To begin, I have to tell you a short bit of history.  My wife and I are soon to celebrate our 40th Wedding Anniversary.  We have used a wedding gift blender all those years.
Also, we just built a full bar in our lower level.  Naturally, we wanted a blender to have behind the bar.

So NOW, you know why we were looking for a new blender.  AND THANK GOODNESS WE FOUND THIS ONE!!

We mostly make smoothies, icees, daiquiris and milk shakes.  Our old blender did a fairly good job, but there were ALWAYS a "few" chunks of ice in the finished product.  NOT NOW!

This blender is incredibly powerful.  ALSO, it pulls the big chunks of ice down and pulverizes them.  YAY!

Brandy flavored milk shakes are my favorite...and I find them smoother now.  Well, to confess, I have them more often!

OH!  I should mention, clean-up is a snap!

You will be amazed by this blender.  BUY ONE!