Hamilton Beach Stack & Snap 4-Cup Mini Food Processor & Vegetable Chopper, 250 Watts, for Slicing, Shredding, and Puree, Black (70510)

There's just one person in my household so this is the perfect size for me. But it is small. If you are cooking for more than one person you'll need a bigger food processor.

This worked great for a year using it daily. It didn’t survive a month long visit by my sis-in-law who has a knack for destroying everything she uses. Once she’s gone, we’ll get a new one. Good power but noisy as all have been. My wife likes it better than the others she’s had.

Functionally it's actually a 2 cup capacity. (4 would be impossible.) The photo shows 2 cups of chopped onion filling it. That disappountingly said, it CAN hold 2 cups of liquid without leaking all over the place. Jury still out, for me, as I'm coming from a smaller, simpler 2 cup Krups that has served alright for 30 years. Like the shredding ability and on/off/pulse options for mostly hands free operation once loaded.

The first time I used it, it broke. I was grating an onion and parts of the onion were still big. I stopped the machine and tried to open the top to get them out. That is where the problem started.1. There are too many parts.2. The clips that hold the lid to the bowl flop around, are in the way and unnecessary.3. The gasket is too tight (thick) and unnecessary. It makes the lid hard to get off.4. The most important element is a plastic "operation tab". It seats into a slot in the handle. This tab makes the machine operate.The tab broke off when I tried to take the lid off. Thus, I couldn’t figure out why the machine wouldn’t start again. As I mixed my meatloaf ingredients by hand I came across a square piece of plastic. That piece of plastic was the “operation tab”. It broke off the first time I used the machine. It broke off when I tried to remove the lid. It could have been deadly in meatloaf.I have a 30 year old Black and Decker Handy Shortcut mini food grater, slicer, chopper, blender that just gave up the ghost. This is not a good replacement.Please someone! Come up with a compact grater, slicer, chopper that is easy to operate and to clean.

About 35 years ago I bought a huge Cuisinart food processor. I was so excited. I paid $300 for it at a time when that was about 25 percent of my monthly income. I used it for a few years and loved it. In one of my many moves it got packed away, and I have yet to unpack it. (I guess first I have to find it in my storage locker somewhere in order to unpack it.) All these years I have been reluctant to buy any kind of food processor because of the guilt I have felt over having that Cuisinart somewhere not being used. I had convinced myself that chopping vegetables and grating cheese by hand is a noble endeavor. After recently hand grating a pound and a half of longhorn cheese for some macaroni and cheese for a group, I decided it was time to bite the bullet. But really didn’t need anything big. Problem is, most of the small ones only chop. Had been looking for one that also shredded… And the fact that it slices is a bonus. Have been using this for a few months now, and it got through Thanksgiving like a champ and just now helped me through a large Christmas party. It’s true because of the size I have to do things in batches, but generally use it only for me so rarely will I have to do big jobs with it. I am so impressed with this little thing. It really works well! It seems to do most of the same stuff that my big Cuisinart did. Even better, it doesn’t leak at the bottom when you put liquid in it . And the blade is superior in that it has several levels so that it chops more than just the stuff at the bottom. The strong suction cups are a huge help. If this thing breaks tomorrow, I’ve more than gotten my money’s worth. And at this rate, I could buy about 10 of them for what that original Cuisinart cost. In fact, in today’s economy I could probably buy the equivalent of 30 of them and still come out ahead!

I got this food processor to replace a large one that I had for almost 19 years. I wanted a smaller size, and this is just the perfect size for us. It's a very powerful processor, and does just as well as a bigger one. Very happy with this purchase.

We have a small house and very little room in the kitchen. I have always wanted a food processor (I make a lot of pastry dough), but there never seemed to be room. Finally, I found this small one.Honestly, the cabinet room it takes up isn't THAT much of a space saving compared to a standard sized one. (And I was quickly turned against it on an emotional level because the first thing it did was bite me... sharp blade! Deep cut on my finger, had to make all my recipes wearing a latex glove to protect the bandage. Felt like a dope.)Tested it making a number of recipes. Hummus, cream cheese dip, tapenade, date/nut bars and finally I tried the true test, pastry dough.The dips all came out fine. The date/nut bars were ok, but space was cramped in the little processor. Maybe a half-recipe would have been easier?The final test, pastry dough, ugh. Not enough capacity for any of the recipes I like to make.Only use this if you make a lot of half-recipes or are only in it for the chopping function.Otherwise, seems like a decent quality machine. Suction cups on the machine keep it anchored well enough. The space savings may be worth it, but not by much and I should have gotten a full-sized one. I'll be trying to re-home this one and getting a regular one. Probably same brand, because it seems quality.