I've seen some bad reviews on this machine... but what I like about this product is that it has interchangeable parts, and each and every one of them can be replaced. I've been happy with this machine, and it was my fault that I burned out the silly motor, so I bought the she-bang again, and now I have extra parts and I'm not forever washing things as I've got a set of two of everything... Now... if I could just get a larger kitchen.... lol. I like that the blender part is glass, and a heavy duty glass type... and really, if you read the directions, you can blend just about anything. The food processor part of it is handy, and yes small, but for me, 3 cups is plenty big enough, and anything bigger would just be overkill. Seriously people, for what this machine does, it is a great value, and I did buy it again. I can't remember what I broke, I think it was either the lid or the food processor unit, and I was able to replace it with no problem, and then when I burned out the motor... it was a no brainer for me, I just bought the whole unit again so that I could cut down on washing time and be able to make more things between washings...I saw one reviewer loving that they bought a Ninja... and the Ninja was designed for something different, and I also have a Ninja, but just the silly base and motor. Ninja doesn't sell parts separately, at least not easily where I can find... I've already lost the big pitcher (the clutch part of it that spins from the motor to the blade melted on me... probably my fault as I was expecting it to do more than what it was designed for, but they shouldn't label it "professional" and not really mean it), and the small pitcher shattered on me. And the lids suction onto the pitcher (when I had the pitchers) and don't easily come off... I was scared I was going to peel one apart before I got it off without busting the lid, that is all part of a safety feature for the Ninja... As I didn't buy it from Amazon, I'm not reviewing Ninja under that listing...But just saying, I've been happy with the SmartPower Duet Blender and Food Processor, and bought it again when I finally burned out the motor from the first one (I'm not sure how long I had the first one, but I bought it before I became an avid shopper of Amazon.... paid more for it than what I did here on Amazon, loved it enough that I bought it again...).