Statement on Motor Horsepower

In all products manufactured by Vitamix; blending performance and durability are the key focus of our design with blade design, container design, and motor efficiency are all relevant factors, with horsepower being only one variable. The input and output horsepower is not the determining factor of the blenders’ ability to effectively grind ingredients, breakdown cellular walls, or increase the bio-availability of nutrients.
 
Horsepower does not translate to blade speed or the efficiency of the blend. Some of our competitors express the power of their machines using misleading input horsepower rather than the more accurate peak motor output horsepower figure that Vitamix uses. 

useable output horsepower + wasted power in the form of heat = input horsepower (obviously inflated)

Some manufacturers’ machines actually limit the speed by their design, whereas our variable speed products (such as the Drink Machine, Vita-Prep, Vita-Prep 3, TNC, and 5200) are not limited by performance ceilings.

Our machines include a switch that lets you deliver maximum speed to the blades at any time. Other machines require stepping through lower speeds first, and even then, output speed may be limited by the circuitry.  This full-speed availability is a distinct Vitamix advantage.

Our products are tailored to maximize performance for the expected application, not the horsepower of the motor. Only in certain applications have we determined there is a benefit of a 3 horsepower motor. Our Commercial machines were designed for use under a significantly higher daily cycle count and heavier loads than our household machines. Commercial applications can produce hundreds of blends in a day of thick purées and thick drinks.

Higher horsepower motors are louder, so we only recommended them for applications that demand continuous processing all day long, i.e. culinary chefs and professionals.

Extensive testing has shown that competitors’ 3 horsepower machines will not increase or even match blend performance over Vitamix 2 horsepower machines.

Our steadfast commitment to blending performance and our patented technologies put Vitamix products at the forefront of blending power and efficiency. When all is said and done, it is the entire machine design—including blades, container, tamper, motor, bearings and more—that makes the Vitamix blending machine exceptional.