Thermomix - what's different about it from normal cooking??

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For those who have one, do you now do all your cooking in it, or do you still cook things in the oven/ on the hobs?
We still use the oven, and we still rarely use the stove.

How hard is it to figure out? It sounds complicated with the different heat settings/ attachments/ time settings.
Not hard at all, it was actually something I was worried about but it's so easy to use!

I don't normally use recipe books to cook, so I end up throwing my own stuff in to the pan. Can you do that with the Thermomix, or do you have to use recipe books - or have mastered the temperatures and settings?
You can do it, probably more so once you have the Thermomix mastered.