You can’t expect that level of performance from dirt-cheap blenders, which is probably why most of them come with only one-year limited warranties.

Vitamix, Oster, and Cleanblend models all come with warranties of five to seven years, and-at least for Vitamix machines-we’ve read plenty of owner reviews saying the blender lasts much longer. It’s a lot of stress to put on a little machine.” This is why a long warranty is important, especially if you’re paying a lot for a blender. If you make it do something difficult every day, a lot of them burn out. As Lisa McManus, executive editor in charge of equipment testing at Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country magazines, told our writer Seamus Bellamy in an interview for our 2012 guide, “Blenders have a really hard job to do in that little space. But it’s not impossible for even higher-end blenders to encounter burnout.

The most common complaint we’ve found about cheap blenders is that their motors burn out easily and their jars crack or leak.

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