Vitamix Ascent X5
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The tapered jar reduces pockets of unblended food and helps move ingredients back into the blades.
Pros: overall satisfaction, blending performance
Cons: value for money, noise level
Smooth blends can leave very little residue in the cup, but liquid can collect under the blade-base seal and require extra attention.
Pros: automatic programs, preset programs
Cons: value for money, hot blending performance
Food can remain under the blades or on pitcher walls after the wash cycle, particularly almond butter, blueberry skins and porridge.
Pros: overall satisfaction, value for money
Cons: reliability, durability
Unprocessed scraps can remain between the disc and lid, ranging from minor vegetable leftovers to a large parmesan piece. Cilantro also stays behind in the dicing kit in one test...
Pros: versatility, overall satisfaction
Cons: food trapping, storage convenience
Nut butter, pesto, and sticky pastes can cling around the fixed blades. Fibrous ingredients also collect near the lid where the tamper cannot reach.
Pros: overall satisfaction, ease of cleaning
Cons: noise level, usable capacity
An ice test has ingredients compacting at the bottom until circulation stops. Changing the pulsing method improves the result.
Pros: overall satisfaction, value for money
Cons: reliability, accessory compatibility
The biggest cleaning design complaint is residue or water getting trapped in handle, lid, thread, or blade crevices that are hard to reach.
Pros: overall satisfaction, design aesthetics
Cons: noise level, weight