Best Blenders for Smoothies | What is the best Smoothie Blender?

Top on our list of best blenders for smoothies is the Vitamix Ascent A3500 and it’s not hard to see why. The Vitamix Ascent comes packed with five pre-programmed settings that we thought were more practical than those of the other blenders. This includes programs for making smoothies, making soups, dips and spreads, frozen desserts, and self-cleaning. You can easily mix batter and dough, grind nuts and coffee beans, and make frozen treats, including baby food with the Ascent.

It also has variable speed settings, a pulse function, and a timer. As you blend with the Vitamix Ascent, you’ll notice the special angling of the jar. This creates a vortex so that ingredients don’t get stuck when blending. It runs at a minimum speed of 1400 RPM and a maximum speed of 22800 RPM. As expected, the Vitamix Ascent makes the smoothest smoothies. It crushed ice to snow-like consistency and did a perfect job on almond milk, whole strawberries, and frozen berries in our tests. Cleanup was easy with this blender. Just fill the jar with hot water and some soap and run it on Self Clean.

In all, the Vitamix Ascent blender is one of the most powerful blenders on the market. The only downside is that it is expensive but you’ll be getting the best value for your money.

The KitchenAid K400 is another blender for smoothies that we reckon is a strong contender for the best blender for smoothies. If you’re looking for a compact personal blender, the KitchenAid K400 is definitely not for you because it’s bulky. Although we thought this blender was well-built.

It comes with a metal 1200-watt motor base and BPA-free plastic jar with sharp stainless blades. However, we thought that the handle and the lead did not get the memo— they looked cheaply made.

Like most blenders on this list, this blender’s control panel has 5 preset speeds and three pre-programmed settings (ice crush, icy drinks, and smoothies). Getting to blend ingredients with this powerful blender, we rated its ice-crushing efficiency a 10 out of 10. It also easily cuts through fibrous vegetables and frozen fruits. Although the blending process took a while and we observed some scraping marks on the sides of the jar, we eventually arrived at smooth nut butter. It has an auto-clean feature so it was easy to clean all the mess afterward. The jar’s also heat-safe, making it a good one for blending soups and sauces. Overall, we thought it was powerful and worth the price.

The next smoothie blender we tested was the Zwilling Enfinigy Power Blender. One profound thing about this blender is definitely its razor-sharp blades. Although they look simple, a trial will convince you.

Going hard on this blender with nuts, coffee beans, leafy greens, ice, frozen fruits, and hot soups — the Enfinigy didn’t disappoint. It practically crushed ice to snow, and it nearly turned our smoothie into a runny liquid because the Enfinigy can over-blend. It comes with a 1400-watt motor and 16-ounce capacity jar. This blender has 6 programs: cocktail, ice cream, ice crushing, pulse, smoothie, and self-clean.

We definitely like that this blender starts only when the lead is perfectly locked into place, saving you from spills and having to clean a messy kitchen. It also automatically stops blending once the lead is opened. Overall, it’s a powerful smoothie blender that’s easy to maintain and will be a great addition to any kitchen.

Up next is one of the most popular blenders in the market because of its dual functionality. The Breville BJB615SHY is a blender and juicer in one. It comes with a 1000-watt motor base, 50-ounce juicing jug, pulp bin, and cup nozzle to juice in a glass.

The versatility of this blender is one of the first things we loved about it, especially since we love to make our own juice. But since this article is about the best blender for smoothies, let’s get into that.

If you usually make your own smoothies, then you have to always pause or pulse so that the blender doesn’t get stuck. Well, the Breville 3x Bluicer blender features a kinetic bowl and blade system that ensures there’s a vortex to pull ingredients to the middle. Goodbye to getting stuck.

It also comes with four one-touch programs for making smoothies, frozen cocktails, crushing ice, and auto cleaning. We were particularly impressed with the smoothie and ice-crushing programs as they yielded fantastic results in our tests. It makes  really creamy smoothies and you can make multiple servings at once.

There’s a display and 60-second timer for each operation mode. Also, you get a chart to guide you to set the right speeds for various ingredients.

This 13-piece blender is one of the most powerful personal blenders we tested. The NutriBullet Pro has a 900-watt motor, two 32-ounce cups, and to-go lids, plus a recipe book to go with. The strength of this blender is in making smoothies. It is easy to use and convenient. The jar can also double as a travel cup if you are in a hurry.

We tested it with frozen strawberries, ice, milk, and maple syrup, and the resulting smoothie had a creamy and smooth consistency. It took approximately 25 seconds to cut through the ingredients completely. The downside of this blender is that it comes with a single preset button and you can’t add ingredients during the blending process. There’s also no self-clean feature, and it has a short warranty when compared to the other blenders on this list.

We also had to be cautious enough to tighten the lip ring to avoid spills while blending. It doesn’t come with speed buttons so you can’t blame that lower speeds or pulse.

In all, if you’re looking for a compact and powerful blender for making smoothies, the NutriBullet pro is your blender.

In our quest to find the best smoothie blender, we tested this Beast blender. Well, the first thing that attracted us to this blender was its stylish look: we couldn’t get our eyes off it. The ribbed container was beautiful to look upon: although it made scraping thick mixtures from the insides a bit of a chore.

With its 1000-watt motor, it’s also more powerful than the Nutribullet Pro 900 smoothie blender. It came with a diffuser insert that made blending fruits into really smooth smoothies so effortless. Not only can it make smoothies, its versatility means it’s good for making dips and crushing ice.

One feature we loved was the hydration system that came in the form of a seal. It was able to keep our mixture fresh for a week. What we didn’t like, however, was the one-button control: so there aren’t presets to choose a specialized program. While this wasn’t what we wanted in our ideal best smoothie blender, it made the kitchen appliance easy to use.

Next up on this rundown of the best blender for smoothies is this great blender from Oster – the Oster Pro 1200.

The Oster Pro is a 1200-watt power blender that comes with a 48-Oz jar and an additional 24-Oz cup (perfect for making smoothies) — both made of glass. Coming to its blending capability, the Oster pro runs at a minimum speed of 4500 RPM and a maximum of 18000 RPM. It comes with three speed buttons (low, medium, and high), and a pulse function button. The pre-programmed speed operation modes are for green/frozen smoothies, food chop/salsa, and milkshakes.

In our test, the Oster Pro made a glass of smoothie with a few unprocessed bits: regardless, the result was of good quality.

We had a few concerns, however. The Oster Pro blender looks good and sturdy on the outside, but on a closer look, we discovered that the gear and blade assembly wasn’t so impressive. It comes with six blades held together by a rubber gasket. The gear on the jar is star-shaped while the motor-based gear is square-shaped so it doesn’t lock into place perfectly. If this isn’t a deal-breaker for you then you can go for the Oster Pro blender.

As far as aesthetics go, this next smoothie blender is beautifully designed and will look great on your kitchen countertop.

The Hamilton Beach wave crusher blender comes with stainless ice saber blades, a 700-watt motor, and a 40 oz jar. It has six different Auto modes and it’s generally easy to figure out. Undoubtedly, this Hamilton Beach isn’t as powerful as the Vitamix and Zwilling models, but it excels at making cold drinks, smoothies, and crushing ice. We tested it with our regular mix of frozen berries, some ice cubes, whole strawberries, milk, and maple syrup: we got a good result with some pulses.

In comparison to the other blenders for making smoothies we tested, even though the ice saber blades on the Hamilton Beach seemed durable; the rest of the blender didn’t get the memo. We thought the manufacturers could do better with the design: The angling couldn’t prevent the food from getting stuck at the button.

We also didn’t like the fact that the control panel came with push buttons— they were basically dirt collectors. But, as long as you only want to make smoothies, the Hamilton Beach wave crusher blender will do the job and it comes at a great price too.

The Ninja BL770 is a multi-purpose blender that we found very efficient at making healthy smoothies. It comes with a 1500-watt motor, 72 fluid oz pitcher, 64-oz food processor bowl, and two 16-oz to-go cups and travel lids. You’ll literally get everything with this one blender, and at a great price, too.

Coming down to how hard this blender rides for smoothie-making and ice-crushing, we tested it out with our usual frozen berries, leafy greens, whole strawberries, milk, and maple syrup. It took only a short amount of time to cross the ice to snow. Also, it gave a silky-smooth consistency.

Other things to note are that it comes with six detachable, sharp blades for easy cleaning. It also has a smoothie preset button, but you have to hold down the button as you blend your smoothie ingredients in the to-go cups.

This next smoothie blender is the largest we tested in this round. This Blendtec designer blender comes with a massive 90-ounce pitcher that we felt was more than enough for making multiple servings of smoothies at a go.

Coming down to functionality, one of the first things you’ll notice about this blender is that it comes with blunt blades. The blades work well for cleaning, making ice creams, and dough — but, does it work well for smoothies?

According to the manufacturer, the blunt blades are thicker and stronger than most of the blades that other blenders come with. Well, we did some trials of our own and it lived up to the hype. It easily handled ice-crushing and cut down our smoothie recipe in seconds. This high-powered blender has an intuitive touchscreen interface and display. It didn’t come with labels though, just images.

Unlike the Hamilton Beach wave blender, the pitcher had no spout for easy pouring. But the jar compensated with corners that made pouring easy. Another interesting feature is its fifth side (Wildside jar) which creates the extra vortex according to the manufacturers.

Generally, we thought this was a powerful, high-speed durable blender. But it’s definitely too bulky for a small family.

Last but not least on this list of the best smoothie blenders is the KitchenAid KSSB1575ER. It comes with a 600W motor Base and a 60-Oz BPA-free plastic pitcher. It has five preset speed settings excluding the pulse and ice crush buttons namely: stir, chop, mix, puree, and liquefy.

This KitchenAid blender has two features that were absent in the others we tested. They include the soft start feature and the Intelli-speed feature. The stop-start feature allows you to start blending at a really slow speed and the Intelli-speed feature detects the amount of ingredients in the pitcher and sets the optimal speed accordingly. We were also quick to note that even though the pitcher is plastic, it’s scratch- and stain-resistant. We had no trouble at all trying out our smoothie recipe with the KitchenAid diamond blender. We also love the clear markings on the jar.

However, cleaning time wasn’t fun as the blades aren’t detachable. At this point, we wished for the blunt blades on the Blendtec blender.