We've had ours for a month, using it at least five or six times each week. It's been a blast! And what an amazing way to get a party started, everyone is thrilled the first time they see it in action. Still trying to understand the differences between the blender settings, but it's been fun experimenting. The included recipes work fine, but we're still working to adapt our recipes for a standard blender to this machine. All drinks come out soooo smoooooooth, it's really restaurant quality. And we were pleasantly surprised with the reservoir in the back to catch the melt off the ice chamber - didn't see it mentioned in the write ups, but it is so important to keep the drinks from getting watered down. Very easy to use, high quality manufacturing, terrific looking, we could rave on and on, but it's time to go make another round. Cheers!