My wife and I rarely use our NutriBullet blender but our kids (21 & 25) do when they're occasionally staying over. The NutriBullet, I think, is a little awkward to use with the twist off/twist on operation. But it's certainly doable. The main problem is that it seems exceptionally loud to all of us. In fact, we cover our ears when they use it and my kids put tissues in their ears when they're holding it in the on position.So looking through reviews I found this more traditional type of blender and happily noted that some of the reviews mentioned that it was relatively quiet. Done! Works perfectly for the kids' smoothies, sharp looking, not hard to clean, easy to operate (I like the click-in locking feature), and quieter. Is it silent? Of course not, but no more tissues in ears. :)