Personal Blender & Bottle to Go Set

This blender is perfect if you want to blend something easy (read: liquid). It has a hard time breaking down frozen fruits unless you have a lot of liquid in the bottle to help break it down. I have to shake the bottle often to help mix things around as things can get trapped at the top (er, bottom) of the bottle while blending. Blender isn’t terribly loud, and the to-go bottle with the lid is very cute (the con is that it kind of looks like a baby bottle, but whatever). Super easy to clean with minimal staining. Unfortunately the blender is made cheaply - it’s pretty much all plastic except the motor and blades. The actual blender base is plastic, and the plastic piece pretending to be metal (the chrome parts) can actually get scratched and dinged pretty easily. I handle this blender with kid gloves to keep it from looking janky. I often find myself reaching back for the Vitamix (the best blender, but cumbersome for quick use) for my smoothies despite this being purchased to be a substitute. This now sits in my kitchen cabinet as kitchen jewelry. I’ve made countless smoothies with this, and the results are pretty inconsistent. I’ll give this blender another shot, but on a lazy day. Motor easily gets hot, and sometimes the motor will stop if you blend for too long.