loud, but they are very tolerable. In my opinion the Vitamix is a bit louder, but there is so little difference between the two. It shouldn't be a deciding point between them. - Out of the box readiness. This all comes down to what you plan to do with the blenders. If you plan to do nut butters more, the Vitamix is ready to do it out of the box with the tamper. The Blendtec either requires you to stop the machine to push the nuts into the middle of the jar so it can be blended or have to spend the money on the Twister Jar. From videos I have seen it does a good job making nut butters. On the other hand, if you want to do grains, the Blendtec is better suited for them out of the box (just as long as you don't mind cosmetic damage from the grains marking up the jar). The Vitamix requires the dry grains container, which has a different blade design better suited for grains. Where the standard jars blade will be damaged over time grinding them up. Conclusion I prefer the Blendtec Designer Series to the Vitamix 5200. But, it doesn't mean the Blendtec is the better blender. As stated above, it all comes down to personal preferences and where you are willing to compromise on. For me, the Blendtec came out to be the winner. But, you can't go wrong with either blender. Update 10/13: I'm still loving the blender. Been making smoothies almost every day for breakfast. Also used it to make baked potato soup( blendtec recipe and delicious) and other meal ideas. I did get the Twister jar to make peanut butter. Twisting the top in my opinion is easier than using the tamper with the Vitamix. Also, I like the texture/consistency of the peanut butter using the blendtec and twister jar over the Vitamix. ## Features - Hot Blends: Heat your soup or drinks in 6 minutes through friction heat with this kitchen blender - 8-Speed Control: Customize the consistency of your blender's smoothies with incremental speed cycles - Clear Markings: Use this blender for shakes and smoothies to measure ingredients while blending - Easy to Clean: Scrape all of your soups or smoothies with the heat-resistant Spoonula spatula - Blend Safely: Our blunt kitchen blender blade pulverizes ingredients and keeps injuries at bay ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B008TVERZ6 | | Best Sellers Rank | #145,992 in Kitchen & Dining ( See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining ) #252 in Countertop Blenders | | Blade Material | Stainless Steel | | Brand | Blendtec | | Brand Name | Blendtec | | Capacity | 90 Fluid Ounces | | Color | Black Designer Series/ WildSide+ | | Container Material | Tritan | | Control Type | Touch | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 404 Reviews | | Global Trade Identification Number | 00852491003219 | | Included Components | WildSide+ Jar | | Is the item dishwasher safe? | Yes | | Item Dimensions D x W x H | 9.25"D x 7"W x 15"H | | Item Type Name | -Self-Cleaning-6 Pre-Programmed Cycles-8-Speeds-Sleek and Slim, Black | | Item Weight | 8 Pounds | | Manufacturer | Blendtec | | Material | Tritan | | Model Number | Designer | | Number of Speeds | 8 | | Other Special Features of the Product | Programmable | | Part Number | DD28PA01A-A1GP1D00 | | Power Source | AC | | Product Dimensions | 9.25"D x 7"W x 15"H | | Recommended Uses For Product | Blending | | Special Feature | Programmable | | Style | WildSide+Jar | | UPC | 852491003219 609722994286 | | Unit Count | 1.0 Count | | Voltage | 100 Volts | | Warranty Description | 8-year Warranty. Blendtec warrants to the owner of a Blendtec product that such product will be free from defect in material and workmanship under normal residential use for the duration of the warranty period in effect for such product at the time of purchase. The applicable warranty period runs from the date of purchase. Not for commercial use. If used commercially, the warranty will be voided. | | Warranty Type | Full warranty | | Wattage | 1 | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Blendtec - **Capacity:** 90 Fluid Ounces - **Color:** Black Designer Series/ WildSide+ - **Product Dimensions:** 9.25"D x 7"W x 15"H - **Special Feature:** Programmable ## Images ![Blendtec Original Designer Series Blender and 90 Oz WildSide+ Jar - Kitchen Blender Bundle - Black - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71uXKffUoML.jpg) ![Blendtec Original Designer Series Blender and 90 Oz WildSide+ Jar - Kitchen Blender Bundle - Black - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81XVlQy6PLL.jpg) ![Blendtec Original Designer Series Blender and 90 Oz WildSide+ Jar - Kitchen Blender Bundle - Black - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81-y9UnOrSL.jpg) ![Blendtec Original Designer Series Blender and 90 Oz WildSide+ Jar - Kitchen Blender Bundle - Black - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81BbC62l7BL.jpg) ![Blendtec Original Designer Series Blender and 90 Oz WildSide+ Jar - Kitchen Blender Bundle - Black - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/815bnFYWBzL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Color, Style** options. ## Questions & Answers **Q: blendtec vs vitamix** A: I'm sure by now you've probably already made a decision. But the answer to your question is that it depends on the person. I will say that you could probably hand 10 out of 10 people a Vitamix and thanks to the tamper, they will be able to make a perfect smoothie just about every time. With the Blendtec, things aren't quite that simple. Because the Blendtec doesn't have assistance from a tamper, the user must be more careful to measure things. E.g. not enough liquid means the Blendtec will struggle and either one or two things will happen: 1. the person will have to add more liquid or 2. the person will have to find something to push, i.e. tamper, down the ingredients into the cutting path of the blade.With all of this said, the Blendtec can blend just a well as the Vitamix; it just has a slightly higher learning curve than the Vitamix. If you follow Blendtec's recipes exactly in their recipe book, then you'd never have a problem with it. Those recipes are designed to take advantage o the pre-programmed settings. But it's when you start to stray and do your own thing is when you'll soon find that the manual speeds are more beneficial than the pre-sets.So the learning curve on the Vitamix is lower, but the same results are achievable with the Blendtec either by experience or by doing significantly more work.The advantage of the Blendtec over the Vitamix is that: 1. the blade is dull and it's designed to be able to blend and grind hard grain. Vitamix recommends that if you want to regularly grind hard grain, you purchase the separate $150 dry container. This is because the standard/wet container's blades will become dull/damaged over prolonged grinding. 2. Because the Blendtec's blade is dull and is designed to work dull, it will never need sharpening, it won't cut or nick your fingers by accidents, nor will it damage your spatula as you're trying to get things out. And Blendtec has a lifetime warranty on the blade. If they can't fix it, then they will just send you a brand new container... this goes beyond the 7-year warranty. 3. the Blendtec generally costs less for a new unit. With the Vitamix usually being any where from $50-200 more expensive than the Blendtec, and that's not including the cost of the dry container if you need that, the Blendtec can be slightly or significantly cheaper than the Vitamix. And that's important because for some people even though the Blendtec has a high learning curve, some might be willing to deal with that if it means saving money. 4. The Blendtec is about 15.5" tall. It can fit on just about any counter, even ones that are lower than average. Most cabinets sit about 18" above the counter, but in the case of my counters, they sit 16.75". So even the "short" Vitamixes wouldn't fit under my cabinets.5. Because the Blendtec's digital timer, you know exactly how long you blend things. Also, because there is a time limit to how long the Blendtec will blend, you don't have to worry about baby-sitting your machine. For example, if you start a blend, but then you have kids running around and you have to keep an eye on them, you're free to do so. Where with the Vitamix, you might have to shut off your machine and then go attend to your kids.With all of this said, you really can't go wrong with either machine. I'd be lying if I said that I never thought some of my blends would be easier with the Vitamix. But then again, I do like that I can do everything in one container without the need for a separate and very expensive container. But I will say that I have owned the Blendtec Designer Series since Feb 2013 and I already have over 2300 cycles on it. The more I have gotten used to the Blendtec, the more I have 'mastered' the manual control, etc I have learned that things have become significantly easier. I can get the machine to do just about anything I want it to do now. **Q: What is the difference between this unit and the TB-631-20? I think it may only be cosmetic, but am not sure if I'm overlooking something.** A: This has the same wattage and horsepower as the Total Blender. Difference between the two is this one has the Wildside jar and a touch screen interface. The Wildside jar has 5 sides for better blending for smoothies when compared to the Fourside jar that comes with the Total Blender. Both are great blenders and come with the standard 7 year warranty from Blendtec. **Q: Is the wildside jar too big too blend smaller portions (e.g., individual smoothies, salad dressing, hummus, etc.) - in other words, the stuff advertised for the "Twister jar"?** A: I use it all the time for individual smoothies. I don't know about the hummus. **Q: Hi, can anyone tell me what model this blender is? designer series has a few different options....** A: This one is discontinued 2013 model; see more here: http://www.blendtec.com/blenders/designer-series#specs ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ VERY HAPPY! *by M***W on February 11, 2013* Finally, we had enough money to get a high powered/high end blender. We love it! I use it at least three times a day. The concerns I had were met as follows. 1. Blendtec or Vitamix? - this machine fits under my counter, - it has settings that lets me leave the machine alone while I tend to the kids or prep other food, - it also has a manual setting so I can blend a little extra if needed, and - the flat surface is easy to clean 2. How can I justify the cost if all it does is blend? I.e. what else can I make with this thing other than smoothies? I took some time and read through the recipe book that comes with the blender. If you get this machine I HIGHLY RECOMMEND READING THROUGH THE RECIPE BOOK - KNOWLEDGE IS POWER and you will enjoy more foods as a result. Each day I make a smoothie and then two or more completely different foods that I didn't ... well ... think were possible with a blender. I make, - pancakes from scratch, that is, I throw wheat berries in with milk and pulverize those, then all the other ingredients and in less than 3 minutes I have this really good batter that makes fluffy pancakes each time - no white flour! With our griddle I can make 4 at a time and have pancakes on the table within 15 minutes it's really good for my kids because they get impatient. It's easy to pour each pancake straight from the jar and clean up is painless. - brownies = delicious and restaurant quality every time! - cookies = again, delicious and healthy - tomato salsa and sauce - tomatillo salsa - bread - soup - almond butter - almond milk and more 3. Price Well, we had to save up for this but after baby #2 came along we really could justify the cost. Its easier to make healthy foods high in nutrients when you have this type of tool. I really feel that the cost is justified because of the time we save in cooking and the health benefit we get. If you're struggling to pay for it now just keep saving because the day will come when you can get it and you will appreciate what it can do for you even more. We now want to get the four sided jar because we use the wildside jar so much. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ [UPDATED]Blendtec Designer Series vs Vitamix 5200 *by Q***E on August 15, 2013* My mom got a Vitamix 5200 from Costco about a month ago. I used it almost non-stop. Used it to make rice milk, strawberry-banana smoothies, butter, and peanut butter. I used it so much I started to consider getting a high performance blender of my own. About a week later, I ended up getting the Blendtec Designer Series just to see which blender I liked better. Let me just say this review comes down to personal preferences and what you are willing to compromise on as both blenders are very good. You cannot go wrong with either blender. Both do the job just as well as the other. Pro's vs the Vitamix: - Design. I have always put a high value on form. Depending on the gap, I will sacrifice some functionality just to get the better looking product in my opinion. The Blendtec Designer Series is certainly a good looker. The design of it is also part of the reason why I went with the Designer Series instead of the Total Blender Classic. I got the black model so when everything is off and unplugged, the Blendtec just blends in. The motor base is rounder giving it a smooth look. Where the Vitamix 5200 motor base has sharp edges and is squarer looking. It stands out on the counter. So a win for the Blendtec. - Controls. I just love the touchscreen controls. Another reason I went with the Designer over the Total Blender Classic. The touch controls enhance the design of the motor base as referenced above when everything is turned off. When the controls are on, they are bright and sharp looking. The touch controls are responsive with no lag. As soon as you press the mode, the motor turns on and does its job. I love it over physical buttons. How a person uses a Blendtec differs from the Vitamix. It's hotly debated and up to personal preferences. The Blendtec relies mostly on its automated modes for blending your food. The benefit of that is you can simply hit the smoothie button and walk away. It will go through the smoothie mode starting out slow to draw the ingredients into the blade and slowly progress to a higher speed to turn rice milk, an orange, a banana, and frozen strawberries into a smoothie and stop when done. The Vitamix is all manual control where you start on Variable 1 and work yourself all the way to high depending on the recipe you're using. While this gives a person more control over the blending process, it does require the user to be more watchful when blending. For my uses, I prefer the Blendtec's automated modes. It does provide a slider for manual control and a pulse button. - Jar. The Blendtec's Wildside jar has a fifth side that is stated to help prevent cavitation. While I don't have the Fourside jar to compare it to, I haven't needed to stop the blender and mess with the ingredients in order to get them to blend. The Wildside jar is a square in shape leaving a nice wide bottom near the two blades. This combined with the two dull blades makes things a lot easier. I have made pretzel/pizza dough (same recipe) with the Blendtec. After allowing the dough to rise, the dull blades and the wide bottom made it easy to get all the dough out of the jar without worrying about cutting myself on the blades and trying to get everything out of the jar and not wasting anything. Where the Vitamix jar is a more traditional round design that narrows, as you get closer to the sharp 4 blades. When making peanut butter, it is a pain in the neck to get everything that is below the blades out of the jar. Have to take a spoon and take it out constantly moving the blades to get as much peanut butter out of the jar. - Cleaning. It's not a big win for the Blendtec as both machines are easy to clean. Just put about 2-3 cups of warm water and a dash of dish soap in the jars and let the machine do the cleaning. But, it goes back to the jars design. When making thicker things like peanut butter and dough that tend to stick to the jar, the wider bottom and dull blades make it easier to rinse out the Wildside jar. Where you have to again work around the sharp blades at the narrow bottom of the Vitamix jar. - Size. The Blendtec is able to be stored under the cabinets with the jar still on the motor base. The Vitamix can't store with the jar on the motor base. Cons vs. Vitamix - Consistency. Like cleaning, for me it's not a huge win for the Vitamix. But, the sharp blades do have a benefit over the dull blades. The frozen strawberries from Costco can be huge. And sometimes just running the smoothie cycle on the Blendtec leaves 1-2 small pieces of strawberry in the smoothie (nothing a few more seconds wouldn't solve). A lot of the times it will be completely smooth. But, I guess it depends on how many of the huge frozen strawberries find their way into the smoothie I make for the day. So a small win for the Vitamix there. - Lid design. Not a huge negative for me, but I do like the Vitamix lid design a bit better. It doesn't get as much splatter on it than the Blendtec's. Making it easier to remove without worrying about getting the contents of the jar over the counter, etc. The washes between the two blenders. - Noise. Both of these machines are loud, but they are very tolerable. In my opinion the Vitamix is a bit louder, but there is so little difference between the two. It shouldn't be a deciding point between them. - Out of the box readiness. This all comes down to what you plan to do with the blenders. If you plan to do nut butters more, the Vitamix is ready to do it out of the box with the tamper. The Blendtec either requires you to stop the machine to push the nuts into the middle of the jar so it can be blended or have to spend the money on the Twister Jar. From videos I have seen it does a good job making nut butters. On the other hand, if you want to do grains, the Blendtec is better suited for them out of the box (just as long as you don't mind cosmetic damage from the grains marking up the jar). The Vitamix requires the dry grains container, which has a different blade design better suited for grains. Where the standard jars blade will be damaged over time grinding them up. Conclusion I prefer the Blendtec Designer Series to the Vitamix 5200. But, it doesn't mean the Blendtec is the better blender. As stated above, it all comes down to personal preferences and where you are willing to compromise on. For me, the Blendtec came out to be the winner. But, you can't go wrong with either blender. Update 10/13: I'm still loving the blender. Been making smoothies almost every day for breakfast. Also used it to make baked potato soup( blendtec recipe and delicious) and other meal ideas. I did get the Twister jar to make peanut butter. Twisting the top in my opinion is easier than using the tamper with the Vitamix. Also, I like the texture/consistency of the peanut butter using the blendtec and twister jar over the Vitamix. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Functionality is great (but you'll pay for it) *by S***Y on March 7, 2014* I really enjoy this blender, sure it costs a boat-load and takes up some of that precious commodity called counterspace, but without a doubt it's a great purchase if you are going to use it (and let's be frank, if you're considering a $400+ blender for a kitchen, one would hope you're actually using it). I bought it for one main purpose and that was making smoothies and iced drinks. Rather then spending $5-6 a pop on the way to work for my smoothie fix, I am able to make drinks on par (if not better due to fresher ingredients) with the local smoothie or coffee shop at home. These are cousins to the blenders in those same shops so it is definitely up to par. This should (hopefully!) pay for itself after a year or two. Using it does take some getting use to as you can't just throw in ingredients and expect it to come out perfect, but with a little trial and error I was able to find the right proportions of liquid, ice and solids to make the perfect mixed drink. There is literally no comparison between the drinks produced by this blender (super smooth) and my previous $20 cheap-o blender (what's that weird burning smell coming from the motor?). The wildside jar is great, but you do need to make sure that you have enough liquid in there to keep everything moving. This might not be an issue for some, but I like my smoothies thick, so it did take some tinkering with liquid amounts. One thing I have started adding to my smoothies is flax seeds (high in fiber/protein/vitamins/etc. and minimal taste impact when its one of many other ingredients). In my old blender I needed to grind the flax seeds in my coffee grinder to get them chopped up. In the blendtec, I throw them in whole and they're pretty much obliterated in the smoothie and it's hard to tell they're even there. I've also had a similar experience with kale, where the cheap-o model couldn't handle the tough fibers, but the blendtec doesn't even bat an eye-lash The designer series is a step up from the older blendtec model and it's sleek finish is pretty easy to keep clean due to a lack of buttons (the controls are operated by a capacitive touchscreen similar to a cellphone). Downsides: +This thing is loud. You're only going to be using it in short bursts, but the neighbors might wonder why you're running heavy machinery in the morning. +Smoothie cavitation (this is when the blender blades create an air pocket and spin without hitting anything) -- Can be remedied by making sure there is enough liquid in the jar. Pros: +Powerful...yes it will blend +Professional quality +Easy clean-up (just throw a little water with some dishwashing soap and pulse for a few seconds. Rinse out and let dry) +7 year warranty ## Frequently Bought Together - Blendtec Original Designer Series Blender and 90 Oz WildSide+ Jar - Kitchen Blender Bundle - Black - Blendtec 37 oz Twister Jar - Blender Jar Set for Shakes, Smoothies, and Thick Blends - Compatible with Blendtec Blenders - 16 oz Blending Capacity --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.il/products/1441105-blendtec-original-designer-series-blender-and-90-oz-wildside-jar](https://www.desertcart.co.il/products/1441105-blendtec-original-designer-series-blender-and-90-oz-wildside-jar) --- *Product available on Desertcart Israel* *Store origin: IL* *Last updated: 2026-05-24*