Since our old blender, which was made of plastic, had broken down after several years of faithful service, I needed a new blender. Actually, it should again be exactly the same blender as we were always satisfied with our old bar. But when searching I noticed that there was also a stainless steel version. Since the rod roughly had the same price as the plastic version, the stainless steel rod was ordered. What can I say, the rod fits properly, and work top in stainless steel looks much better quality and more robust than the plastic rod.