Our pick for the best smart blender, Vitamix A3500 on sale
Save $175: The Vitamix A3500 Ascent Series Smart Blender is on sale at Amazon for just $524.95, down from $699.95, as of Oct. 11 — that's a 25% discount.
If you were playing a word association game with the word "Vitamix," three answers would likely come to mind: blender, powerful, and expensive. While you'd be correct on all three counts, calling a Vitamix a blender is a bit like calling an air fryer something that just reheats leftover fries — it doesn't capture the full picture.
If the price has been keeping you from experiencing the joy that is owning a Vitamix, we have good news. As of Oct. 11, the Vitamix A3500 Ascent Series Smart Blender is on sale for $524.95 at Amazon.
We understand that over $500 can still feel quite steep for a blender, so we're going to break down what makes this Vitamix special. Vitamixes in general are known for their high-speeds and power that allow you to not only make drinks, but also dips, frozen treats, nut butters, and even fully-heated soups (that's without the assistance of a stove). This model in particular comes with presets for these concoctions (and the self-clean mode) on its touchscreen interface.
Here's where it really justifies its price though — this is a smart blender. For one, that means that the base reads the container sizes and adjusts the program settings and blend time accordingly (though additional containers from the 64-oz one are sold separately). That blend time also shows up on the touchscreen and will shut off as soon as its done to avoid over-blending. As with any good smart product, you can connect the A3500 to an app, where you can access 17 more programs and over 500 recipes to try out. Basically, there's a lot you can make with just this one blender.
This Vitamix definitely is not for the casual user, but if you're in the market for a blender that goes beyond — well, there's a reason this was our pick for the best smart blender of 2021. Check it out at Amazon while it's on sale for a limited time only.
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Bethany Allard is a Los Angeles-based shopping reporter at Mashable covering beauty tech, dating, sex and relationships, and headphones. That basically means she puts her hair through a lot, scrolls through a lot of dating apps, and rotates through a lot of different headphones. In addition to testing out and rounding up the best products, she also covers deals for Mashable, paying an especially obsessive amount of attention to Apple deals and prices. That knowledge comes in handy when she's covering shopping holidays like Prime Day and Black Friday, which she's now done for three years at Mashable.
