I was probably expecting more power than normal, I add our usual fruits, milk, ice and sugar, but the cubed ice got stuck together and the blender stalled a bit - there was some burning smell and then some smoke. We rested the machine for a bit and break the ice apart; remove some ice and added more liquid. After that we were looking at our smoothies getting poured to our glasses.  We have the magic bullet personal blender, we had been preparing our smoothies separately, it's time we make them in a bigger blender as a family.

I love having an powerful upright blender, I can add ingredients to the blender as it blends - compared to my magic bullet. I didn't have any more issues with the blender stalling when I add my ingredients slowly and not to have them all in the blender from the beginning.  Don't get me wrong, I love my magic bullet, but having a bigger and powerful blender can make it easier to make bigger sized recipes.