I’m very familiar with the brand but wasn’t sure about their small appliances. I have a home blender by one of those known companies and was unsure if zwilling personal blender could keep up, well to my surprise this blender is powerful and can keep up with my large home blender.One small problem I have is that it’s so powerful that it blows the circuit switch. For that reason only I’m giving it 4 stars. I’m very happy with my purchase.