I received a call from a Harvard University Scientist, a man who researches food stuffs interacting with plastic containers such as polycarbonate. The BPA-Free Issue is a deep one that needs to be really discussed. And in the first case, why are so many people returning this 5200 vitamix blender model? What is wrong with it?Ģ. In the second case they could get into trouble with Costco for breach of contract if they found out (price compete issue). Either way a lot of customers are returning the blender or Vitamix can't sell them enough and therefore designates new ones as refurbished. how many refurbished vitamix 5200 blenders can the factory possibly have? In my opinion, this raises some suspicion. I'll give VM Customer Service a call sometime tomorrow and report back.ġ. There doesn't appear to be any number inside the triangle but I can make out "other" right under the triangle (albeit with the characters backwards). If you hold the canister with the spout towards you (6 o'clock) and the handle away from you (12 o'clock), the recycle symbol is about 2:30 - it's on the small side but it's the familiar triangle w/ 3 arrows chasing each other - to add to the confusion, you're viewing it upside down (you'd have to remove the blade to see it correctly from the bottom). You can see the recycle symbol (at least on my container) by peaking down into the canister at the bottom of the container (you might have to rotate the blade to get it out of the way). That's obviously not correct - or it's a bad angle - because you can clearly see the latch on the first container link.
The two 64oz replacements they list look exactly the same to me - one for the polycarbonate container and the other for the Tritan - non BPA - container. My container looks more or less like this except the metal base holding the blade is black vs. I used it briefly this evening to make some Almond Mylk and have everything lined up for a mango/banana/orange/spinach/cacao/maca/hemp seed oil/goji/sea salt smoothie tomorrow morning :) Thanks for the congratulations and your response! The recycle symbol at the bottom of the container reads "other" (guess that's #7).Īnyone received a new 5200 recently w/ the flapped latching lid? And does your container have any reference to BPA or any other identifying markings? Doesn't say anything about Tritan, Eastman, or BPA. Mine has the rubberized handle (looks like the 5000 container has a bare handle). This makes me wonder what kind of container I received.
I was just looking at some of the literature that came in the box and there's something about a "New and Improved Container Lid" (latching w/ flap) and that the old flapless lid is "not compatible with your new 64oz container".
#Vitamix 5200 refurbished trial
The answer I received was "Yes" and that the refurbished machines were ones that individuals purchased and returned within the 30 day trial window.
When making the decision between brand new and refurbished, I asked if the refurbished container would be the BPA-free one (I honestly don't know if BPA at normal temperatures is an issue or not but better safe than sorry). I just received a refurbished 5200 directly from Vita-mix today.
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