I have had a soup maker now for a week and it is ABSOLUTELY FLIPPING BRILLIANT! I have used it practically every day.... I made a chunky curried veggie one and the left overs I added to butternut squash in the soup maker (sm) and it came out blitzed and smooth and so tasty. I cant wait to make other flavours... It is a really good piece of kitchen kit for dieting (soup coooked and blitzed in 21 mins)... you could do 20 min workout in that time too!