The 8 Best Vitamix Blenders of 2020

This blender makes things easy with five preset programs for cleaning, smoothie making, frozen desserts, hot soup, and pureeing. When you don’t want to use a preset, you can choose your own speed or use the pulse feature for chunky blending or finer control. This blender has a low-profile 64-ounce container that will fit neatly under most kitchen cabinets, for easy countertop storage. The tamper, which is included with all Vitamix blenders, is designed to move food around without getting in the way of the blades so it can be used when the blender is running.

To clean, all you have to do is add a drop of dish soap and some water, and run the cleaning cycle to completely clean the blades and jar. A quick rinse and a double-check of the lid and jar rim, and you’re ready to blend some bananas to make a smoothie.

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Vitamix blenders are the cream of the crop—and are priced as such. Even so, you can get their top-quality blending power for a little less money by choosing a model with fewer bells and whistles, like this one. Operation is easy, with a variable-speed dial, an on/off toggle, and a pulse toggle, so you can do your blending exactly the way you want it.

The blender includes a 48-ounce container that’s on the smaller side but still large enough for most recipes and certainly enough for your breakfast smoothies or after-work slushie cocktails. Even without a special setting, cleaning is easy since all you need to do is add a drop of dish soap and water and let it run for about a minute to clean the blades and container.

This Vitamix 5200 comes with a tall, slim, 64-ounce container that’s perfect for your smoothies, purees, and hot soups. It has a variable-speed dial that lets you change the speed as you blend and a pulse button for chunky blending or to get a precise texture when you’re making salsa or mirepoix. The on/off toggle rounds out the controls.

The blades of the machine go so quickly that you can even cook your food while you blend. In as little as six minutes, cold ingredients can get heated to steaming, so you don't have to warm up your ingredients beforehand to make a creamy pureed soup.

The slim design of this Vitamix gives you plenty of power with a smaller footprint. It has one dial for the controls, with two pre-programmed settings for smoothies and power blending, along with variable speed control and a pulse button so you get exactly the results you need every time.

This blender comes with a 40-ounce blending container that’s a little smaller than the usual Vitamix blender jars, but it’s still big enough for pureeing batches of hummus or soup. It also includes a travel cup that you can attach to the blender base, so you can make your morning smoothie without ever getting the main container dirty. A cookbook with personal blending recipes is included.

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One of the smartest of the Vitamix blenders, this blender has five pre-programmed settings to help you perfectly blend smoothies, hot soups, pureeing, and frozen desserts, or to clean your blender. It also pairs with the Vitamix Perfect Blend app that has 17 different programs and includes over 500 recipes. The app is compatible with both iOS and Android devices and it can also work with the Perfect Kitchen Scale for precise measuring as you cook.

The motor base has wireless connectivity, so it can read the size of the container that is in use, and adjust the program settings and blending times appropriately. It comes with a 64-ounce container, but other containers are available separately that work with this system. An integrated timer turns the blender off when time runs out, so you can walk away and know that you’ve blended for exactly the right time.

The controls are a touch screen for a sleek appearance and easy cleaning. Like other Vitamix blenders, this one has variable speed controls as well as a pulse button for ultimate control of everything you blend.

With a classic, no-fuss design and straightforward features, the 5300 does everything you need from a basic blender. It has an on/off toggle, a pulse toggle, and a variable speed dial to precisely control your blending. It comes with a 64-ounce, low profile container that gives you plenty of space for blending and fits under most kitchen cabinets so you can tuck it away in the corner of your counter if you don't have a lot of cabinet space for storage.

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This professional-grade blender is designed to be a kitchen workhorse, with hardened steel blades, 10 variable speeds, and a pulse button. The low profile, 64-ounce container is sufficient for blending soups, smoothies, and sauces in sizable batches. Even with heavy use, the radial cooling fan keeps the motor from overheating, which will keep this blender in top shape for years. The machine is even exact enough to process coffee beans into grounds or make nut butters.

This Ascent model combines a variable speed dial with a digital timer, wireless connectivity that recognizes the blender jar size and adjusts the programs, and the Vitamix Perfect Blend app that includes 17 programs and over 500 recipes, so you’ll never run out of ideas for what to cook. The app is available for iOS and Android and works with the Perfect Kitchen Scale to make measuring a breeze.

Some reviewers do mention that all of the power makes this blender on the louder side, some going as far as to refer to it as "scary" loud. But all of that noise trades off to an impressive amount of power that can blend just about anything you put in the container.

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