Yes , I love my soup maker , I used to make soup on the hob then blend with a stick blender or actual blender but my soup maker does both the cooking and the blending or you can leave it as a chunky soup should you wish .
today I peeled and roughly chopped an onion , two potatoes , and about 6 carrots , chucked it in to the soup maker together with hand full of coriander, two stock cubes , turmeric , and some water and left it to work , 28 mins later I had had my bath , washed and dried my hair , sorted out my clothes for the next 3 days at work , put the washing away and washed and sorted another load , then I came downstairs ran the soup maker on fine blend and put the soup into lidded cups for my lunch at work
if it was just on the hob I wouldn’t have left it to get everything else done
plus it makes great soup
cleaning it is easy just warm water some fairy and then a good rinse
I think , like most kitchen gadgets , if you have to put it away after each use it may be more faff but I keep mine out in my utility room and use it straight away where it stands , it’s about the footprint of a kettle but slightly taller ( cuisinart )
I have had mine for about 8 years and can say it is throughly tried and tested and whilst I don’t use it every day I use it regularly enough to make it worth while having it , It can be used to cook other things like risotto as well but I don’t tend to do that