I have a hand crank food chopper that I have been using for decades. I liked being able to control the speed and mix to my hearts desire. The Hamilton Beach food chopper though, man. I really was missing this product in my life. It makes absolutely perfect salsa and dips. I have made a few so far and I plan to make more. My favorite has to be the mango salsa I made. I attached a picture of the finished product. It is kind of small so I cannot make a big batch at one. I feel like a 4 cup processer would have been a better choice overall. I have used it to chop onions and it has worked well. It is definitely NOT my favorite thing to clean. :D The onions especially get stuck on the blade and need to be wiped off. Overall, I am happy and feel like it was a good purchase for small salsas. I will probably just hand chop to avoid the cleanup though.