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I don't have much to add to the glowing reviews of this product. I love mine and have been telling anyone who will listen that they should buy one. I have noticed things about it that may help you enjoy it as much as most people do and avoid the negative experiences some have had. First: The max fill line. The max fill line is in reference to the amount of WATER that you put in. Your fruits and veggies and whatever else can be piled way above that, all the way to the tip top. I do that twice a day, every day with no problem. It will not leak if you screw the blade on securely and keep the water at or below the max fill line. When you do get your ingredients loaded up and and your water added up to the max fill line and your blade securely screwed on, give the cup a vigorous shake. If it doesn't leak then, it isn't going to leak when you make your blast. Unless: I had my first ever leak the other day and it prompted me to write these tips. I made a smoothie of two handfuls of kale, some grapes and 4 chunks each of watermelon, canteloupe, honeydew melon and pineapple. Added water to the max line, tightened the blade on, gave a vigorous shake, no problem. Started making my blast and guess what: leakage. What happened?? It was the ingredients. All of that melon, pineapple and grapes? All of those fruits contain a great deal of WATER. So even though I stopped at the max line, I had too much water in the bullet once I started blending. I now know how and why the bullet leaks and what to look for. Be aware of these things and you'll be fine. First, when you start blending, the nutribullet makes noise but it should not sound rough. If it sounds rough, stop. What is happening there is there is too much volume in the cup. You can see this by looking at the top during blending. Is there a clearly formed vortex (for lack of a better word)? If there isn't, and you hear/feel that roughness it's because there is too much liquid volume. That causes a downward pressure that does two things. It makes it harder for the motor to turn the blade (the roughness) and the pressure starts looking for the only place it can escape (the leaking). Simply stop, pour out a bit of the contents to give the bullet room to blend and you'll be golden. You will also get drinks that are much smoother. Also, I never run the bullet for more than about 30 seconds. There really isn't a need to. Especially under the type of load that would lead to leaking. I can see how that would damage one of these quickly. With some awareness and care I think the unit can last for a duration commensurate with it's price tag. I hope this helps. Enjoy your nutribullet! **UPDATE 06/20/2013** So my nutribullet is still going strong. I started doing a dring for breakfast and then blending up a second one to take for lunch, then eating as healthy a dinner as possible. Easily lost 20 pounds in three weeks doing that. make no mistake, the nutribullet didn't do that, the food did, but the nutribullet helps make it easy. I go to the store and buy a huge fruit tray of pineapple chunks, grapes, sliced apples, cantaloupe, watermelon, or whatever. I also grab a bag of kale or baby spinach. I make my drinks very green heavy. A few handfuls of the greens, a few chunks of each of the fruits in the fruit tray and that's it. Maybe some flax seed. Don't be scared to pack the cup pretty full, just keep the liquid below the line and pour it in AFTER you have packed everything in. The only performance issue I've ever had was with some huge frozen strawberries I had. The nutribullet was obviously having a hard time with them. That brings me to another point. I believe it's up to the user to mitigate and help the device last as long as possible. If you hear it struggling with something you are doing, stop. And don't do it again. No matter what another reviewer or the infomercial says. Take care of it, be smart about using it, and it will last. ***UPDATE November 2017**** I was on facebook today and saw a news video someone shared. It talked about several lawsuits being filed by nutrabullet users with severe injuries who were claiming that the device exploded on the and the blade sliced them up, or that the unit exploded after running for 20 seconds, covering them with scalding hot liquids. I have to say, as I listened to them describe their ordeals, I repeatedly heard them them describing methods that I and others have warned against in our reviews. All I heard was a lot of user error. Just popped in to say that I still have this unit, and it still hasn't given me any problems. I don't use it daily like I did back then, but it's in use every week of it's life. Be smart with it, and you will be fine.