I bought this about 10 weeks ago for making smoothies and to hold us over until I had gotten my countertop blender from storage after a move. I've used this only for smoothies and it was doing a wonderful job. It crushed ice (that I had smashed into shards already before adding, and powered through frozen strawberries and bananas that were cut into chunks before freezing. I only used this once a day and not even every day. Then after about smoothie #27, it stopped working. I would not buy this again as it did not last. I expected this to at least be good for a year and here we are, not even 3 months in, and it's a goner. It had great weight and stayed put on the counter and did not walk while in use. I was simple to use and easy and fast to clean. I loved it until it stopped working. This was a fantastic personal blender, until it wasn't.