It seems to cut up vegetables such as mushrooms and onions really fine and quickly which i or an amature cook may not be able to do.The bowl capacity is 1.5L and the lead length is 1m which is good if you dont have many sockets in your kitchen, it has a safety lock system which is good and it wont work unless you have put the bowl in the secure lock by twisting it clockwise ( we did have a few pro