This blender is amazing! We use it almost daily for morning protein shakes. When we were out of powdered sugar for a recipe, we put cane sugar in and made our own! (didn't even know that was possible). We've made dozens of soups as well. Very easy to clean with just adding soapy water in and running it for like 30 seconds. My ONLY problem with it is the markers on the pitcher are hard to read in certain lighting. Looking forward to using this for the next decade and longer, it is built like a beast!