Stainless steel stick blenders

If you love the idea of having your soups pureed and your ice crushed when needed, but don’t like the idea of cleaning up a traditional blender, then a stainless steel stick blender – or immersion blender – may be the ideal solution. You can blend in the very same pot you are using to cook, and so there is less cleaning up involved.
Stainless steel stick blender:

Stainless steel stick blenders pictured:
Left: Cuisinart CSB-76BC SmartStick 200-Watt Immersion Hand Blender, Brushed Chrome
Right: Breville BSB510XL Control Grip Immersion Blender