- Table of Contents
- Intro
- Our Verdict
- Differences
- Compared To Others
- Test Results
- Retailers
- Deals
- Discussions
The Vitamix A2500 is a similar blender to the Vitamix A2300, but the A2500 comes with three preset modes that are accessible on the blender's control panel. Like the A2300, this blender is Bluetooth-compatible, and you can access additional preset modes using the Vitamix Perfect Blend companion app. It has a well-built, premium feel, and its 64-ounce main jar is ideal for making large batches of your favorite soups, sauces, and smoothies. You can hot blend, and the jar and the lid are dishwasher-safe for an easy clean-up.
Our Verdict
The Vitamix A2500 is superb for multi-purpose use. It can easily make almond butter and snow-like crushed ice, and it does a very good job blending smoothies. You can also use this blender to hot blend. Overall, it has a sturdy build, and a premium feel. You can easily hand-wash this blender or put it in your dishwasher for a quick clean-up. Aside from its preset modes, it doesn't automatically stop once the ingredients are fully blended, which some users may find a little disappointing.
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Well-built.
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Large capacity 64-oz main jar.
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Dishwasher-safe.
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Hot blends.
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Ingredients can get stuck on the side of the jar.
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Doesn't automatically stop when finished.
The Vitamix A2500 is excellent for smoothies and protein shakes. This premium-looking blender can create a smooth, silky smoothie in around four minutes. However, you may need to push leafy greens like kale towards the bottom of the blender using the tamper to get them fully blended. That said, it's easy to handwash this blender after smoothies, and its parts are dishwasher-safe.
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Well-built.
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Dishwasher-safe.
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Ingredients can get stuck on the side of the jar.
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Well-built.
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Dishwasher-safe.
The Vitamix A2500 is outstanding for ice crushing. In about a minute, it crushes snow-like ice that can be used for cocktails and other frozen treats.
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Well-built.
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Dishwasher-safe.
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Creates snow-like ice.
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Doesn't automatically stop when finished.
The Vitamix A2500 is incredible for soups. This well-built blender allows for hot blending, and its 64-ounce main jar is large enough for big batches of soups and sauces. The main jar and the lid are dishwasher-safe, allowing for an easy clean-up. However, you may need to push leafy greens like kale towards the bottom of the blender to get a smooth texture.
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Well-built.
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Large capacity 64-oz main jar.
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Dishwasher-safe.
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Hot blends.
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Ingredients can get stuck on the side of the jar.
The Vitamix A2500 is fantastic for professional use. Its 64-ounce main jar is ideal for making large batches, and the blender has a sturdy, premium feel. It can easily make sticky, spreadable almond butter and snow-like crushed ice. This blender is easy to handwash, and it's also dishwasher-safe, which is convenient. However, unless you're using one of the preset modes, you have to watch the blender and manually stop it when you're done blending.
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Well-built.
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Large capacity 64-oz main jar.
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Dishwasher-safe.
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Hot blends.
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Doesn't automatically stop when finished.
- 9.0 Multi-Purpose
- 8.7 Smoothies (Single Serving)
- 9.4 Smoothies (Multiple Servings)
- 8.9 Ice Crushing
- 9.5 Soups
- 9.0 Professional Use
- Updated Aug 08, 2022: Converted to Test Bench 1.0.
- Updated Jan 26, 2021: We've updated the Speed Adjustment Based On Jar Size test in the Extra Features box.
- Updated Sep 17, 2020: Review published.
- Updated Sep 08, 2020: Early access published.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Vitamix A2500 comes in four different colors: Black, White, Slate, and Red. We tested the Black variant, but we expect the other models to perform similarly.
The Vitamix A2500 comes with a 64-ounce main jar. However, there are several other sizes of jars in the Ascent Series that you can purchase separately including a 48-ounce container, a 48-ounce dry grains container for blending flour and other grains, a 20-ounce blending cup starter kit, and an 8-ounce blending bowl starter kit. These accessories are part of the Ascent Series, so they come with Vitamix's Self-Detect technology built into the base. According to the manufacturer, the A2500 can recognize the attachments using this technology and adjust the blend settings depending on the size of the container. We only tested the 64-ounce variant, so these attachments may perform differently with this blender.
In Europe, this product is sold as the Vitamix A2500i and it comes with a slightly larger, 2-liter main jar. It may perform differently than our unit due to the difference in size.
Compared To Other Blenders
The Vitamix Ascent A2500 is an outstandingly versatile full-size blender with a 64-ounce main jar. Just like the Vitamix A3500, it's Bluetooth-compatible, so you can access additional preset modes using the Vitamix Perfect Blend companion app. As part of Vitamix's Ascent Series, you can buy additional jars that use Self-Detect technology to adjust the blender's settings and preset modes based on the size of each jar, though we don't test for this. It's well-built and premium-looking, and it can easily make almond butter, smoothies, crushed ice, and it can hot blend ingredients.
The Vitamix A3500 is a little better than the Vitamix A2500. The A3500 makes more snow-like crushed ice and a smoother puree with small batches of fibrous ingredients. It has more automatic blending programs and its controls include a programmable timer. It's also quieter when it's running.
The Vitamix A2500 and the Vitamix A2300 are very similarly performing blenders, and depending on your usage, you may prefer one over the other. The A2500 does a better job crushing ice, and it gets snow-quality ice in less than a minute. Both can hot blend, and they're both Bluetooth-compatible and have presets available on their companion app. They both produce smooth smoothies but struggle a bit to fully blend leafy greens, like kale. The A2500 also has three preset modes available on its speed dial, which some users may prefer.
The Vitamix A2500 and the Vitamix A3300 have similar designs and performances. The A3000 is a bit better because it makes a smoother blend with small batches of fibrous ingredients, like a single-serve smoothie with fruit or leafy greens. It's also much quieter. Its controls include a programmable timer. However, the A2500 has three automatic blending programs. The A3300 has none onboard, although you can access blending programs with a companion app.
The Vitamix A2500 has more features than the Vitamix 5200, but overall, both have a very versatile performance. The A2500 is part of Vitamix's Ascent Series, so you can get different-size jars sold separately that use Self-Detect technology to adjust the settings based on size. It also comes with a Pulse mode, preset modes, a self-clean program, and a timer, and it's Bluetooth-compatible, so you can access additional preset modes using a companion app. The A2500 crushes ice quicker than the 5200, but the 5200 does a better job blending fibrous ingredients. The 5200 also comes with 'High' and 'Variable' speed settings, unlike the A2500.
The Vitamix A2500 has more features than the Vitamix 7500, but overall, they perform pretty similarly. The A2500's controls include automatic blending programs and a digital blending time indicator. Its jar is dishwasher-safe and better for processing small batches of ingredients, like for a single-serve smoothie. However, you might like the 7500's simpler controls. It's quieter and better for crushing ice.
The Vitamix A2500 is better than the Vitamix Explorian E310. The A2500 has a bigger capacity and more features, including a digital blending time indicator and automatic blending programs. It's also a bit quieter when it's running. On the other hand, the E310 is better for processing small batches of fibrous ingredients when you're making something like a single-serve smoothie.
The Vitamix Professional Series 750 and the Vitamix A2500 have different strengths. The 750 delivers a better blending performance, since it processes ingredients more quickly, makes more uniform crushed ice, and produces smoother purees with small batches of fibrous ingredients. Its power cord is much longer, but it lacks some features that the A2500 has, like a digital blending time indicator and app connectivity. The A2500 is also much quieter and dishwasher-safe.
The Vitamix 5300 is better than the Vitamix A2500 for most purposes. The 5300 has a somewhat better performance for blending fibrous ingredients, making nut butter, and crushing ice. On the other hand, you may prefer the A2500's design, since it offers automatic blending programs and its jar is dishwasher-safe. It's also quieter at maximum speed.
The Vitamix Venturist V1200 is better than the Vitamix A2500. The Venturist comes with a 20-ounce jar that makes it better suited for single-serve smoothies and offers slightly better performance for ice crushing and nut butter. Its controls include a programmable timer, so you can set it to blend for a certain amount of time and stop automatically. It's slightly sturdier too. Unfortunately, though, it's louder than the A2500.
The Vitamix A2500 is better than the KitchenAid K400. The Vitamix has a much better build quality, comes with a tamper, and is easier to clean by hand. It makes a smoother nut butter with less time and effort on your part. On the other hand, the KitchenAid K400 makes a silkier puree when you're blending small batches of fibrous ingredients, like for a single-serve smoothie.
The Vitamix A2500 is a better full-size blender than the Breville The Q. The Vitamix is better-built, and it makes smoother almond butter and less clumpy crushed ice. The Vitamix is also Bluetooth-compatible, so you can access additional preset modes using the Vitamix Perfect Blend app on your phone. However, the Breville comes with more presets on the control panel, including a crushed ice mode, which the Vitamix lacks.
The Vitamix A2500 is a better blender than the Blendtec Designer 725 for most purposes. It comes with a tamper, can be used for hot blending, and makes much better almond butter and smoothies. On the other hand, the Blendtec takes less time to make snow-like crushed ice. It also comes with a 24-ounce personal jar with a to-go lid, which makes it better-suited for blending single-serve drinks.
The Vitamix A2500 is better than the Ninja Mega Kitchen System BL770 for most purposes. The Vitamix is better built, easier to clean, and more versatile since it can hot blend. It does a much better job of processing big batches of fibrous ingredients and makes smoother nut butter. Then again, you might prefer the Ninja if you want to use your blender for single-serve smoothies because it comes with personal jars. It also includes a food processing bowl to help with things like chopping vegetables and forming dough.
The Vitamix A2500 is better than the Breville the Fresh & Furious. It has a significantly better build quality and does a much better job of making smoothies, almond butter, and crushed ice. It can process hot ingredients and comes with a tamper so you can stir your recipe mid-blend. Ηowever, the Βreville is much easier to clean by hand and has onboard preset modes, including 'Smoothie' and 'Ice Crush'.
The Wolf Gourmet Pro-Performance is better than the Vitamix A2500. The Wolf is quieter, easier to clean by hand, and does a better job crushing ice and processing fibrous ingredients. It comes with an 'Emulsion Cup' accessory that helps with gradually adding liquids to recipes. However, the Vitamix makes smoother nut butter and has a somewhat better build quality.
Test Results
The Vitamix Ascent A2500 is a rather bulky blender. It's tall and heavy, so it needs to be stored either on a kitchen counter or in a large cupboard.
The Vitamix Ascent A2500 has an exceptional build quality. Like the Vitamix A2300, it's made of solid plastic and metal and it has a thick cable. This blender feels very premium.
The blades are sharp and thick. They can be serviced thanks to the nut assembly, but removing the blades voids the warranty and is heavily discouraged by the manufacturer. To clean the blades, you can put the jar in the dishwasher.
The lid is identical to the lid on the Vitamix A2300. It's clear and there are clips on each side that help you get a secure seal. You can remove the middle part of the lid to add ingredients or use the tamper while blending. The removable part of the lid can also be used as a 30ml measuring cup.
This blender comes with a power cord that's long enough to reach outlets near your counter. Unlike the Blendtec Classic 575, there's also a stowaway compartment so you can store the cable away when it's not in use.
The Vitamix A2500 is amazing for making smoothies. It takes around four minutes to blend a smooth, silky smoothie, but it struggles to blend leafy greens like kale unless they're pushed down to the bottom of the blender.
This blender doesn't come with another jar.
This blender is remarkable for crushing ice. Using the pulse mode at speed 5, it crushes snow-like ice in around a minute.
The Vitamix A2500 is fantastic for making almond butter. It takes about four minutes to create a sticky, smooth, spreadable almond butter using the manual's suggested speed settings.
The Vitamix A2500 has a dial that lets you choose between 10 different speed settings and three different preset modes (Smoothie, Frozen Drink, and Hot Soup). There's also a pulse mode on the left side of the blender, and an on/off toggle on the right side of the blender.
This blender comes with several programs and modes. There's a self-clean program and a timer that operates more like a stopwatch by counting how long you've been blending. You have to watch the blender and stop it at the desired time. The presets automatically stop when they're finished, and the length of time they run depends on the preset. There are three presets on the blender's dial (Smoothie, Frozen Drink, Hot Soups) and you can access additional presets like Spice Grinding and Baby Food via the Vitamix Perfect Blend companion app, which connects to the blender using Bluetooth. If you want a blender with a dedicated crushed ice mode, check out the Breville the Q.
