The biggest difference between the Vitamix and the Omniblend or Herakles is in addition to the knives Drehzahregulierung. During the Vitamix starts relatively gently, the Omniblend or even the Heracles starts already with a lot of power, so that liquid Mixgut is first thrown up on the cover. The Anfangsdrehzal should be about 10,000 revolutions per minute, so that the variable itself control only works from this initial rate.
Caution: When you turn on the Herakles therefore lays off immediately, even if the speed controller is the leftmost!
The specified when Herakles speed of 40,000 revolutions should not exceed the maximum idling speed, while the speed is likely to be significantly lower under load. Nevertheless, of course, this is sufficient to mix just about everything to bits.
The engine block looks solid and also the rest of the device acts dibasic. The coupling parts are made of metal and the vessel shape appears at least of the external shape with the Omniblend or Vitamix to be identical, so that the containers of these devices should be interchangeable.
The difference with the Vitamix is next to the speed control already described mainly in the knives. These are manufactured at Vitamix bigger and hardened stainless steel, while the quality of the 4 main diameter of Hercules, which are made of a metal piece, remains in the dark. In addition, the Hercules still has two small downward knife, which should obviously prevent Mixgut sets below the knife.
The motor turns around and is well-balanced in tone. With the speed increases, the noise level as with any other mixer. But I believe that it is significantly quieter than any example of Primo Bianco, which is offered as an entry mixer at Bianco for about twice the price, sllerdings in Mixergebnis equals almost the Vitamix and therefore in this respect the Herakles / Omniblend should be superior.
Conclusion: The Herakles 3G is the Omniblend absolutely comparable (if not identical) and costs much less. With the (mix) Quality of Vitamix he probably can not quite keep up, but that is hardly to be expected at a price difference of about 400, since the difference is only in direct comparison becomes visible (this I refer to several comparison videos Youtube. ..).
Alltagstauglich of Herakles 3G is definitely a plus (very) effective entry into the world of Green Smoothie high-performance mixer.
PS: Who can do without a speed controller and a program-controlled power mixer investigated (time and speed programs operated via membrane keys), should look at the Herakles 5G, which is the Pedant for Omniblend V.
