I purchased this for Christmas to replace my Bullet. I was told it had so much more power and would be long lasting. Only had it 4 months but don't use it much as it takes me twice as long to make my smoothies than it did before. The individual cups I purchased with the blender is shaped in a fashion you must only fill 3/4 to have it blend and the results are again less than the Bullet. Its more quiet and durable however I am highly disappointed.

I bought this about a month ago. Our nutritionist at work has been providing healthy recipes and uses a Vitamix for some of the recipes. She said that you could buy a reconditioned appliance and I looked into it. I decided to purchase because I love to cook and thought I would get a lot of use out of it. I make smoothies almost every day and a frozen matcha ginger lemon tea to drink on my way to work. I have made homemade almond and coconut milk and raw marinara sauce that was amazing. I make a butternut squash soup and use the Vitamix to puree. The possibilities are endless and I am glad I made this purchase. It has been well worth it.

I bought this mostly for making dressing since my 5200 is hard to clean because the blades aren't detachable and it's hard to dig down around the blades to remove thick dressing. I thought a detachable base would really help, so I splurged on the S30. I shouldn't have. The blade base is so heavy, it's hard to remove from the canister. In order to keep liquid from seeping down onto the sides of the base, it must be screwed on very tightly which results in a very hard-to-remove base. If my hands are at all wet, or greasy, forget it. That base isn't coming off. Sometimes a grunt and a dry towel are helpful. I find I reach for this appliance very rarely. I'm back to using my Ninja which isn't as powerful as the S30, but is much more user friendly.