This does its job great. It purées soups and it’s easy to clean up. It’s also a nice looking unit. Where it loses a start is in its ergonomics. To start it, you push an unlock button then hold down an on/off button. The on/off button is recessed in a way that the edges of the hole around the button dig into my thumb while I hold it down. It’s located in a place that makes it hard to press (with your thumb) while you’re using the device. It’s as if the designer had never built a prototype to see how it would feel. The design falls short of Cuisinart standards. A flaw like this just shouldn’t be from this company at this price point.