I use this hand blender often. I’m the cook in my family and it’s a kitchen staple now. I haven’t used a blender for sauces and have hardly used a food processor since I received this hand blender to test as part of the Stellar product testing panel in exchange for my honest opinion on it. I’ve used it for blending/mixing and a lot of chopping. It is versatile and I’d actually expect the price point to be higher. It’s versatile and does the job for just about anything I could think of. My favorite feature is the customizable speed. I’ve found it to be intuitive and I adjust it automatically without really thinking about it. It just works. I recommend it to replace current hand blenders, and blenders and good processes in a lot of cooking instances.