I really love making smoothies at home but most blenders either don't mix well or are a big pain to clean after so I'm so happy I tried the Hamilton Beach smoothie blender first it doesn't have a thousand buttons to figure out just a row of the essential actions you need then it blends large pieces of fruit easily without hanging up or getting stuck and my smoothies came out tasting great and smooth and it's super easy to clean just detach it,clean it and your done Very cool blender.