as good as vitamix at half the price

My unit is over 2 years old. still working as good as new. There are a few chips in the plastic from being dropped on the floor but other than that completely satisified. I cant afford a vitamix. so this is the next best option

I bought this at Canadian Tire. It was on an awesome sale at just $249.99. I would say that this thing is comparable with the outrageously priced BlendTec and VitaMix. I hate chuncky frozen drinks and smoothies, and this machine makes things so smooth. It came with a food processor and with two single serve cups. Also included were a cookie dough food processor attachment which works really well. It is a little large on the counter but I just leave the base out and put the rest in a cabinet. Having the food processor has also allowed me to get rid of my food processor which took up way more space in my cabinet than all of the parts of the Ninja Ultima Blender put together (not including the base).
I would also like to give a shout out to their customer service. I dropped the lid within a week of buying the machine and a part broke off. I talked to customer service and they immediately shipped out a new lid.