This immersion blender is great. The motor is super powerful which allows the attachments to perform above expectations. I can take food from chopped to puree literally in minutes. The whisk attachment (that seemed "flimsy" to me at first) actually worked better and faster than my electric hand mixer and is a lot more compact. My favorite attachment, though, is the chopper. It's basically a super powerful mini blender and I use it whenever I need a smaller volume of ingredients that need to be blended. I use it mostly for salsa, personally, but the instructions say you can use it to blend ice. As for clean-up, the whisk and blender blades are dishwasher safe, but I find it easier to just wash it in soapy water by hand. The best part is it takes up such a small amount of space to store it and because it's multi-functional, I've been able to reduce how many small appliances I own.