Blenders: Blendtec HP3a Home Blender

Blendtec HP3a Blender

Want the perfect blender? I did too! When my third blender literally exploded into pieces when I was trying to make a smoothie I realized that big box retailers don’t offer blenders that have the strength to crush ice. And if they can’t do that, how well are they doing with anything else! Heck, if you want to stir something quickly you can do it by hand.

My goal was to make smoothies that I had been purchasing for $4 a piece every morning on the way to the office. So I looked to see what they had in the coffee shop! And viola, it was a Blentec blender. There model was much more intense than this one, since it featured splash shields and sound surpressors that resembled SWAT team bullet proof shields, so I figure I’d tone it down a bit and find the next best thing. And since those models were around $1000.00, I wasn’t biting.

The Blendtec HP3a is about $399. But wait, it’s worth it and don’t think you’re compromising an ounce with the Blentec HP3a because it has the same powerful motor and blade that the coffee shop uses. It’s in a more consumer friendly size and without the SWAT team gear. This home version comes with an really cool recipe book too which by the way has a great pancake recipe in it.

As for the smoothies, they are absolutely perfect. They are identical to the the $4 ones I was buying and so far I’ve made 96 of them and the Blendtec HP3a has basically laughed synically at the ice every time it turned on. And if you think I jot down how many smoothies I make, guess again because this blender actually counts how many times you use it which exception of the “pulse blend” button.

If you’re mixing soup, this blender has to much juice for you (pun intended) but if you want to be making store quality smoothies, fresh juices or blend your cars engine components into powdered dust (don’t do that, ever), get one, it’s well worth the investment and officially pays for itself in 100 uses. Which for me will be a total of 40 days!

Quick math. 1 year of smoothies at 4 bucks a pop equls $1460.00 a year. This blender is a whopping $399.00. Now add the gas to go to the coffee shop and the time spent going there and you’ve got it paying for itself in no time. Other’s might say buy a “VitaMix” blender which by all means are great blenders but trust me, I’ve done my research and if Starbucks uses Blendtec to make their Vivanno smoothies on a commercial basis hundreds of times a day, they are the ones I want in my home.

Read more about the Blendtec HP3a Home Blender

RECIPE: Just because I enjoyed it here’s a a recipe for a smoothie I made tonight. 1 whole banana, 3/4 cup of chocolate milk, 8 whole ice-cubes (varies on your cube size, start with less, add more as needed) and the pressing of the “smoothie” button. It was awseome! And cost be about 30 cents!

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