I bought 3 of these last year.  2 were gifts for our daughters and they love them!  The 3 star review is because the 1 I kept for myself didnt work at all.  It holds a large amount of food and the 2 that work does do a great job.  I threw mine in the trash because it was about 3 months before I tried to use mine so I figured Id eat the cost of approximately  90.00.  I would however still recommend this, just dont wait as long as I did to use it.  The glass bowl has some weight to it and is very sturdy.  One of the reasons I chose this model is because you can easily keep an eye on your food and the large capacity of the bowl.