This blender tends to retail at around $300, so it's a slightly fairer comparison. Perhaps a fairer comparison is KitchenAid's K400. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles, but I'm not sure the Vitamix is worth 6 times more for smoother smoothies and hot soup. However, the Nutribullet is 5 times cheaper than the Vitamix. The Ascent does not only have a soup setting for blending soup, but spins its blades so fast that it can make hot soup right in the pitcher, saving on washing up and cooking on the stove. Unlike this Nutribullet, it can easily handle seeds, blasting through the seeds in a lemon wedge so thoroughly that you couldn't tell they were in the mix. The Vitamix A3500 is our reigning champion. In the introduction I mentioned Vitamix and KitchenAid, so let's do a little head-to-head. I'll revisit this review in a few months to see if this is the case for us. However, I caught a handful of one star reviews that say their blender hasn't held up over a few months and has stopped working. Some found it a little fiddly to clean, and others noted as I did that it's pretty tricky to prise the lid off this thing. 79% of the Amazon reviews are five stars, with lots of reviewers saying that it stands up to their old Vitamix blenders. It's a pretty bulky unit, and you might struggle to find room on a drying rack or in a cupboard. The only issue is having enough room to put it away afterwards. The lid is a little fiddly - there's a hinge on the spout that stops liquid escaping as you blend that can be a bit tricky to work into with a brush, but beyond that, it's pretty easy to clean. Stickier ingredients like the smoothie were slightly stuck down the sides, but it wasn't too trick to remove these. It's dishwasher safe, and washing it by hand took seconds, because all you have to clean is the jug and the lid. It's only fair to include both points of view, but I still think the result was too rough. ![]() She thought it was good as a more authentic hummus, but if you're used to store-bought, you might not enjoy it. The rough consistency worked well and the garlic was right. However, eCommerce editor Laura Honey was also in the test kitchen when I gave this a go and she really liked it.
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