Blending Bowl Starter Kit is rated 3.5 out of 5 by 160 .

Rated 3 out of 5 by JenPinOP from Better in theory than in practice These bowls function as described. I have a brand new Ascent 3500 and have not had any trouble getting the blender to recognize the containers. A small container is exactly what I wanted—the problem is they are too small. The 1 cup size is perfect in theory, but in practice your yield for 1 cup of ingredients is often barely a half cup, maybe even less. A 16 oz container to yield 1 cup finished would probably be perfect. I know there is the 20 oz smoothie cup, but I don’t want a nut butter down in the narrow part of that container. Hopefully Vitamix will make a larger small-cup option. If so, I’ll be first in line to buy!

Rated 3 out of 5 by PeaCook from Bad design I am very happy with my ascent 3500, and thought these small bowls would be the perfect accessory for making pestos and dips, and then be able to store them easily in the same container. The system works well as far as the blending goes, but for storage it is a disaster and unsanitary. Having the bowls threaded on the inside, and having the lid fit inside it, makes it very difficult to not have food trapped in the threads. It's also very hard to clean the threads once food is in the container. While the bowls are aesthetically interesting, on practical terms they are kind of a failure. There's a reason jars and lids fit the way they do. Don't reinvent the wheel.

Rated 1 out of 5 by noone from Very disappointed I eagerly awaited the delayed release of the small blender bowls for the Ascent series. After only 2 uses, my model 3300 no longer senses the first bowl. I have not yet tried the second bowl. I will be calling Vitamix and I'm confident they will make good but I should not have to do that. These accessories are overpriced to begin with and should work for more than a few minutes. On another note, I agree that the new accessories should be retrofitted to the older, terrific machines. I have a personal blender with a 20 oz cup but cannot use it with my 3300. What a waste of money to be forced to buy a second blade assembly and 2 more blender cups! No wonder loyal Vitamix consumers complain!

Rated 1 out of 5 by Roxx from Disappointed These were so bad, I had to return them and find another brand for my food processing needs. Every time I tried to use these, they were useless. If I screwed the blade onto the container too tightly, the blender wouldn’t sense it. I had to loosen it to the point where it was barely unsealed. Then to get the blender to recognize that, I had to keep taking it out, turning it, putting back in, repeat. I would turn the blender on, hold it still to give it some sort of securing, and of course with it being unsealed, the food would start leaking everywhere. I tried it several times before just sending it back to get a refund.

Rated 5 out of 5 by Betty1948 from IN THE SAME BOAT I purchased a Professional 500 series blender because it is designed for smaller batches, but still disappointed as I mostly blend less than a cup at a time and have to stop and scrape, stop and scrape and it doesn't always get the consistency I want. Went through the same thing as this other lady did. Couldn't return, etc. I just want to be heard that I also want to be able to have these small size blending bowls available for my machine also. Would love to know if that's going to happen or not. Other than that I'm very happy with my Vitamix. I just hope, that those of us who purchased prior to the new models will also be able to have this available to us. For me it would affect up to 85% of my use of my Vitamix!!

Rated 1 out of 5 by J P W from Frustrating and sorry I upgraded to be able to use Bought my third Vitamix to upgrade to the top of the line from machine just below it so I could use these bowls as well. Gave away all my other chopper type appliances so I could just use this for herbs as well as small quantity items. They are so difficult to get machine to recognize. Even after going to YouTube to watch help videos I gave up and chopped all the herbs for a huge omelet I was making for a group. Never got it to work and in all honesty if it that hard too it is a waste of time and money. Disappointed since I love Vitamix machines.

Rated 1 out of 5 by Mb405 from The price doesn't reflect on the quality I just received my 8oz bowl set today, when I open the package and immediately found out the flaws around the bowl edge. Actually I return once before due to the same issue and can't believe they can charge it for such a high price. To be fair, the A3500 machine is awesome and extra 48oz wet container also great but these 8 oz bowls quality just not like Vitamix standard at all.