This, this right here.
This is a Vitamix A2500 in its box.
Let's put the un in the box and unbox it.
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By the way, this is exactly how it comes if you order it direct from Vitamix.
This showed up at my doorstep in a gray box.
And if you are --
Brown box.
And if you're in a neighborhood that's a little sketchy, the drivers know, like, they'll put
it either in your door like they did here or in the back.
You don't have to worry about anything when you order
and have it shipped to you.
Aright.
So.
Baby.
Where's the front?
Okay!
Look at that!
Mmm mm mm mm mm!
Vitamix A2500.
10-year warranty.
3 pre-programmed settings.
Smoothies, frozen desserts, hot soups.
I spoke in the video earlier I said there was a cleaning setting but you can just use
the smoothie setting for cleaning.
It's the same thing.
Awesome box.
I love these new boxes with the Ascent.
They are into the black, like the dark coloring.
What's in the box?
The motor base, the clear container, tamper, and a cookbook.
Aright, here we go.
Opening it up.
How am I looking there, Shalvie?
I can't see your face.
Good.
That's good.
[laughter]
Okay.
So they also changed the packaging with these guys.
They used to have a huge brick of styrofoam in here.
Now it's all cardboard.
Corrugated cardboard.
My buddy Joel is gonna kill me.
Corrugated, I don't know what it is.
Cardboard.
It's all cardboard to keep it in here.
Okay, so we have container.
Beautiful.
Tamper, lovely.
And then this guy, how do we get this out of here?
Okay, well we'll start here.
Here's the book.
Beautiful.
This book is awesome.
This book comes with all the Ascent models.
Simply Blending.
You could almost put it on your coffee table.
It's really beautiful.
And this is what used to be styrofoam.
It's cardboard.
Much better for the environment.
Okay, what's in here.
Okay.
Aright.
So, we have an A2500.
This is the Slate color.
Sort of a gray.
So the base of these things are meant to, sort of, to, for open kitchens, they're really
nice in back.
For open kitchens, to leave it anywhere.
We actually put our Vitamix on the counter.
Right here where you can't see it's out of, where Shalva's feet are.
And so, you know, if you're standing on the other side of this island thing you could
see the back and you don't really want to, so this is really nice looking from the back
from really any side.
A2500, so this is the classic Vitamix operating system, you could say.
So two switches and the dial.
And the dial, you can really feel it sort of driving the motor, so inside of the box
here.
Three pre-programmed settings so you have smoothie, frozen dessert, and then a hot soup
which is about five or six minutes.
Your start stop button.
And then of course, pulse.
And of course you can operate variable speed as well, so if you're making salsa or something
you want to control, chopping vegetables you know running it on one or two or three speed
using the pulse or just letting it run.
And then full control so ten speeds listed.
The nice thing about the Ascent actually is there's actually more than ten speeds.
There's like 19.
Because it's like one and a half two, two and a half, three.
So really like a full range of speeds are you ramp up the variable speed spectrum.
And those change as you put a different container on top.
The Smart Detect technology.
The machine knows there's a 64 ounce container on there, so the programs are going to adjust.
If you have, for example, the 20-ounce container on here, it will not let you run the soup
setting.
You can't run a soup setting with the 20-ounce container, or the 8-ounce cup which we love
because of the steam and the pressure that builds up.
There's no vents in those little cups.
So it knows.
It's smart.
If you knock it, it's going to sense that the container's off, it stops.
The clear lid you can see through to the top.
So Shalva just said, we've heard feedback, some questions, why the clear lid, why use
the same material that the container is made out of.
It's like a Tritan Copolyester.
Call it what you want, it's a form of plastic, instead of what they used to use which is
a rubber top.
And the reason for this is Vitamix heard feedback that people wanted to see inside the container
while they were blending, to see what was going on.
And they wanted to feel a click.
So now, the lid, actually, when you close it.
[clicks]
It clicks shut.
This is the case with all the Ascent models.
There is no concern to be had with cleaning the new container.
There is a little seal here.
Nothing gets inside of this sort of rubber seal.
It's not any more difficult to clean.
From a usability perspective, seeing in and hearing it click shut so you know it's locked
is a thing that I think a lot of people are really appreciating about the new clear lids
on the Ascent.
What else?
Should you upgrade to an Ascent if you have a Legacy?
Probably not.
Wait it out.
You probably have secondary containers, a 32, a dry grains.
Those don't work on here because those containers don't have the Smart Detect technology.
This machine will not drive those Legacy containers.
The best reason to upgrade to Ascent is if you really want the 8 and 20 ounce container.
The ability to do tiny batches, personal blending on top of your full sized Vitamix.
That is a reason to upgrade to Ascent.
Otherwise, ride it out.
Or hand your Legacy machine down and get an Ascent.
They're great.
When you order online, you can get easy monthly payments no interest, super easy, you don't
have to do a credit check.
Through PayPal, that's awesome.
Ten-year warranty.
And these lids, these containers are dishwasher safe so that's another nice upgrade to the
Ascent as well.
So we're excited to try this out.
We had the 3500 all through Q1 of 2017, we were playing around with that.
It's a beautiful machine.
We're ready to play with the A2500.
Switches, knob, more if you're a tactile person, more ability to feel the controls.
Yeah, what else?
We're excited.
What's our maiden blend?
Our maiden voyage is going to be a green juice.
An unnamed green juice.
It's going to be kind of the it's going to be the standard green juice formula we're
going to talk about in a video we're going to record in a second.
Delicious, refreshing green juice with a kick.
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Oh, we're going to be able to see those hideous shoes.
You gotta change those shoes.
[laughter]
By the way, this is exactly how it comes if you order it direct from Vitamix.
This showed up at my doorstep in a gray box.
And if you are --
Brown box.