Hehe, I know

But the fact remains, I can't fit that under my cabinets, so it's out automatically. My cabinets are 17" off the countertop, my current blender is about 15", and I believe the Blendtec is also 15". When you put the two next to each other, like in that video I linked, the Vita-Mix looks positively enormous.

It also looks like a jug attached to an outboard motor...