Don't buy.  This is a piece of junk.  I used it to blend my smoothie, including frozen banana chunks and ice cubes.  The blades were laboring, i could smell burning rubber, and finally, the gasket on the bottom of the blender jar separated from the glass, and the contents leaked out from the bottom of the jar.  I threw the blender away after the second usage.  This blender is not powerful enough to blend frozen ingredients, despite its description.  I ended up purchasing another new blender, but this time, 1200w.