wish I had waited
I put this blender on my wishlist before it was actually offered on amazon, so there weren't many reviews yet. If I had waited...I would not have bought this. Like many of the other customers, my motor burned out and I had only had it just over 3 years. Of course after the warrenty was up. I was making a mole sauce that was a little thick, but not thick enough that the blender shouldn't have been able to handle it. I did make some protein smoothies with this blender before it died and it worked great and chopped the ice so that it was a consistant slush.