Vitamix - Ascent A2300 Blender - Black

Love this! As someone who eats primarily plant based this blender is just what I needed to make all my vegan queso, dips, dressings and other yummy plant based foods.

What a great blender! If your worried about a lack of features, dont be! With the app this blender becomes just as functional as the higher models with the presets for smoothies, ice cream, etc. Couldn't be happier with our purchase and the red looks fantastic! Matches perfectly with our stand mixer.

For about 8years I have been using my classic series Elite Vitamix blender without problems, but because the container was too large for my personal use I decided to purchase the A2300 smart series blender along with the 20 oz Blending Cup Starter Series Kit. Big mistake, the 20 oz started cup attachment leaked horribly despite the excellent assistance of Customer Service. And, the blender using the larger cup that came with the blender only worked one time. So I returned the blender and the 20 oz cup starter kit. Fortunately, I was informed by a Customer Service rep that a 20 oz cup attachment was available for my 7 year old Elite blender, so, I purchased it and I am completely happy---it works perfectly. If I should ever have to replace my Elite blender, based on my experience with the A2300 :smart" blender, I would never purchase a "smart" blender again; I would without hesitation purchase another "classic" blender.

People keep asking me why I bought this particular model. In short, It looks like a classic vitamix blender, but it has a little secret. The motor is more powerful and it has hidden programing that you can access from the cell phone app.

The machine is strong which causes it to be VERY loud. It sounds like a motorcycle "racing" through my kitchen. The strength of the machine causes a lot of the ingredients to blast to the lid of the pitcher and never get mixed in (even on the lowest setting). The blade is at the bottom of the pitcher which causes a lot of ingredients to get stuck under the blade (and not mixed in OR chopped). It doesnt "chop" the spinach in my smoothies very well (making my smoothies have large chunks of spinach in them). I have tried making nut meal/butter and smoothies in this blender. It doesnt seem to be doing what I need. The machine is really well made (from what I can tell).