There is maybe too much hype about this blender. It is much more convenient than my old blender because it takes up less space on the counter and really just does one thing - make smoothies. But it's advertised to work so well that when I realized I really had to let it run for a while and shake It occasionally to get the frozen fruit blended properly, I was brought back to reality.
I bought this a month ago after my handheld blender died. I really like this as it takes up very little space and is very fast. It is a bit loud, doesn't bother me, but my husband leaves the room. I use it for smoothies. We have a vita mixer but it is so heavy that I don't use it and because it is up in a cupboard and doesn't fit under the counter.
I bought this all excited to have a newer, better version of my old majic bullet. or sauceWhere I was disappointed was not in the power of the unit nor the size but that it only came with giant sized cups too big for my small hands to comfortably hold and that this was aimed for large quantity of whatever.. not versatile enought to make a small batch of guacamole or a sauce for one to two people.