I have one of these that has been going for years, but I have gone through two (I use two simultaneously-one for coffee and one for flax seed)in which the lightweight lid tab that pushes the on off button on the base has broken off. One of them about the fifth time I used it. The first one the on off got stuck frequently in the on position so it would run with the lid off. Very dangerous! There has to be a better brand out there.