It is a non-heating blender consists of a glass tank a little heavy for my taste 1520g anyway! The different parts of the machine easily fit together happily because the document is more succinct. Four speeds depending preparations each with a color code: a ring of light appears when selecting the speed. Why not have said in front of the gear selector the type of preparation? For my part, I put a small note, shame all the same! Installation is easy as removing and washing. The device is stable because it is provided at its base with four suction cups, noisy, as many of these devices. I tried to make my soup by mixing cold ingredients, mixing was excellent. For smoothies, it's the same beautiful results with previously cut fruit into small wedges. I have not tested puree function because I'm scared of getting a result elastic and spend a lot of time cleaning the unit. That is, it remains a good blender however for my part, I would have invested in a heating blender because we are lovers of soups and mix when the preparation does not exceed 40 ° it is not practical or it must consider cold soups like gazpacho ...