Yes, but I got the red one! I mentioned it in another thread. It did come with a lithium battery, which I assume can be replaced. And what I paid for it was around $250.
So far I have used it two or three times. I started the water chocolate mousse with it and then switched to a manual whisk because I was afraid of the mousse getting grainy. And I grated almonds with it. It has 5 speeds, and for grating almonds the highest speed was necessary. It didn’t do a perfect job, but it was about as good as my hand grater does. And the almonds made a good coating for the chicken nuggets.
The machine does not come with a stand. But it has numerous utensils . One of them is the covered mixing/chopping bowl. This attachment consists of 3 parts, the bowl itself, the blade, and the cover that attaches to the blender. I use the cover of the bowl as a stand for the blender and keep everything else stashed away in various drawers. By the way, the cover of the chopping bowl and the attachment head of the whisk are the only two non-electric parts that cannot go into the dishwasher.
So I am very happy with it. And not having a cord hanging around is great.
