We bought this to chop nuts (almonds and hazelnuts) and dried fruit to make homemade muesli, and it worked pretty well though we originally found that it was tricky to reassemble after washing so that it functioned correctly (push-rotate-push-rotate) but were fairly happy once we figured that out. However after only 2 months of use (a cup of nuts/fruit) every 3 days, and handwashing only, the plastic cup has developed a crack. It can still be used for now, but we expect the crack to grow.