Hamilton Beach 70590

Advantages: works fairly well
Disadvantages: tender vegetables do not work well

Having one of these has become a challenge. When I recieved this for Christmas, I was excited. I thought to myself, "No more chopping or mixing manually, now I have help." I first used mine to chop up some onion. I used half of a medium size onion. I recieved a transparent onion that was very wet. The machine took out all the liquid in the onion. I had before me, wet, fine, and a falling apart, resemblance of an onion. I did not like the results, ...
...wrong, blade was in the wrong way. See, the blades are on a disk shaped plate. The plate sets down inside the clear bowl. There are several indentions on this plate. I believe one is for chopped, the others change the way the food is cut, there is even a sliced indention, for slicing. I have used the slicing option for my potatoes. I like thin circular slices , so I can fry them in skillet with onions, mmmm! I have had repeated success with the ... Read review

Advantages: quick, easy, and fun to use
Disadvantages: storage

Well for someone who doesn't like to cook I sure use this kitchen gadget an awful lot. I love it!!! It will slice or grate anything you put into it. It only takes just a few seconds to thinly slice a cucumber or grate a potato. It is so much fun to use my husband and I fight over who uses it, and then we fight over who has to clean it. All kidding aside, it is pretty easy to clean. It has 4 speeds and seems powerful enough. It also has suction cups ... Read review

Advantages: durable, easy to use, easy to clean and maintain
Disadvantages: none

My sister had purchased one of these and thought it would be really good to have. She said it would be so much easier than cutting things up with a knife. It is very easy to use and she could use it for all kinds of vegetables. It has really different speeds that you can use when you begin to chop up things.Is is very easy to carry around and ever very easy to clean and maintain for future purposes. It is also very strong. She says it works really ... Read review