It is a good blender. My first immersion blender & it took awhile to figure out you need to move it up & down without making a mess lol. There's a lot you can do with it, and so far I've only made mayo & mixed and remixed smoothies and drinks. For smoothies, you have to let frozen fruit thaw a bit before blending.
I finally acquiesced and bought an immersion blender. Here are my thoughts on this one...1. You can not continuously let it run, it must be turned off every once in a while. So you might have to do this several times if you're doing a big pot of soup. 2. I wish it had some sort of protection on the bottom where the blade is when you store it 3. I didn't think about cordless until I used it. Doesn't really bother me, but decide what you want. Otherwise, I am excited about it and have used it 3 times in the last month (a lot more than I thought and I would use it more if I cooked every night!)
I purchased this item per the recommendation of my sister. Made a bunch of apple sauce and after putting the apples through a colander type gadget I used the hand blender and what a difference that made. Makes the apple sauce that much more delicious!!
I bought the new Soeed Stick to replace the one I've had since 2006. I use it a lot to make creamed soups which is heavy duty work. It never fails to complete the job no matter how difficult it is. It always easily performs like a champ!