I had been looking for a hand blender for a long time.  I had been holding out because I didn't want to bring yet another kitchen appliance/tool into my already cluttered kitchen.  I thought I could make due with what I had.  I kept running into situations where an immersion blender would have been so much more convenient.  Enter this immersion blender.  My favorite part of this item is the metal immersion attachment.  I LOVE it!  It just feels solid and professional grade.  What I didn't expect was that the other attachments would work so well.  I literally was able to retire my way too big food processor, smoothie maker and hand mixer!  So in all actuality, I have less clutter now that I have this. Big bonus!