I am a professional bartender and for 6 years I worked at a very busy Mexican restaurant, we blended frozen Margaritas 12 hours a day everyday and without ever failing the VitaMix 5200 pulverized that ice and booze into smooth delicious Margaritas, virgin drinks, smoothies.. whatever. VitaMix is worth the cost.

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The blender with the spout is the best! Here is a pretty good deal on one from Amazon for $50:
http://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Beach-50754-WaveStation-Dispensing/dp/B00080LC86/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1243538355&sr=8-1
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My vote is for the blendtec blender. This thing is amazing; every other blender I have owned did a pitiful job at making me a smoothie. I love the blendtec because it has timed setting buttons; there's one for smoothies, and the soup button even heats the liquid up. You can just press a button and walk away. When we first bought it we even made snow for a snow cone.
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http://www.willitblend.com/
http://www.blendtec.com/Blenders.aspx

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