We have wanted to try a Ninja for quite awhile so I'm glad we finally got one. This beats any food processor we have ever had. I have shredded my own lettuce, grated zucchini for bread in no time and many other veggies. One of the most fascinating features of this is making dough! Like who knew? I honestly didn't believe it until I tried it and sure enough, 2 pounds of pizza dough within a couple of minutes. Easy to take apart and wash and put back together to reuse right away. I don't have much counter area in my kitchen but this is one appliance that is now on my counter. Nice thing is it's not super loud when running either like some processors are. I definitely give this 5 stars and would (and have) recommend this to anyone in the market for a processor that does just about anything!