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I’ll admit it: I got swept up in the hype. When vacuum blenders first hit the market, I was convinced they were the future of smoothie-making. The marketing promised locked-in...

I love a good countertop blender, but I’m also picky about what problems a feature actually solves. Vacuum blending is usually sold on smoothie benefits-less foam, brighter color, cleaner flavor....

Short answer: Yes, but with important caveats. A vacuum blender can crush ice, but it's not its primary strength-and if you push it too hard, you risk damaging the unit...

Most vacuum blender reviews follow the same comfortable script. Someone unboxes the machine, makes a smoothie, holds it next to a regular blender smoothie for a side-by-side comparison, marvels at...

If you’ve ever spent $500 or more on a high-end vacuum blender-the kind that sucks the air out of the jar before you hit “blend”-you probably assumed the magic was...

Vacuum blenders usually get filed under “smoothie tech”: brighter greens, less browning, fewer bubbles. That’s all real, but it’s not the most interesting place vacuum shows up. If you spend...