Gadgetory

the six hundred and twenty dollar Vitamix ascent 3500 looks like other fancy blenders on the market it has a big heavy 15 pound base it has a large 64 ounce pitcher its blades are attached to the pitcher to so they're easier and safer to keep clean the machine comes with handy preset blending programs to make smoothies frozen drinks soups and dips by pressing a button the split air is also kind of high-tech the base and the jar talk to each other through NFC technology and in theory different jars will help the ascent alter its auto blending programs to match the size and style of jar you're using unfortunately Vitamix says the other jars eight and 20-ounce versions won't hit store shelves until sometime later in 2017 you can use the blender with the perfect blend mobile app - which walks you through a library of pre-approved Vitamix recipes the scale costs $100 extra though and you're already paying a hefty bundle for the appliance while it's high-tech abilities are neat six hundred and twenty dollars is a ton of money to pay for any blender the ascent 3500 performs well but not quite as well as older Vitamix models we've tested and that makes it tough to recommend I suggest scooping up a refurbished Vitamix 7500 or checking out more affordable machines from Blendtec or ninja