I burned up my old blender, which I always seem to do. Either I was doing something wrong or asking it to blend frozen strawberries, chunks of melon and some yogurt and juice was beyond the typical blender.

I asked for this one for my birthday because of the dispensing feature. I was forever dumping whatever I blended out of the top or couldn't get it to pour if I did remember to hold the top while pouring with my old blenders.

I used this to make a smoothie with fresh chunks of cantaloupe and honeydew melon, frozen whole strawberries and a carton of yogurt and voila - smoothie in about a minute...with...