Vitamix Smart System vs Blendtec Designer Series (2014)

The Vitamix A2500 has done great in quite a few roundups from some of the most highly trusted sources available, such as Tom's Guide, Your Best Digs, Rtings, and TechGearLab, which perform high-quality in-depth testing. It got awarded the "The best smart blender" title by Tom's Guide, "Ranked 1 out of 9" by Your Best Digs, and "Ranked 1 out of 4" by Rtings in their respective roundups. Earning that much praise from such respected sources is undoubtedly an impressive accomplishment.

As for our Blendtec Designer 650 analysis - two highly trusted sources that perform well-thought-out hands-on testing have found it to be a great product - it earned the "Ranked 1 out of 8" and "Ranked 1 out of 2" awards from Consumer Reports and Wirecutter, respectively, which is quite an impressive feat.

For a direct Vitamix A2500 vs. the Blendtec Designer 650 comparison, we first examined sources that tested and scored both. Most of them, including CNET, have found the Blendtec Designer 650 to be the better product, while TechGearLab rated both equally.

When we took a look at which sources they managed to impress the most, we discovered that the Vitamix A2500 received its best, 10, score from TechGearLab, while the Blendtec Designer 650 got its highest, 10, rating from TechGearLab.

Finally, we also compared their review scores to the rest of their competition - the Vitamix A2500 earned an average review score of 9.1 out of 10 points and the Blendtec Designer 650 received an average of 7.6, compared to the 7.3 average of Countertop Blenders in general.