I’ve had this product for about 4 days and so far the 3 drinks I have made from it came out great! Frozen fruit smoothie, a slushie type of drink and a margarita. All three had ice or frozen fruit and this blender made the drinks seem ice free. No chunks! The bottom of the blender has a storage hole for the wire which is great. And the blender lid has a “closed”, “open” and “strain” option (the lid is hard to turn to one of those but I guess I could always take the lid off and move it to the hole I wanted, no biggie). I could be late to the blender game but I haven’t had one with the lid options. I also believe the the wide base and indents contributes to the liquid being able to blend easily. I havent had a lot of in my life time but this blender is great!