I really love this blender and use it every morning to make a smoothie with a combination of milk, maple syrup, seeds, collagen hydrolysate, greens, pineapple, medjool dates, frozen fruit and ice.. I like to blend a lot of items in small quantities and this blender mixes it all up easily using the automatic smoothie button. I love watching the swirling vortex when the unit is blending as everything gets drawn into the middle and blended together. I fill up the container according to the recommendations of liquids first followed by the seeds and dry ingredients, greens, frozen fruit and then ice. Makes a perfectly blended smoothie every time with a simple press of a button and 50 seconds for the magic to happen. I love using this machine and highly recommend it. As good as it gets!

I previously owned a Ninja Blender, it died after only a few years of use. I researched blenders and really liked the Ascent 3500 series for all it's features and 10 year warranty. It is a financial sacrifice to spend this much on a blender however with the sale and Best Buy's no interest financing, I got it for a Christmas gift for myself. :) I love, love, love this blender! Easy to use right out of the box. I was a success with the first use. The smoothie was, I hate to say this "very smooth". I will never pay for another smoothie again so I'll save money making my own. I used simple ingredients to make this smoothie. Frozen fruit, cold pressed flax seed, collagen and coconut water. Delicious! This is just the beginning of my blender journey. I highly recommend.

Love my Vitamix A3500 it work as expected, my smoothies taste great and so anything else I blend. Totally In love will recommend this Item to anyone

Yes! This machine 'blends' really well in my kitchen. Best kitchen appliance I've ever owned. It is like a Jet! When it takes off it scares the bejesus out of my cat, every time! Don't bother spending money on cheaper ones, just go for Vitamix and enjoy the juices, smoothies, guac/salsa, etc. That self cleaning feature - it really is awesome and it works. Oh and if you want to grind nuts, this monster can do that for you.

My daughter has a Vitamix 750 and we liked some of the smoothies she fixed when we were visiting her. We decided to get a Vitamix and chose the Ascent 3500 because of the visual display and ability to set the timer, as well as its ability to connect to the Vitamix Perfect scale, which we also purchased. We have made a lot of smoothies and even some soup. It has worked extremely well. Its powerful, easy to use and easy to clean. Highly recommended.