(This review was collected as part of a promotion.) I bought this around 1mnth ago. First off the basebisbbig (probably the width of 1&1/2 of the standard blenders, it’s composted of a heavy duty metal that feels solid and well built. Yes it’s a bit loud but it blends just about any food with ease. I stuff mine to the lid with greens and frozen veggies, and unlike my cheap old blender the kitchenaid shreds through everything. The smoothie setting is nice, it blends just about any combination off stuff onto a smoothie texture in a set amount of time, which is nice because it takes the guesswork out of how long to blend, and lets you just set it to blend and leave it until it’s done. So far I’m pretty happy, I just wish it had an optional glass container, as I prefer that for health reasons.