I've had this blender since December.  I didn't actually used the blender until February. Since then, it seems to have lost its power. I only use it to make smoothies. Now, it takes so long to "blend" a smoothie (there is no blend button, so you have to press them all to get the blender to blend the smoothie) that you can smell rubber burning. For a blender that I don't use every morning, I'm disappointed it being a Cuisinart.