I just used this little blender for the 1st time today for making one of my protein shakes. We buy the small, 7 lb. bags of ice from 'Walmart'. The ice cubes in these are fairly small and rounded. I used one scoop of protein powder, 1/2 cup of milk, and probably about 8 of these small ice cubes. Using the 'pulse' button, off and on about 10x's, I found when drinking my shake, that the shake was completely smooth, like a smoothie, except for 2 little ice pieces.

I don't own one of these, but when I was making baby food year ago, I used one of those small food choppers that you can buy for about $10. Using one of those, you can grind up food for your baby very well, and it can be hot food.

Wow, that's exactly what we bought this for yesterday. I had 'weight loss surgery' over 3 yrs. ago, drinking lots of protein shakes to lose most of my weight. I sure wish I would have had a blender like this. I'm going back on the 'health kick' again and drinking one or two of the shakes or smoothies daily. When making a protein shake, i put a scoop of the protein powder in, 1/2 c. milk, and add about 8 smallish ice cubes to it. This little blender completely made the ice nice and smooth, like in 'franchise style smoothies', only needing to pulsate it about 10x's. It did leave 2 tiny little ice chips in it though but is so far superior than any other blender I've used for any purpose, including my protein shakes made after my 'weight loss surgery,' in our huge, clumsy, hard to clean up after, old blender.