I've had two Morphy Richards. I had to buy another when the first one stopped blending. It now only works on the chunky setting, but is still useful if I have a houseful to feed - six servings of chunky soup in that and six of smooth soup in the newer one.
I wouldn't be without one. You put all the ingredients in, switch on and select smooth or chunky and then ignore it until it tells you loudly and insistently that it is ready, then you pour it out and eat it. No stirring, no checking it isn't sticking or burning, no getting out a blender, no need for even a soup ladle as it has a pouring lip.