Now I write my first review on Amazon because I am so disappointed with this mixer. Have him buy me because of many positive reviews, but unfortunately I can not confirm this. I wanted to use the mixer especially for smoothies. The mixer arrived, looked chic, I crushed a banana and 4 strawberries, the whole purely in the blender lid on, pressed button! And it happened: Nothing! The knife turned, but the fruit was not divided, as it fell below the knife and got stuck there. I tried it for a few seconds at a higher level, but that did not help. I had the lid! 2 times! open and loosen the fruit pieces with a fork from the floor, then the mixer only decided to mash me the whole thing. End result was a smoothie with some even larger pieces in it. I gave the blender for 2 more chances, but every time the same tragedy. Property me now bought one of Aldi, which is a few euros cheaper and everything ruckzuck crushed nice.