Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I've been debating on buying this for a while, and by that I mean incessantly rereading the Amazon description, checking in stores, then going back to Amazon because the price was way better, then staring at the reviews, reluctantly adding it to my cart, realizing I'm afraid to commit to this so I save it for later instead. I had a gift card so despite some negative reviews, I decided to go ahead and purchase it and follow the directions to a T as many users suggested. I've had it for 3 days now and made a smoothie each day and I am so pleased with this. I made a smoothie with a frozen banana, raw oats, flax, peanut butter, and oat milk and it blends like a champ. Yesterday was frozen banana, frozen tropical fruits (papaya, pineapple, strawberry, mango), oat milk, water, some romaine lettuce (I know it sounds weird but I could barely taste it) and a few spoons of overnight oats with flax. It was fantastic and again, more frozen stuff but blended beautifully. In today's smoothie I added walnuts and again, there was no blending issue. I would highly suggest that you read the short user guide (it'll take under 10 minutes) before you start using the Nutribullet. I even have the sheet showing how you should layer your foods in the device on my refrigerator and pretty much abide by it. Remember, this blender is NOT meant to blend things without liquid, it will not perform well so add a decent amount of liquid. I throw some water in there if I'm trying to cut down on calories and believe me, it'll not only taste fine but blend better. I also got a 3-year warranty for this just in case (for like $6) so I expect to be using this for years to come. By far one of the best purchases I have made thus far.