I loved this blender because it is powerful. It blended my smoothie perfect and I like that it has suction cups on the bottom of the base to ensure it stays in place while using it. I also love that it’s no mess when pouring your smoothie out of the pitcher and into your smoothie cup. It does make quite a bit of noise when blending  but that is to be expected with this powerful appliance. When I finished blending my smoothie all I did was rinse the blades and used a light amount of dishwashing liquid in the pitcher lid and it was all clean. I love all the variations of blending it caters to and the blend sense technology. This blender senses the texture of fresh or frozen foods and blends accordingly. You can’t get any more high tech than that! Great job Ninja!