I have owned my 9200A for about 12 months. After 11 months it started leaking at the base. Last week while I was making banana ice cream for the kids, I noticed a metallic sound and later found that 3 pieces of the blade broke off into the mix. Lucky I noticed the metal pieces in the ice cream or we would have ended up in intensive care that night. To date Smoothie haven’t addressed the problem with their product or fixed my issue and I have lodged complaint with the Department Of Fair Trading.