REASONS TO BUY
Good at grinding
Solid at crushing ice and making blended drinks
REASONS TO AVOID
Substandard smoothie skills
Not that convenient to use
Oster Versa Pro Review
The price for this blender seems high compared to its relatively poor performance
The Oster Vesra Pro.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman
By David Wise ⋅ Senior Review Editor ⋅ May 4, 2022
Contributions From: Austin Palmer
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Our Verdict
While the Oster Versa Pro did well in some of our blender test metrics — blending a solid margarita, grating hard parmesan cheese with ease, and crushing our ice crushing test — it has some severe drawbacks. It is particularly deficient at mixing smoothies, which is a primary use for many people. It is oddly expensive, costing more than other models that scored much higher. All in all, it's hard to recommend this appliance, as it isn't a great value option and doesn't perform well enough overall.
Our Analysis and Test Results
The Versa Pro wouldn't blend everything, leaving whole pieces of fruit behind during testing.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman
Smoothies
The Oster Versa delivered a subpar performance at smoothie-making. The green smoothie produced by this blender was quite mediocre, with an exceptionally chunky texture that wasn't very pleasant to drink.
The Versa produced a chunky green smoothie lacking a uniform flavor.
Credit: Austin Palmer
We caught plenty of unblended greens in the sieve when we poured the smoothie — the main cause of the unsavory texture and inconsistent flavors throughout.
The Versa Pro did not do well at breaking down the cell walls of the kale.
Credit: Austin Palmer
Performance did not improve when making a berry smoothie; the Versa left an entire strawberry unblended and the majority of the seeds intact.
The not so blended berry smoothie of the Versa Pro. Even leaving a whole strawberry unscathed.
Credit: Austin Palmer
The same thing happened with the fruit and oat smoothie. It took three full smoothie cycles to get the drink even remotely palatable. Even then, it still had a very grainy texture, full of unblended almonds and oats. However, the Versa produced a decent Oreo shake, with only a single chunk of ice cream that remained unblended. We had to stop and scrape down the sides of the pitcher to successfully blend the drink, though.
The Versa Pro had a nice smooth margarita with a few larger chunks interspersed in the beverage.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman
Ice
The Versa performed much better in the ice crushing test. It successfully crushed a pitcher full of ice, although it doesn't feed the ice very well, requiring us to pulse the power to the blender. It completely crushed the ice in about 15 seconds, even with the pulsing.
Making quick work of ice needing to utilize the pulse button.
Credit: Austin Palmer
The margarita produced by the Versa was quite nice, though there were some irregularly large ice chunks dispersed throughout the drink. The rest of the drink had a very smooth texture and was close to an ideal margarita.
The Versa Pro includes a tamper for some of those more difficult blends.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman
Convenience
This blender is not dishwasher safe, so manual washing is required. It's also not the easiest to clean by hand, as there are a few sharp edges and hard-to-reach places on the pitcher that can trap food. Similarly, the lid had some difficult-to-clean areas, requiring you to clean it with a toothbrush-style brush. However, there is plenty of ventilation if you place the pitcher back on the base for it to dry, provided you put it slightly offset to allow air to reach underneath. It still will dry much faster when spread out on a dish rack or mat.
The Versa Pro needs to be hand washed.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman
This model lacks a digital timer, but it features a few preset operations. These are clearly labeled on the blender itself and very easy to use.
There isn't a digital display, but the interface is clearly labeled and easy to read.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman
The lid is also fairly easy to remove, though it can provide some difficulties at times. This blender is on the quieter side compared to the rest of the group, measuring 83.8 dBa in our test, compared to around 90 dBa for the loudest models.
Pureeing
The Versa struggled somewhat in our nut butter test, getting exceedingly hot and forcing us to stop the test partway through. However, after we gave it a little break and added a touch of extra oil, the Versa eventually made a high-quality nut butter that was on par with the Vitamix A2500.
The Versa Pro makes a good nut butter with a little TLC and patience.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman
The Versa did a mediocre job making tomato soup, creating a thicker mixture that required us to force it through the sieve. There was also plenty of leftover unblended food in the sieve.
A fair amount of unblended tomato soup was leftover by the mediocre performance of the Versa Pro.
Credit: Austin Palmer
The Versa heated up the soup, though not as much as we would have liked, only hitting about 138°F.
Ready to grind some corn meal, the Versa Pro does a great job at it.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman
Grinding
About 95% of the cornmeal ground by the blender passed right through the sieve without any difficulties.
95% of the corn meal easily passed through the sieve.
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The Versa did very well at making powdered sugar. It also had a solid performance at grating parmesan cheese, though the final blend was slightly coarser than some of the premium blenders' grated cheeses.
Should You Buy the Oster Versa Pro?
All in all, we were not impressed with the Versa Pro. It scored towards the bottom of the pack in our review, and we definitely would not recommend this model if you're a smoothie fanatic. This blender will do the job if you're using it primarily for crushing ice or making blended cocktails like margaritas, but we think you can get more for your money elsewhere.
What Other Blenders Should You Consider?
For a lower price, you can pick up the NutriBullet Blender, which scored on par with or just slightly below the premium models in many of our test metrics. If your budget allows, we suggest either the Cuisinart Hurricane Pro or the Vitamix A2500 Ascent Series, which topped the charts in our review and should not disappoint regardless of your blending tasks.
—David Wise and Austin Palmer
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