Save your money on this purchase, and buy an alternate brand instead. It was great for making smoothies; however after my third one broke within the year, I wrote to customer service, which was an even more frustrating experience than the failure of the product. The gear in the top of the base unit is cheap plastic, and easily fractures after a number of uses. I wrote to them, asking simply for a gear to replace the broken one, explaining this was my third unit, and all three broke the same way. They responded, asking me to send pictures of my unit, as well as of the booklet, and then would not replace the gear, but would sell me a new base at a discounted price, and shipping/handling charges. I used the unit to make smoothies, and grind coffee beans. Using it to chop vegetables, make tuna salad etc basically turns everything into mush. And each of the units ultimately leaked down into the base. I am much happier with my current brand, which is a Tribest Personal Blender. Though not as many accessories, it does come with travel lids for the top of the cups, which fit nicely into my car cup holder, which the Magic Bullet cups did not.