Vitamix Ascent Series A3500 Blender, Brushed Stainless

I held off on purchasing a blender for quite some time now, due to lack of space. This was well worth the wait. I use it nearly every day to make smoothies as well as blend food for my baby. Love the self-cleaning feature. I do find that it can stall sometimes with frozen fruit, but that’s a minor issue. It also does get pretty loud after level 8, but that’s to be expected. My parents’ 20+ year-old Vitamix is much louder and still stands the test of time. Excellent quality!

Perfect and flexible for our big family. We love the power, the programs, and the capability. With the programmed features and easy-to-clean capacitive touch display, we are comfortable allowing our younger children use this without fear of them spilling or accidentally forgetting to switch to high-speed and burning out the motor. This is now the most used kitchen appliance at our house with 'shake' being the preferred breakfast, snack, and often dessert now. The power and precision is appreciated, but the ease of clean is my favorite feature.