After much deliberation, I took the plunge during a holiday weekend sale and bought the Vitamix Explorian E310 10-Speed Blender over one of the cushier models in their Legacy Series. I had my heart set on getting a Vitamix blender, having been wowed by watching June Xie use hers on Delish's Budget Eats series.

But most of the time, it pays to be a little thrifty. Sometimes this has meant shortchanging myself gigabytes of storage, exciting new features, or the hyped-up style of the moment. Much like those people who always order the second-most expensive drink on the menu, I am one to always stop short of getting the priciest *thing* for myself. Melanie Yates, who can’t walk down the produce aisle anymore without asking herself, “Will it blend?” The Brief The Vitamix Explorian E310 10-Speed Blender The Tester There are a lot of cool things out there that make us wonder - do they really work? In our I Tried It series, we set out to use them in the real world and have determined that, in fact, they really do.

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