I'd already bought one, several years ago, and my daughter really wanted one, so it's a present. Well, she said to me, Mum, it's as good as new. What's more, I got lots of Thermomix books that came with it. She got a second cap, the other one was a little bit coloured, it works, she makes buns, she makes cakes, she says to me Mum, I'm coming home from school in the evening, I've put everything on, I'm starting it up, I made a blanquette de veau the other day while I was looking after the children at the bath, I could never have afforded a new one and this one does the job like new.