I have had blenders, food slicers and electric cheese graters but I have never owned something that does it all. The blender made great smoothies, I especially liked the smaller cups (like a bullet). I recently used the slicer to slice potatoes. It was quick and easy. The potatoes came out thin without any fuss. The one feature that truly amazed me was the grater. I put a wedge of parmesan cheese into the blender using the grater disc. In less than a minute (30 seconds), I had finally grated cheese. I couldn't believe how fast it was. It normally takes at least an hour to hand grate it. The many electric cheese graters I have owned take forever too and the cheese needs to be cut into little pieces. This literally took less than a minute and there were no grated knuckles. Definitely my new favorite kitchen toy.