The best of these full-sized blenders can churn vegetables into soup, fresh fruit into silky smoothies, and ice cubes into snow
You don’t have to spend a fortune to get a great blender. Some high scorers in our lab tests include (clockwise from left) the Breville Fresh & Furious BBL620SIL, the Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System BN801, and the Chefman Obliterator.
By Althea Chang-Cook
If you’re looking for a kitchen appliance to help you make smoothies, frozen drinks, salsas, smooth soups, homemade nut butters, and more, a blender is the best tool for the job. Consumer Reports has rated 23 full-sized blenders priced from $30 to $600 to help you choose the best one for you.
Keep in mind that the features and accessories these blenders offer—including the number of speeds and any additional jars—vary. CR members can access all of these details in our blender ratings.
“Take note of the number or type of speed-control settings that allow you to customize the blending process for different ingredients,” says Elias Arias, the CR engineer who manages blender testing. Three settings are sufficient for most tasks—low speed to move and chop ingredients, medium to blend and emulsify, and high to pulverize and aerate—but models with more options allow you to fine-tune your results, he says.
And while wattage matters, a higher wattage doesn’t always equate to more powerful performance. The blender’s construction also comes into play; some models use those watts more efficiently than others.
Below, we list the top-performing blenders in our tests. For general guidance as you shop, consult our blender buying guide. If you’re looking for a personal blender or an immersion blender, we’ve also got lists of the best blenders in those categories, or check out the models we found are great for making smoothies or baby food.
NutriBullet NBF50500
The NutriBullet NBF50500 proves you don’t have to lay out hundreds of dollars for a top-rated blender, and that goes double if you’re a smoothie lover. It excels in that test and, while it offers just three speeds, it also excels at puréeing and crushing ice. Plus, Nutribullet’s full-sized blenders get a very good score for predicted reliability, so you can expect yours to last a good while. At 7 pounds, this blender is lighter than most of the other blenders we’ve tested.
Vitamix Propel 750
Vitamix is known for its powerful and reliable blenders, and the best Vitamix blender we’ve tested is the Vitamix Propel 750. Smoothie drinkers will likely be satisfied with its ability to power through fruit and other ingredients, as it does in our tests. Plus, it reliably aces our purée test, earning an excellent score. It’s also very good at crushing ice. Beyond the impressive performance, you’ll get a generous seven-year warranty.
Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System BN801
In our lab evaluations, we found the Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System BN801 convenient and easy to use, and it aced our purée and ice-crush tests. It did nearly as well making smoothies, with few chunks or fibers after blending. Ninja, as a blender brand, has very good scores for predicted reliability and owner satisfaction in our member surveys. That means they’re less likely than blenders from some other brands to experience problems in the first four years of ownership, and owners are likely to recommend the brand to others.
Vitamix Ascent X2
The Vitamix Ascent X2 is another top-scoring and powerful Vitamix blender with excellent scores in both our smoothie tests and our purée tests. It crushes ice like a champ, and it comes with a 10-year warranty. As a brand, Vitamix blenders earn excellent scores for predicted reliability and owner satisfaction. That means owners are much less likely to experience a problem with their blender than owners of blenders from other brands. Plus, owners of Vitamix blenders are happy enough with them that they’d recommend them to friends and family.
Breville the Fresh & Furious BBL620SIL
If you’re shopping for a moderately priced blender from a brand known to keep its owners happy, look to the Breville the Fresh & Furious BBL620SIL, especially if you expect to purée ingredients for soups or baby food (it does exceptionally well in our purée tests). It also aces our ice-crush tests and does nearly as well making smoothies. Like many blenders in our tests, though, it earns just a middling score for noise.
Chefman Obliterator RJ27-T1-TJ
The budget-friendly Chefman Obliterator RJ27-T1-TJ obliterates ice cubes and turns out crushed ice as fine as freshly fallen snow in our tests. It also does an impressive job at making smoothies and purées. It has a six-cup capacity, which is on the smaller side for a full-sized blender, and has five speeds. It comes with a tamper and scraper and a generous five-year warranty. But this blender, like most, is loud.
How Consumer Reports Tests Blenders
Our lab tests evaluate how well a blender makes smoothies, purées, and crushes ice. A blender that scores well for smoothies produces the most evenly blended drinks with few, if any, chunks, bits of fruit skin, or stringy fibers. In our purée tests, we assess how evenly each blender model purées cooked ingredients in hot water for soup. In our ice-crush tests, we process ice cubes, and the best models produce ice with the texture of freshly fallen snow.
We also evaluate convenience, including how easy the blender is to set up and clean, how simple its controls are to use, and whether it has enough stability to operate without being held in place.
We also measure noise using a noise meter. Blenders are some of the noisiest kitchen appliances, though they’re operated in such short bursts that you may not mind. Based on decibel measurements, a top noise score would be at a volume similar to background music or a normal conversation (though none of the models we’ve tested received such a high score), while a blender with a mediocre noise score (which includes most of them) would be the volume of a shouted conversation or a motorcycle revving.
In determining an Overall Score, we factor in the results of CR member surveys for product reliability and satisfaction. To determine a reliability score, we calculate the odds that an appliance will experience a problem within the first four years of ownership. We give brands a satisfaction score based on how likely CR members are to recommend the model they own to friends and family. Based on our tests and surveys, you don’t need to pay hundreds of dollars to get a top-performing and reliable blender.
Pricier blenders may come with fancy features, including wireless connectivity, stainless steel finishes, preset programs, and touchscreen interfaces, but we find those ultimately have little to do with performance.
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