I bought the Vitamix because I found out I have high cholesterol and I wanted to increase the fibre and veggies in my diet. It has been so great! I can make delicious whole food smoothies and frozen desserts. I love how it is so powerful and I can incorporate nuts into anything! I also purchased the food processor attachment which I have to say is not as good. I have used it a couple times and I could have easily just used the blender attachment. I recommend buying the A2500 which will give you the option of attachments but wait to see if you actually need it.

The Vitamix A2500 is an integral part of my kitchen. For years I had a different brand that always left me struggling for a "finished" dish. My A2500 is absolutely incredible, from nut milks and butters, dips, doughs, cakes, baby foods (my grand loves this), desserts and healthy delicious hot soup.

We needed to upgrade our blender from an old hand-me-down and was also looking for a food processor when Vitamix said they could do both. After a lot of research we decided to get this model with the additional food processor accessory, and couldn't be happier.

So quiet and powerful… love the pre-sets. We had to order the smaller container b/c the included large container was simply too small for day to day batches. I’d rate this a 5 star for product quality, but 4 star for value as it feels like a trick that you’d have to order the smaller container… Something as large as a 60+ oz container feels like it should be in the ad-on category, but perhaps just my opinion and not backed by sales numbers!!

It is very powerful blender, it has settings for smoothies and soups, i use those a’lot and like it a’lot. There is only one downfall, they say its bluetooth ready, but the app cant connect to it and do anything to it, it sees it but does not when connected ln app still shows no connection. So its worthless! Follow directions on what to put first inside the cup, soft stuff first then harder stuff after and add lil water for each smoothie, maybe one full cup, then add ice last, the water will really help with grinding/blending process to blend it to the perfection. If you do that step, there wont be any need for the plastic baton to push the ingredients down toward the blade. I rarely use the baton, only maybe sometimes when theres lots of ice. Its somewhat not that loud, everything gets done within 50 secs usually and its good to go. For soups i will say that adding some hot water to it will help it cook better nd you wont have to wait long 6 mins to get soup done it will be done faster. Also when you make soups, add tortila chips or crackers last 5-10 seconds to make it little chunkier. Always wash it by adding water nd drop of dish soap, and let it blend on high for 5-10seconds take it off an rinse, for smoothies, and for soups do same step but at the end flip the cup upside down nd let it dry like that, so the ingredient smells dont get stuck with it for long nd they air out, like garlic or onion type of smell, even when washed. Have fun with it, you bought it so use it everyday, i know the food or smoothies that i make in it are healthy for me and it will be same for you just keep making stuff with it.

After upgrading to a Vitamix the texture of our smoothies is superior to other cheaper brands. We probably have them with breakfast 2-3x a week. The Vitamix is sturdy, heavy, and oozes quality. Do not be fooled by advertisements comparing the horsepower of the motor on the Vitamix vs other brands like the ninja. The end result is wildly different.

I love my Vitamix. So far I’ve made blended frozen fruit(To replace ice cream), smoothies, iced coffee blend, and Hummus. I can’t wait to make soups once the weather cools down. The Vitamix makes everything very smooth. Smoothies have no chunks and have a great texture. The texture of the hummus is better than store bought. It’s also very easy to clean. I use the Vitamix everyday. So far my only complaint would be the lid. It’s not always easy to see if it’s been put on securely before blending.

Best blender I ever had. We use it every day. So far I've made smoothies, soup, cashew milk, tomato sauce. The soup we made was from the provided recipe book, and we didn't like it BUT, like they said, it was HOT went it finished to blend, not lukewarm, hot. The spout of the plastic container is a little too large to my liking, but that's not worth losing points over this. I would have given it a 5 but I haven't experienced their customer service yet, thankfully, and to me customer support makes a huge difference. I've also been told that there's nothing perfect in life, that there's always room for improvement, so for all this, I give it a 4, but a strong one.

Updated to a newer model - last on had the touch screen and I bought it for the preset functions went up in price to get them and went with a reconditioned model to do so. I like the dial much better on the A2500 and now with the app you really don’t need to go up to the next level to get the 5 presets. Takes seconds to pick the program you want on the app. Fabulous addition to the convenience end. Oh and the A2500 is just awesome!

they are requesting i do this review. but i have not had the machine for very long. so its a bit premature to give a accurate review. The biggest negative was the price. Its super expensive. But it is American made. If it were not, i would not have been willing to pay that much for it. i do like the features it has. if you want to make a smoothie, you turn the dial to the picture of the smoothie and press start button and it runs the machine at one speed for several seconds and then speeds up at appropriate time and when its done it stops and the results are the smoothie comes out perfect. with a ordinary blender, you'd have to adjust the speeds manually and check it until you got it where you wanted. but it does have a way to do it manually if you didn't like using their preset settings for smoothie and a couple other items, i forget right now what they are. one thing they could improve on is i am not jazzed about the plastic container. wished it was glass. also the lid has a twist off center cap, which is hard to twist off easily. its somewhat hard to pull up to add some water/juice or some thing through that opening. but overall, thats a minor issue. other thing is when its on full throttle, its kind of loud, like most blenders. possibly future models could be designed to operate more quietly.