This Hamilton Beach Smoothie Blender is so easy to use, It gives you so many options on how and what you are making, pulse, milk shake, smoothie, chop, ice just about anything you can think of.  It is nice and lightweight since it has the plastic jar and easy to move about your countertop.  Very easy to clean as everything just rinsed out and I was able to clean all parts with just hot soapy water.   This is such an easy way to get the kids to have more vitamin enriched vegetables thrown into their morning fruit smoothies .  This is a very powerful blender also.