I picked the $40 blender over the $180 one and I'm not sorry

Everyone in my circle kept saying spend more on a blender or you'll replace it in 6 months. I got the cheap Proctor Silex at Walmart on sale for $38 plus tax. It's been 14 months now and I use it every single morning for smoothies with frozen fruit and spinach. It's loud and the base walks around a bit, but it blends everything fine. My sister's $180 Blendtec died at 10 months and the motor smelled like burnt toast. Has anyone else had a budget appliance outlast the fancy one?

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vera_murphy23d ago

Used to be the person telling everyone to just buy the Vitamix and cry once. Got a Ninja for $89 three years ago and it's still going while my old roommate went through two fancy ones in that time. The whole "you get what you pay for" thing falls apart with small kitchen stuff because half the price is just the brand name slapped on the front. My cheap rice cooker has outlived every "smart" one my friends bought. Sometimes the simple version with fewer parts to break is just the smarter buy.

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