I bought this for breakfast smoothies and to avoid having to lug my big jug blender out every day. It's been great, and has been a hit with my children too. It's compact: I can keep the base unit out without cluttering my counters. The bottles fit easily in cupboards. It's easy & simple to use - screw cap shut, click into place press one button, unclick from unit, unscrew cap, screw on lid. For those with strength/mobility issues: it's not at all difficult to twist/click the bottle into the base unit and the button only requires a gentle pressure. The most resistance is in screwing/unscrewing the various caps, as they have a rubber seal, but it's very little resistance, the same as your average juice screw cap I'd say. That said, it is still a pulse blender, so you have to keep the button pushed in for as long as you want it to blend. It really doesn't need long at all, though; the instructions say not to run it continuously for longer than 30 seconds to prevent overheating but I've never yet approached that length of time. I have been using this every morning for 2 weeks now (and my kids every other day or so on top of that) and I've never yet needed to press it for longer than 10 seconds. My smoothies are banana, frozen berries (including chunky strawberries), powder and liquid, so maybe if you're crushing ice you might need to, but it really is remarkably quick and efficient. The spout is nice and wide and easy to drink from. It's powerful - frozen berries get chopped up with ease (something my old-but-expensive jug blender couldn't manage). I've not tried it with ice yet. It's easy to clean (see video) - a drop of washing up liquid and some hot water, cap on, blitz for a few seconds and rinse! If there's stuff stuck to the sides then a quick scrub with a bottle brush is all you need. I'd definitely recommend a bottle brush as the bottles are long and narrow and might be tricky with a normal washing up brush. I know many reviews have mentioned the cap getting in the way when drinking, but I've not found this to be the case. The cap is free to move but you can push it a little further and it stays open and out of the way. The catch on the lid cap could be an issue - it's solid moulded plastic clicking onto a solid triangular 'lip' on the lid, which means you have to lift a loop of plastic up to disengage the catch. This means it could potentially bend and snap over repeated usage, but I've personally not felt it was weak or at risk of breaking. That said, I'm conscious of not being too rough with it. I'm not sure how long the rubber loop will last - I can imagine if you're regularly carrying a full bottle from the strap it won't last forever, but I carry mine by the body. All in all, this is an excellent, powerful little blender at a great price.