I bought my Omniblender for my bday in nov, and when I got it, read all the material on it, made my first smoothie and was not impressed with the results, had my family over to show them a demonstration and they were not impressed either, I feel like the $250 dollars that I spend was a waste of money. passed my 30 money back guarantee, so looks like I will be storing this blender in the storage room, will be going back to my kitchen aid blender, it blends my smoothies just as good if not better, very disappointed in this product, not to mention, every time I used it, it smelled like burning wire cords and I was afraid I was going to burn the unit up, not good for being brand new