This is a good little chopper. The first use was for chopping onions. I quickly found that the smaller the pieces, the better overall outcome. The first onion was cut into quarters & big pieces were left while the majority of the onion was mush. The second onion was cut into 8 pieces with much better results. Since I was making soup, the consistency of the pieces didn't really matter. This chopper will be used frequently as opposed to dragging out my large processor.