Personally I'm happy with the results for soups or mixed thrown on 1 purchased in December 2011 broke down after 3 months desserti tree, I have never had an unpleasant plastic smell, but first indeed overflowing they added 1 attached to the cover and overflowing + and I put up 2nd line. I addressed myself to the fault directly to Germany and the exchange is done very quickly; The charge in this case, the guarantee only 6 months, that's not normal capacity of the bowl a fair bit, cleaning tjrs not easy, as not to put the bowl in the water because of the electrical contacts, really miss a recipe book. Another regret, it does not stack the ice. So compared to the Moulinex can not do everything, but it is a little cheaper !! and I did not want to buy bricks soups with ingredients that do not suit me.
