Vitamix Explorian Series (2017) vs Blendtec Designer Series (2014)

The Vitamix E320 has done great in quite a few roundups from some of the most highly trusted sources available, such as Rtings, Tom's Guide, and CNET, which perform high-quality in-depth testing. It got awarded the "Best Budget Vitamix Βlender" title by Rtings, "The best blender for small batches" by Tom's Guide, and "Ranked 1 out of 4" by CNET in their respective roundups. Earning that much praise from such respected sources is undoubtedly an impressive accomplishment.

Returning to the Blendtec Designer 650, it managed to impress reviewers from two sources that are considered to be some of the most highly trusted on the internet, thanks to their in-depth hands-on testing - Consumer Reports and Wirecutter. It performed great in their respective Countertop Blender roundups - it was named "Ranked 1 out of 8" by Consumer Reports and "Ranked 1 out of 2" by Wirecutter. That's quite an endorsement, especially coming from such high-quality sources.

As for a direct Vitamix E320 vs. Blendtec Designer 650 comparison of their review performance, we examined sources that tested and rated both products, like TechGearLab. It turns out that all such sources consider the Blendtec Designer 650 to be the superior product.

We also looked at the available data to find which sources liked each of them best and learned that the Vitamix E320 most impressed reviewers at TechGearLab - they gave it a score of 9, whereas the Blendtec Designer 650 got rated best by TechGearLab - 10.

Finally, we also compared their review scores to the rest of their competition - the Vitamix E320 earned an average review score of 9.0 out of 10 points and the Blendtec Designer 650 received an average of 7.6, compared to the 7.3 average of Countertop Blenders in general.