A real time saver!
I was a little apprehensive about being this attachment. First of all, I bought it refurbished and was a little worried that it might not be too sturdy & something hard could get stuck in it & possibly ruin it. I read the manual & realized that if you follow it & use the recommended speeds for the type of food you will be cutting, you won't have too much of a risk of jamming something and breaking the attachment. I did have a carrot fall in sideways once & it got a little wedged in, but I stopped it, removed the carrot, then proceeded without a problem.
I was also afraid that it would be hard to put together & take apart. Once I figured out how to do it (follow simple instructions), I was able to quickly put it together & take it apart. When I first used the dicing attachment, I looked at it & thought it would be difficult to clean, but when I realized I could use the pushing tool for the dicer & use a kitchen scrub brush, it wasn't too difficult. You just need to make sure you don't clean it on the sharp side or against the blade. I have a real fear of getting cut by sharp things, but I noticed that there are several safety features built into this attachment, so I'm not really worried.
The small cube size isn't really a problem either. I actually prefer this size, because it suits more dishes and makes cooking faster. It would still be nice to have a dice that would be good for cutting potatoes for potato salad, but I'm not too disappointed & hope that one day, they'll offer that. It's also nice to be able to adjust the thickness of sliced items. With other food processors I had, you can slightly adjust the thickness of sliced foods by pushing the foods a little harder through the machines, but the slices were never really uniform & you risk damaging the machines this way. You don't need to push foods through this machine. It gently feeds the food through at the needed speed on it's own, depending on the selected thickness.
I bought this because I'm very busy, but prefer to eat healthy food at home. My problem was that I would often spend hours cooking healthy meals from scratch, the way I prefer. If I didn't have the time to do that, I'd end up going to restaurants, with limited vegetarian options and often be served food that had too much fat, salt & sometimes questionable ingredients. Besides the high cost of eating out, the food often wasn't quite as good as homemade. Thanks to this attachment & the electric pressure cooker I bought, I'm able to cook good meals in less time than it would take me to get ready to go out, drive to a restaurant, wait on the food, eat & drive back home. It really is a time saver! I'm always amazed at how quickly I get through my food chopping chores.
At first, I was a little concerned about the cost of this attachment, but soon realized that it pays for itself in the money I saved by not eating out so much. If you have a vegetable garden like I do, you'll be happy to have this. You can also quickly grate your own cheeses for better quality and savings. It's made well & is very sturdy. The storage box is a bigger plus than I imagined. Overall, I'm very happy with this purchase & I got a great price!
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Refurbished