I have a little counter space in my kitchen where I used the  fresh chop it took up little space .I decided to make a apple cinnamon relish.I added my ingredients locked the top as this is a great feature it won't start unless the top is locked.I braced myself thinking it would most likely be loud but the noise was minimal.The way my apples turned out were perfect.Cleaning the freshchop was very simple to remove the parts and clean.