Philips Viva Collection SoupMaker, 1.2 L, Makes 2-4 servings, 6 Pre-set Programs, SoupPro Technology, Soup in Less than 18 Minutes, Eeasy Clean, Recipe Book, Black and Stainless Steel (HR2204/70)

Wonderful! I love broccoli Soup but only go to the trouble of making it, average once a month or so. Delicious, nutritious, cheap but not necessarily easy. Now it IS Easy!! I've already had soup many times & I just got this recently. Get home. Thaw some broccoli (2-3 minutes) Put broccoli, frozen diced onion, small spoonful garlic, pinch nutmeg, 1/2 veggie bullion cube, and water in the soupmaker. (Oh also 1/4 tsp pepper & 1/2 tsp salt.) Turn on your soupmaker, and go do SOMETHING ELSE for 20 minutes. BING!! Stir in a little cream and you have fresh, delicious homemade broccoli soup for dinner. mmmm! Regarding cleanup. Before ordering I read the review saying"hard to clean." Well this is one of those things that if you EXPECT easy-clean... well it's not. But, if you're prepared for a Little difficulty, it's Not! I'd say, it's Easier to clean than a waffle-maker. As long as you do it Right Away. Rinse, or soap-n-rinse, the blade & the blade housing Before you enjoy your delicious soup. And, immediately after emptying the cooking-container (either to eat or store), wash the inside & rim right away. Following this procedure, cleaning IS fairly easy & only takes a moment. (Slightly Easier than cleaning the hand-blenderizer I used to use for my soup!) To summarize: I can't speak for other type soups, but, if you like veggie-puree-style soups this is definitely a great investment and you should get it!! (PS the best source for actual really great soup recipes is the book, "Joy Of Cooking." Most other recipes have way too many un-needed ingredients, & complexity instead of showing you how to personalize.)

If you are also trying to get away from as much chemical foods (like canned soups, etc.), this is something to consider. I've only used it to make their "tomato" soup a few times, so far, but it worked very well. Super easy to use (basically, chop up some ingredients, toss them in, add some vegetable stock, and hit a button). From reading other sites, the included recipes are hit-and-miss, and the tomato soup is a fine example of that. It is more like vegetable soup with a hint of tomato taste (it comes out brown since it is 50% vegetable stock). You can, of course, use other recipes BUT scale them properly. I saw someone make one, basing it not he side of the device, and that was too much and the unit would shut down. You really only get to fill it about halfway up to a marker inside. But, it will make several bowls of soup easily. If you can use a bread maker, rice maker, etc., you'll find this just as easy.

This is a great soup maker. We have made many delicious soups in it. A great time saver. Piping hot soup.

Really like it so far. It makes good nut milk and smoothies. A little bit tricky to get plugged.

Works greatly as per expectations

Doesn't work. Always stops in the middle of the process, blinks all lights and doesn't tell you why it's unhappy. Manual suggests "burning vegetables at bottom" or "overflowing appliance" which isn't the case. Save yourself a headache and make soup the regular way.

Excellent soup in 20 minutes

I love it. I can make a cheese soup and it doesn't burn the can as long as I put 1 cup of broth or water in first. It has a nice receipe book. I made the beet soup which I liked and haven't had it long enough to try the other recipes yet. But if you have a soupmaker you will make a lot more soup than you will without one. You know what's going in it. No GMO ingredients for me and Campbell's soup puts in nanotechnology into their soups. I have to chop vegetable finer than my first soupmaker but the motor spining the blade will last longer that way. I just made the cheese and broccoli soup I made on the old soupmaker and it didn't burn the can at all. This is better made than my old gourmia soupmaker. Soupmaker's don't make a lot of soup but that way you don't get tired of it and don't eat it. Plus you can chop up cooked chicken or hAm from the store and add it to the soup and you can cook up rice or noodle in the rice cooker and add it to the soup after you have made it in soupmaker and that extends the amount of soup you have. Once cooked you can add in sour cream or yogurt or creme fraische and add toppings for better flavor or gourmet taste. Now my first soupmaker didn't last a year and I would make soup every 3 days in it during winter. I don't know how long this one will last but if you like soup and like hot meals this is great for a one pot meal or soup as a side. I've only had this less than a week and i've already made the beet soup and the broccoli cheese soup and I have the stuff to make the butternut squash soup next. You can have sandwiches and soup or soup and a salad. And it only takes 18 minutes to make hot ready to eat soup. The smooth setting is not as fine as the gourmia because it had 4 blades instead of 2 but it's doesn't bother me. It's all going to the same place anyway. There are a lot of recipes only line from the UK because the Morphy Richards soupmaker is king over there and it has a saute setting where you can put in butter and onions or whatever you saute and then it put in the rest for the soup setting. I'm sure it tastes better but I'm too lazy to saute onions in butter on the stove and add it to my soupmaker. The beauty is you pour in a cup of liquid first, then your chopped ingredients or other stuff and fill liquid to max level turn it on and walk away and do something else. No matter how tired I am I can always make soup because you only have 4-5 more or less ingredients to stick in the can and heat it up. it's done in 18 minutes and you don't eat junk food. I add spice to the soup after it's cooked particularly if I'm giving soup away to neighbors. Let them spice to their heart's content. Honestly this is an appliance that should be cheaper to buy if more americans used it and I use mine all the time. For summer you can do gazpacho or smoothies or deserts but I like warm food. I make strictly hot soup in it. I used to make cream of asparagus soup and cream of cauliflower soup in my old soupmaker at least once a week. I haven't had this one for more than a week yet but I'm already planning my next soup.