This is our first experience with a food chopper. We tried onion and red bell peppers. My husband was using these vegetables for a recipe. I guess we need more practice because they came out more liquid like than a small to medium chop. We put the full amount in at once, we'll try maybe smaller amounts in the future. I haven't given up! Even with "our " problem it was easy to use. The clean up was super easy, right into the dishwasher. Its compact so storage is no problem.