Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This item was touted highly by others to chop up anything. I do fruit smoothies for breakfast, and add a cup of chopped kale to make it healthy. This item has not done one bit better job of chopping than my previous Oster blender that I bought on sale for $29. You have to use baby kale or the kale comes out in tiny chunky bits whose texture ruins the smoothie. Hardly smooth. It's also bigger and bulkier for storage and use. If you take the lid off to pour, the blades will pour right out, if you have to turn it up to pour the entire contents out. The one I bought does come with an extra cup you can use and take and carry with you. The cup I use has a straw and is much easier to use than this one that came with it, that you blend and take and drink all from the same cup. Some people like it, but I don't use it. Save your money unless you're making more than smoothies. Don't spend the money. Its $100 I could have saved. Now you can too.