I bought a Vitamix about 8 years ago. I have a love/hate thing with it. Try as I might the juicing thing was not for me. I just can not drink it without adding a lot of sweetener.

I do use it a lot during the summer for making smoothies. I puree fresh tomatoes for canning or freezing. I bought the dry blade canister for grinding wheat berries into flour, but have not used it often.

I bought it during an in-store demo at Costco and paid under $400 for it. I have used the type of juicers that leave the pulp behind and I do not like them. It wastes the best parts of the veggies and fruits that you need in your diet too.