The ace plus blender is very powerful, but it did not come with recipes and the instruction pamphlet is very basic. I just run water wiyh a little dish soap on the soup cycle and it cleans right up. It makes great hot soups.

Everything about this blender is amazing and for the price it is light years beyond anything imo. I love the glass pitcher it comes with. Very affordable. I have no regrets buying this blender and love that i'm now blending in glass.

The ace plus is quieter and the flexibility of features, not to mention the cooking, is a nice upgrade. It's powerful and also quieter than the blenders that i've had in the past. Great blender, horrible documentation.

Clean cycle doesn’t do much (especially when you put flax in your smoothie - that requires scrubbing) recently, i've noticed rust creeping out under the top blade where you cannot dry it. Scrubbing with a toothbrush doesn't get it all out.

They start leaking after a while. Started leaking in about an year. Now, it leaks oil from the bottom. After 6 months to a year depending on use, the blender leaks.

It says it gets to boiling yet my food will still not be cooked through. Worst of all, it now leaks black sludge at the bottom which i think is metal breaking down.