Another vote. Friends tried talking me into one for years but I always thought "I have a blender/FP already". I didn't think I needed a Vitamix. But their passion finally broke me down and I bought one. I kid you not, it has been used a minimum of once per day every day my SO and I have been home. I got rid of my other blender, but I do still use my tiny FP for little jobs.
If you can and they still make it, I prefer the Vitamix from Costco that has the pre-set features. It has speeds 1-10 along with "Smoothie", "Soup", "Frozen" that is pre-timed and adjusts the speeds on its own. You set it for "Smoothie" and walk away (versus put it on speed 1 for 30 seconds, increase to speed 4 for 30 seconds, etc.). I almost didn't spend the extra $50 for it since I thought "I can stand there for 30 seconds..." But now I could never go back to not having that excellent handy feature.
I also got the 2 extra containers (one dry, one wet) since my SO and I usually make our own separate smoothies/soups and a hummus. Nice to have the extras.
Go for it if you can!