I happened to find this food processor on sale at Target. I have owned only 3 food processors in the 18 years of my marriage, this one being my third. The first was a hand-me-down, a Cuisinart that was probably from the 1980's. I didn't use it daily because I found it not very reliable. Things would get caught in the blade when chopping, or stuff would leak over the middle part below the bowl, or cheese would cause the shredder appliance to stop all together, and it was hard to clean. The second one was a cheap loss-leader Black Friday buy that wasn't even worth the $20 I paid for it. So, I was accustomed to not even using a food processor for everyday cooking when I bought this Hamilton Beach processor. Several things made me buy it: the sale price ($39), the Hamilton Beach brand (my mother used this brand for mixers when I was growing up in the '60's,) and the fact that it had a simple, not-too-complicated interface. (I think too many features leads to repair needs.) Well, I could not be more pleased with my purchase. First of all, it has an easy to store design, with all three extras (center chopping blade, chute pusher, shredder appliance) fitting neatly into the processor body and lid. One thing I failed to notice when I bought it but now consider a HUGE plus is that the center chopping blade body is quite high, so this means that you can process quite a lot of stuff without having it leak out of the bowl in the center. Also, this machine is FAST. This means that when I use the top shredder/slicer, it doesn't come to a halt with stuff jamming under the lid, like the old Cuisinart did. Of course, the speed of this machine may be typical of modern food processors, but after looking at the prices of others, this one can't be beat. I like the fact that this one has two speed options: on and pulse. Simple! Finally, clean up is real easy. There is only one little crevice at the top of the lid where I need to take a knife to dislodge stuff. The old Cuisinart had several deep crevices that were hard to clean. I couldn't be more pleased with my purchase. This machine has cut my food prep time to almost nothing. I am glad that Target had this machine on sale that day. As I said, serendipity!