this a nice size, its louder then my old vintage one. It shredded cheese very well! I love the work bowl for sure. I love the material and it feels well made. It seemed to take longer to do chores then my old vintage one too. I tried to do bread crumbs and Im so use to the vintage one I couldnt believe how long that took. so Im really not sure. It could just be because Im so use to the older one that has so much power, like a half horse power but there are things I like about this one that didnt have. Like that one wasnt leakproof. I love the way this one is and it closes really nice! I wasn't fond of how long it took to make pie dough either.  But its new and my old one isnt any more and you cant find parts for it either.