I absolutely love my vitamin ascent 2500i, I mainly use it for smoothies every day but do use it for other things when I get the time. However, my only gripe with it is that for the price you would expect a glass jug. It is supposed to be self-cleaning but after a couple of weeks of doing this after making smoothies, rinsing it out then following the instructions, there were still lots of bits of debris getting stuck on the sides and in the angles etc. So I've had to abandon that method of cleaning it and even scrub it with a scourer sometimes if I've had seeds in a smoothie for example. And I have to do the soaking in vinegar and water thing to get it properly clean as the blades get tarnished and the jug itself gets tarnished with mineral deposits as well. Other than that I am very pleased with it and so glad I made the plunge, but dropping the one star due to the less than convenient way need for scrubbing the plastic jug every day.