Blendtec blender horsepower manual#

The Vitamix offers complete control over blending with its variable speed control and Blendtec has 10 speeds and offers 6 or 25 program cycles. With it’s 3 speeds the Omni also offers 3 timed programs settings. While both the Blendtec and Vitamix warranties cover everything that comes in the box, the Omni warranty is very limited covering many components for only 1 year and there is no information available as to how warranty issues are handled – do they get sent back to China?

Ultimately it takes longer to blend things in the Omni and it can’t make blends as smooth as the Blendtec or Vitamix.Īll three blenders come with an advertised 7-year warranty. Both the Vitamix, 11.5 amps/1380 watts, and the Blendtec, 13 amps/1560 watts, both have more power. Operating at 9 amps and 950 watts, the OmniBlend V has more power than many common household blenders and has the ability to blend most anything. The most common question we are asked is always 'how does this compare to a Vitamix or Blendtec?'. If you are considering the Omni blender it is likely because you are wanting more out of your blender than a common household blender. OmniBlend Compared to Blendtec and Vitamix? While we do not recommend it, it is advertised as okay to place the container in a dishwasher as long as you do not use a hot sanitizing feature. A moist or damp cloth to wipe down the base and the container can be cleaned by running the blender with a little soap.

Blendtec blender horsepower manual#

Even so, it is nice to have the option to use a tamper rather than stopping the blender to manual push ingredients when needed.Ĭleaning is very similar to other blenders. We rarely find need to use a tamper except when making thick blends. The OmniBlender also comes with a tamper, referred to as a 'Emergency Plastic Tool'. It is made of a 'Food-Grade Polycarbonate' and is recommended to fill only to the 50 oz mark. The container looks very similar to other high-performance blender containers although this one is not BPA-Free. The OmniBlend V comes with a 64 oz container and a 6-blade stainless steel assembly. The 90 second feature has 2 of these pauses. The 60 seconds feature has a brief pause at about the half way mark then ramps back up to high speed. Each of the 3 settings run on high speed. The timer settings are just that – a set time of blending. There are also 3 one-touch timer selections of 35, 60 and 90 seconds as well as a pulse button.

You have the choice of 3 speed settings, low, med or high. The operation of the OmniBlender is straight forward. So at 950 watts the Omni Blender is actually a 1.27 horsepower blender at most when being used. According to OmniBlender calculations 746 watts = 1 hp. The information reported on the OmniBlend website is that to achieve its 3 hp, the blender would be running at 2238 watts which can only be measured when the motor shuts down due to overload. There are many ways to measure it and even more ways to report it so it has little meaning. Horsepower is a relatively useless measurement when it comes to blenders and OmniBlend proves this. If you read, or hear, about the OmniBlender one term always goes with it – '3 horsepower blender'. How fast does it blend? We spoke several times with Thomas Fox, the distributor, and he would not provide any information regarding the RPM or how fast the Omni spins except to say that it is 'slower speed than competitors'. If you are wanting a blender to make flour this is not the one. Like most common blenders, it also has no issues with crushing ice or blending frozen drinks. It does a fine job of blending fruit smoothies and can even handle doing nut butters with the use of the tamper. The OmniBlend V draws some moderate power.