As usual Amazon did it's thing and got this mini chopper out to us in a jiffy. Now, do it chop. Yep, it do a mighty fine job and with very little effort! Sliced 1" thick and quartered a nice size purple union. Zap, zap, zap with the neat lever and wa-la, fine chopped union with no juice. Took three sweet pickles and zap, zap, zap again and got finely chopped pickles with no juice, ya-hooo. Hummmm, gotta get out tha Gum-mbo pot now. Get to tha store and get some assorted goodies. Hey, it's File Gumbo time and I'm gonna be "King of tha Kitchen" again. Now ladies, sorry! Your he-man is gonna lay claim to this here "power tool" "toy" for himself, lol........ Yes, and it's a dandy looking little thing too........ Long life, who knows, but today it's a gooood life! It do seem to be sturdy and solid enough for a long life. I figure it'll last.....