So far I am loving this blender to make my morning smoothies. It is pretty powerful at 1000 watts. I did, however, find it to get a little bit sluggish when adding ice to my smoothie, but nothing that would stop me from using it. It has a separate cup to blend a smoothie in that you can just twist off and go (my favorite part) which makes making smoothies to go for work in the morning super easy. It also has a vented area that allows you to put hot foods in it as well which is pretty cool! Overall the size is not clunky and it does not look horrible sitting out on the kitchen counter. Cleaning afterwards is pretty easy as well. The only reason for the 4 stars and not 5 is the ice issue, overall though, this is a great little blender!