BOLTR: Vitamix Blender | Test and Teardown review

Yep, it's got some ugly bits beneath the skirt but it's got it where it counts.

[@SianaGearz]

They riveted the power semiconductors because they're in a high vibration environment. That screw is crawling out eventually, loctite or not!

[@nicklemberger3101]

Why use Loctite or a rivet when you can cross thread a screw?

[@KarlEller]

I found it pretty odd that they riveted the triacs, but the motor windings are all loosey goosey. Those windings vibrating themselves to death seems like the primary failure mode for this long-term.

[@PSUQDPICHQIEIWC]

I've seen plenty of riveted to-220 packages where the rivet spins around loosely after a decade. That, and pop rivets seem like such a good way to cause impact damage to the parts during installation. Idk though. I just read the app notes and pop the rivets into the heat sink like I'm told. Who am I to question?

[@MrShadow12622]

Confirmed 2:06 Uncle Bumblefuck is a black box with arms.

[@ulle500]

AvE is actually a japanese genital with arms, confirmed.

[@MrPougatch]

Black box, white arms. Best of two worlds.

[@MelodicTurtleMetal]

Eugene Pougatch ewww

[@MelodicTurtleMetal]

Can we all draw (in mspaint) what we think he looks like and post here

[@compactc9]

The thing I love about these blenders, they're basically just a heavy duty restaurant grade machine being sold to consumers. They haven't bothered to cheapen it one bit! But the customers tend to prefer paying for quality when buying these.

[@tyz3r420]

Damn FCC black censor strips always take the fun out of my KZbin time!

[@mzflighter6905]

Yeah, it took the joy of my life!

[@PapaWheelie1]

Tyz3r796 - some of us prefer to anonamass

[@pileofstuff]

He's just protecting us from the samsquanch reflecto-porn.

[@mats852]

It's funny, my wife and I was watching Primitive Technologies' latest video, and she said hey, that dude never talks but is always in front of the camera, but the other dude you always listening to always talk but never shows his face !

[@imagineaworld]

Its a stange world in an even stranger time :D

[@marklewis4793]

thats your comment on this video?..

[@eCitizen1]

I've been abusing my Vitamix 3 to 4 times a week for over 15 years and it is still going strong. I agree it is a proper skookum choocher! But, then again, I haven't fed it a diet of rocks on a regular basis.

[@ugluwuglu]

Damn; your German is getting better and better! Fröhliche Weihnachten, AvE!

[@jordansimmons5538]

alles klar klaus no komerades here mein freund. communism is for die arme Menschen

[@Raeffwaeff]

alles klar klaus halt bitte die Klappe mit solchen Aussagen..

[@allesklarklaus147]

Raeffwaeff nein

[@allesklarklaus147]

Raeffwaeff wir sind hier ja nicht im kindergarten

[@danesebruno]

This is the household version. Imagine how well built the pro version is

[@robertopics]

All of them share the same innards. Although there were two different motors. The main difference between the pro and the household one is mainly due to the warranty.

[@Yoda63]

@@robertopics It's my understanding that the pro version has a much beefier cooling system that allows it to run under full load basically continuously. I can attest from experience that the home model cannot do that without tripping the thermal overload.

[@robertopics]

@@Yoda63 you're right, but the motors themselves have the same power rating.

[@SuperAWaC]

i'm pro igbt but i have mixed feelings about transisters

[@ingridcoetzee1402]

SuperAWaC hahahahahahahahahanahahahaahahahahanahahahahahahaha

[@morey77777]

SuperAWaC I'm can't stop laughing!

[@doublebulbing]

please put that on a TSHIRT

[@TheNARF86]

SuperAWaC ha. Damn genius 😹

[@ALAPINO]

That's the nerdiest joke I've heard all month. KUDOS! HAHAHAHA!

[@artiet5982]

Awesome video as usual. I have one of these blendahs. It’ll rip a priest off a choir boy

[@blockstacker5614]

I have an older one, I'd bet it could chew through anything.

[@BlackenedEclipse]

One of the funniest things I’ve ever read Brotha 😂😂

[@bluetorch13]

you have NO IDEA the pleasure I have every time I buy something and AFTER I see this kind of review from you... pffff! It's a keeper!

[@Embrigh]

I have a vitamix that has been used at least once weekly (consumer) for the past 20 years. It still works incredibly well and it's been used to grind frozen food shoved into the blades with a plunger. The only thing is that the plastic pitcher has discolored quite a bit but still is strong.

[@andrewgoldstein1606]

Great video. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family.

[@doorguner01]

It's not the length' it's the girth that makes her squeal!

[@yukonstew5266]

what's more important length or girth? neither turns out it's consent.

[@doorguner01]

HighFlyer like a thrown punch at a bar!

[@john-paulsilke893]

Alarmed Hominids have some serious girth.

[@HermanBardeloos]

terry jenkins i

[@imagineaworld]

Cant have one without the other partner

[@Cujobob]

What other gear has passed the test of quality? I have a deep appreciation for overbuilt, quality engineering and construction, but we live in a time of marketing hype and poor warranties.

[@shurdi3]

Red Marlboro: 90% tar, 10% cowboy remains

[@donbovie]

shurdi3 shut up and smoke your cigar some more

[@johnbeauvais3159]

That's why you should smoke Lucky Strike cigarettes, remember Lucky Strike means fine tobacco

[@mephInc]

You've never heard anyone on their death bed say "oh man. I wish I ate more brussel sprouts"

[@AndyHullMcPenguin]

" Red Marlboro: 90% tar, 10% cowboy remains "... not frogettin' a little snifter of arsebearsdoziz in the filter, just to keep them bronchial buds a buzzin.

[@lt_dagg]

MARLBORO RED IS PEOPLE

[@derektodd4126]

Merry Christmas to you and your family from Northern Ireland.

[@JamesLee-oe7mt]

Can you take apart a $10 dollar blender next?

[@robertcurrey1929]

compare an off the shelf new versus old one at a "thrift store". In college, the 20 year old thrift store "find" would chop ice non stop for hours, new one from the mart, 10-20 minutes. Once I discovered how to "get" into the biology building after hours, their chopped ice machine was the king.

[@sparkdog44]

He just did. That's what it costs to actually manufacture one of these.

[@RVRgeek]

*has a vitamix that he found in a thrift store*

[@JAAulde]

We’ve had a Vitamix for about 10 years, getting daily use. I freaking love it. Before that we’d burn through a $100 competitor annually. We paid $500 for our current model, and since it’s going strong all this time later, it’s saving us money now (about $100 a year, I’d say). Anyway, I’ve wondered if you’d get around to a BOLTR on this brand. I was excited to see it, and happy to see its decent innards!

[@ionutgur]

Merry Christmas AVE!

[@praestant8]

The “vita-vagamix” makes a come back!

[@edgufler1122]

Dang your videos are good.. thank you for sharing them with us.

[@ExplizitDuester]

So viel deutsch am Stück habe ich noch nie von dir gehört. :D Love your videos!

[@MrHelpingHand]

Thank you for lowering the volume when you started the vitamix

[@jamesmuhr]

AvE, Thank you so much for reducing the volume while you blended your quarts rocks.

[@NoahKuzel]

You are having way to much fun with that minature chain saw.

[@BauniRs]

I have used the professional ones alot in the kitchen, yes i am a chef watching this channel... they are fantastic machines one of the few ones that do not break, the vitamix and robot coupe are i think the go to machines in the restaurants here in the land of ice.

[@DerTolaf]

oh man, i from Germany and i felt home in the first seconds your a f****** god love you man just continue your work on KZbin

[@markschweter6371]

We used Vitamix, with the stainless container, to crush calcined material from the kiln before millong. Had to use the polycarbonate container for a low iron sample... Melted the container at the blade level. Note, most of the iron contamination was from the blades wearing. (also used Waring blenders 😉😏😎)

[@Migueldeservantes]

Nice Video Ave, I always enjoy your videos! I also remember the Jucero... Please give a hug to your Chicky, and have a Merry Christmas

[@Bunnyonabender]

11:40 I was cracking up. Have a great holiday man.

[@louis2760]

Ich liebe es wenn er versucht Deutsch zu sprechen :D

[@nslouma]

Micro_ 33 Und wenn man versucht Deutsch zu schreiben, immer auf die korrekte Interpunktion achten, sonst erhält man Kommentare wie dieser. :-)

[@19janiboy96]

diesen*

[@louis2760]

rookieno1 Der war gut :) Über Zeichensetzung bei einem Kommentar meckern und dabei gramatische Fehler einbauen, einfach wunderbar

[@Lionara1]

ja war nicht ma übel. und gut geflucht das is das wichtigste :D

[@Einfach_der_geilste]

"Fick dich vitamix"war einfach das beste.

[@rbmk__1000]

hells yeah been waiting for this one, thanks. Could you please do a Kirby vacuum someday?

[@osvaldo8393]

Dude I love that little saw so much I wanna buy one lol

[@AsRedAsBlood7]

As a German I can tell you partner: Dein Deutsch ist erste Sahne ;) Thanks for another great video, the intros never fail to make me crack up

[@rohanlg790]

I just got my first vitamins this afternoon. Watch this video a few times. The one thing I wish they would fix was the potentiometer for the speed control. It just feels cheap, maybe adding some resistance to the dial and making it feel more smooth, but besides that I'm very happy. Do you know if it's possible to swap out the potentiometer for something that feels much nicer to use

[@Beltane451]

Is the Quietest blender I've ever heard of. Heh 😋

[@bradenmcg]

These are made 'bout 45 min away from me - actually assembled in USA (although I have no idea if they outsource the boards to China, wouldn't surprise me if they do). Good to hear that they are more skookum than Blendtec though, the wife insisted on having a Vitamix since she grew up within walking distance of them.

[@BelatedBlade]

That floating censor bar was a nice catch

[@owenbell3151]

Hey AvE, recently I was lounging through the local stores, as one does, and I noticed a peculiar device. It looked like a drill at first, but the closer I got it began to change. It turned out to be a “mobile tire inflation device”. I believe it was called the Air Hawk. I called Bull sheet, and I think it might be something for you to check out.

[@Alangley345]

The attention to detail on that reflection.

[@MerpSquirrel]

For consumer goods there is still the Sous Vide devices. I have a Joule which is pretty nice but it starts screaming when it gets too hot and I wonder how it can do 1100-1200 watts of heating in 2 inches of metal inside, with what seems like a rc car motor to push water through it. Also only Bluetooth/wifi to run it. Wonder how long it will run.

[@rigginsrwr]

When we run very fine ore, the old timers always use dish soap(grease fighting) to "break surface tension". I seems to help with gold wanting to float through your collection

[@ScoobsterGL]

I freaking died when he said "frame you fuck!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@murphy13295]

I have an original Vita Mixer 3600 , all stainless steel . Got it used at a yard sale . Gran'ma used it a few time Daughter sells it for 20$ . These things cost over 300$ in the early 70's . I love it , it is dangerously efficient .

[@janhamberg1420]

I used Triacs before when I constructed a 15 Amps dimmer. Instead of triggering at the half wave only I used the full wave phase current control. That means I've got the full voltage all the time meanwhile I could control the output current, which was nice as a lightdimmer as well as controlling heaters and even motors (drills and anglegrinders), the lamps did not flicker at low load even.

[@groyperp9978]

Hey man. I’m 22 and I’ve learned a good amount basic knowledge of many things from your channel. I’m sorry I cannot be a patreon member. You know.... early 20’s struggle lol. I hope you see this man! Yore awesome dude.

[@stevrock693]

Already on yt when an ave video gets uploaded? Its a christmas miracle!

[@Squashimoto777]

Merry Christmas!!

[@dunnyguy69]

that precision vice off to the side at the start looks EXACTLY like the one i made in the machinist program at BCIT!!! in my first year!!

[@jeffg6924]

Did you already do a tear down of the Dewalt XR? I can not find it.

[@roderickwhitehead]

Looking forward to a traditional reading of Burroughs on Christmas day.

[@ben-7403]

My parents got a Vitamix back in 1989, and it just recently kicked the bucket after 28 years of daily smoothie blending. They replaced it with one of these new models (I'm not a fan of the plastic enclosure) but the motor kicks even more ass than the '89 model. Torque time.

[@ChaosmanOne]

The new one is EVEN BETTER! I have one. It is an unkillable machine of pure awesomeness!

[@RobUst000]

THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT VIDEO! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[@Darieee]

Aaaaare you sure one of those TO220s isn’t the linear regulator for the digital logic, and the other one a triac ??

[@254DEUS254]

OMMG YEESSS!!! IVE BEEN ASKING/WAITINNG FOR THIS FOREVER!@!!@!!@!@#!@

[@jokker03]

Wait is the pitcher the same one from the blendtec? I think I may have landed on a different timeline, gonna go check my ginch to confirm usage.

[@nexaentertainment2764]

Don't they sometimes intentionally leave the windings un-potted/resin'd? Can't remember why but aren't there reasons at times?

[@brianklein2219]

Can you test the Ingersoll rand power sockets & explain how & why they work so great.

[@dimesonhiseyes9134]

Me and the lady have a vitamix. I have to say it's pretty sweet. That sucker spins so fast it can cook soup.

[@kyledrexler7749]

Made soup with mine once. Blew my mind

[@deyesed]

The Vitamix dial lets you quickly blend by creating laminar flow that drags down perpendicular to the blades. Slowly turn the dial from 1 up so that it maintains a nice smooth speed and sound. And if you load it right and add enough liquid, there's zero need for the tamper.

[@obfuscated3090]

AvE is among the greatest heroes to emerge from our Northern Corporate Appendage. Greets from the USA!

[@phallus36]

you can do cull wave control with a single triac though, I'm still wondering why they have 2, not like the thing's gonna pull 24 amps

[@elanrider]

Thanks for the video! Any chance you can open up some carbon foam batteries?))

[@wzk921109]

Ahhh, the 5200. Classic but it’s the low end though. Just bought the Dyson hair dryer for the lady for Christmas, and another vitamix 750 for birthday.

[@joyflowersmileygay]

This video was SUPER helpful! Assisted me in deciding which blender to purchase. Love to know what’s inside! BTW: Have you taken apart an Instant Pot? If not, would love to know how it’s made. 👍

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

insta pot comming right up!

[@bovinespongiformflu]

Hey there smart dingleberry mosfets do AC but can only be triggered by DC. As long as the voltage between the gate and the source is DC, a mosfet is essentially a wire

[@psychedalek]

quietest blender ever.. amazing

[@GNX157]

Can you do a tear down on an Oster Pro 1200 blender? It uses a boroglass jar.

[@danl.4743]

Mr. Bumblefvck, the black box says 230v on it. Does it mean the blender can be directly connected to a 230v outlet and work just fine?

[@ir0nm8n]

I love your German intro 😂😂 Greetings from Germany marry chrystmas..

[@kulkidzfulltimefulltiltadv4049]

Where did you get Marlboros' in canukistan?

[@asheriii]

Any chance you can deconstruct an electronic pressure cooker soon?

[@elc2k385]

how does this Vitamix compare to the Vitamix Pro Seriesn750 2.2HP?

[@jrzipter]

Whats the brand of the torx driver bit

[@sashas3362]

Was that a lighter flint strike I heard when you supposedly put the cigs up your nose?

[@carlholm7867]

Aah, german AvE, what is better during these festive times? A merry christmas I wish upon thee, mr Fucklebumb.

[@glenecollins]

That was some good ore... if all the shinies were gold.... do you guys actually leave it as a blender?.... I got a 2nd hand blender / food processor thingy to make into a ball mill (it was called a ladyship or something) it has amazing torque even when producing relatively low RPM our gold is already fine as .... so grinding heck out of it is not really an issue but I don’t need quite that much excitement... and I suspect granite, breccia and iron stone wouldn’t blend quite as well ...

[@MrKillerpics]

Danke AvE du hast mich zum lachen gebracht ^^

[@lifeRobrandom]

I like the reflection block at 206 there is still quite a lot of Reflections in there though

[@Norm475]

I have a Vitamix blender and it sure crushes ice I haven't tried it on rocks though.

[@comradegarrett1202]

i was wondering why the black bars were there and I realized it was AvE's face. Very slick.

[@killmimes]

You get paid to make videos where you destroy machines! YOU SIR ARE MY HERO!!!

[@beargun42]

Whatever floods your gold!

[@MrDixie1987]

Did you by these smokes in Ireland by chance

[@therealfranklin]

Bahaha! I was watching this sorta half in the background, but I was somehow still picking up th' gradeschool german cussin. Vitamicks, du Bläst so gut!

[@mephInc]

"if you don't have to run for your life" Made me laugh so hard to choked on my pizza. Good thing I has me some beer to wash it down. Whew.

[@8ftbed]

Hory Puck! dat was epic 👍😎

[@malebolgia8552]

A friend of mine brought his Vitamix over to the house for a party and after using it compared to my consumer duty ones I had to upgrade. My regular ones were both far inferior and would break down every year or so because I use it nearly every day so even with the high cost of the Vitamix it is cheaper in the long run and a much better machine. For any "Corner Gas" fans I tell my friend he bumped me up into a new blender bracket...lol Surprised about the zip tied windings but they offer a 7 year warranty and unlike most companies they actually do fix their product if it fails so this must not be a regular failure point. I had a small issue with my speed control on a 5 year old blender so sent an email and then sent out a shipping label and instructions and a couple days after they received it then shipped it back out repaired and as good as new.

[@draggonhedd]

Didn't you do the whole ore in the blender thing once before?

[@jokker03]

that was a blendtec and I think it failed on the rocks.

[@gavincarstens6497]

rewatch the start when he mentioned he had forgotten he had used it for such Vijay

[@Aaron.Reichert]

did he black bar out his reflection at the beginning?

[@ngneer999]

Vuggy is one of my favorite words

[@fruitydudexD]

Now, I have no need for an expensive as frig blender, but I suddenly want one.

[@lisaspe24]

Happy cristmas-eve everyone! High greetings from germany!

[@Asylumescapee11]

Didnt expect ave to whip out a box of smokes. Defiantly didnt expect to see irish written on the box.

[@pegasuspinto]

a triac is a bi-direction device that works in both directions of AC. A SCR works in one direction. the triac is pretty much two SCR's back-to-back in a single package. If they use 2, they just wanted to add extra capacity.

[@plexnoid]

The zip ties may seem cheap, but it is because the thing is very user friendly as far as service. I was rebuilding my sister's Vitamix and had a guy from their tech department on the phone while he talked me through hardwiring the motor to test it. You can swap brushes, boards, and the whole motor if you are so inclined. I put a new motor in, and now my sister is back to making food for her family, and I have a disembodied Vitamix motor on my workbench, and I am trying to figure out what I can use it for. (Or what I should not use it for...)

[@kevdel]

irish smokes.. Dublin Duty Free's Finest

[@Robbe902]

I love it, when you try to talk kinda german *laugh*