Having just received my first immersion blender, I am having problems. What have your experieces been?

Having just received my first immersion blender, I am having problems. What have your experieces been?
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I have had this same problem. You have to kinda angle it in, don’t hold it parallel with the bottom of the pot because it will pull down. (That is, the cutting surface should not be parallel, meaning the handle you are holding should not be quite perpendicular. Am I making sense?)
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