Replaced my trusty and cheap ($39) Hamilton Beach food processor with this. Expected splendid quality. Oh, HAHA. The safety feature is a show stopper (yes, I need to use the feed tube with the processor running). Sometimes it was near impossible to get the top on, or the large tube back into the top. Then the stinker broke, sort of, the safety feature no longer worked, and I couldn't get the work bowl off the base. We won't even mention how very large and HEAVY the base is. Nor mention that it only has one speed, which is too slow to really mince stuff well without grinding it to powder. So, my husband finally figured out what was wrong. The $46 work bowl part of the safety feature was broken. So, for slightly more than the price of a new Hamilton Beach unit, I can replace the work bowl. Hooray for Cuisinart. Sucked me in with their myth about quality.