Vitamix A3500i Ascent® Series Smart Blender: Product Feature

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Updated on Mar 27, 2025 · 5 mins read
Vitamix A3500i Ascent® Series Smart Blender: Product Feature

About Vitamix


For over a century, Vitamix has been a part of North American and Australian family kitchens and is trusted by chefs globally, delivering the promise of health and vitality through blending technology. 

From generation to generation, their blenders have been the trusted blender choice, inspiring creativity and nourishing families with wholesome nutrition.

Product Benefits


Walk-away convenience: When you’ve got a seven-year-old tugging your sleeve, a preschooler running around, and general household mayhem grabbing your attention – keeping an eye on the blender feels pretty impossible. 

That’s what makes the Vitamix A3500i Ascent Series blender so different from all the other blenders our family has worked through. 

Every time I use it, the five programmable settings (for Smoothies, Hot Soups, Dips & Spreads, Frozen Desserts and Self-Cleaning) give me confidence that I can walk away and still get a tasty meal when I’m back. 

The settings automatically process your recipes and stop the blender when complete. It’s also got a handy thing called ‘SELF-DETECT’ technology. The motor base will recognise the container size and automatically adjust program settings

So when you’re in the thick of the parent juggle, you don’t have to worry about watching over your Vitamix too.

The power is in your hands: Texture is a big deal – especially in a household of picky eaters (I would know.) The Vitamix A3500i is so customisable. It has variable speed control and pulse so that you can fine-tune any recipe to your family’s liking. 

Vitamix machines have the power you need to pulverise even the toughest ingredients. When a blender can help you transform healthy ingredients into foods you want to eat, you’re more likely to use it often. Unlike that juicer you only use once in a blue moon, a Vitamix blender can unlock the benefits of whole fruits (and vegetables), transforming them into silky smooth drinks, soups, frozen desserts and more. Sneak extra veggies into your blends and no one will notice that you’re secretly boosting their nutrition content. 

Whether you like your smoothies to taste more like a smoothie bowl or want to make Nonna’s pasta sauce just right.

It handles the tough stuff: We’ve all been there – you lift the lid on your blender only to see that it’s still filled with veggie chunks. Time to cross your fingers and hope that the third time’s a charm. 

That whole to-and-fro with a blender is time-consuming and frustrating – even more so on an empty stomach. 

The Vitamix A3500i has managed to grind and squash everything I gave it (within reason) in one shot. It’s powerful enough to pulverise tough ingredients for healthy food your whole family can enjoy.

No more lumps in your smoothie, that’s for sure.

In it for the long haul: We’re always looking for tools we can invest in. The kind that hangs around through every life stage and milestone. In this age of high consumption and high waste in landfills, it’s so important to look for appliances that stand the test time.

The Vitamix A3500i has a ten-year warranty. It’s dependable, not disposable. I can see this blender sitting on our kitchen bench as the workhorse it is, lasting us from the quick-and-easy morning breakfasts before primary school through to yummy dips and sauces when we celebrate my eldest’s graduation.

And when she moves out, it might even go with her. A modern family heirloom, you could say. 


Specs and features:


  • Engineered and assembled in the USA
  • Vitamix blenders last up to 10x longer than your average blender
  • Highly versatile kitchen workhorse, with a standard Vitamix machine you have the ability to perform the same tasks as 13 household kitchen tools.
  • 5 program settings (smoothies, hot soups, dips & spreads, frozen desserts and self-cleaning)
  • Pulverises tough ingredients for healthy food for your family
  • 10 speeds and pulse for precise textures
  • Vitamix is all about dependability not disposability with a 10-year warranty
  • Aircraft-grade stainless steel blades pulverise tough ingredients for healthy food for your family
  • From the motor base to the blades, Vitamix blenders are designed to produce the same incredible results day after day, year after year.

In conclusion: Why we love it


This blender has become a true staple in our home. It’s getting us through the small hangry moments, and helping us connect and share in the big moments. My kids are also wanting to be involved in the food prep process which provides a great opportunity to talk about the importance of healthy whole-food meals. 

The Vitamix A3500i Ascent Series blender does feel like the workhorse of the kitchen. For that reason, it’d be a great addition to any family’s life.

 

Vitamix A3500i Ascent® Series Smart Blender: Expert Review


At every life stage, getting the right nutrition (and flavour) is essential. 

When you have a family, it’s also difficult, thanks to jam-packed schedules and emotions that easily tip into tantrum territory.

Breakfast is a whirl – dogs at your feet, scattered lunchbox ingredients, protein bars shoved in mouths – and dinner faces down hangry bellies after the extracurricular rush. 

What if getting a quick, nutritious meal was the easy part of your day?

We tossed and turned over this question, and then found the Vitamix A3500i Ascent® Series Smart Blender.

Vitamix A3500i Ascent® Series Smart Blender in-depth review by Kiindred


Sleek, sturdy, and highly customisable  – Vitamix A3500i Ascent Series blender has the reliability of that old-school blender your Grandma passed down, with flashy technological advancements made for the modern family.  

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