OXO Good Grips Vegetable and Onion Chopper with Easy Pour Opening

This little chopper is perfect for my needs. I like to chop a large red onion to store in a tight glass container in my fridge so I don't have to do it every day when I make my salad. And I do NOT want minced onion because it gets mushy and doesn't store well for more than a day. This chopper chops it small enough for anything I use it for and the onions last over a week in the fridge. I'd still be using the first one I bought, but I messed up the plastic gasket that does such a great job of cleaning the grid area. Cleaning is simple - all pieces go right in the dishwasher (bottom rack, too!) I don't need a chopper with a ton of accessories that I have no room to store - this one does exactly what I need! Love it!!

Works Well! VERY SHARP!! For me the onion cubes were a bit large but NOT a disqualifier. I found the perfect use is for diced potatoes!! Slice your potato as thick as the squares of the cutter and they some out perfect!!Works well with apple slices too!!Pro-Tip: Slice an onion/potato/green pepper as thick as the squares place your hand over the open end when done chopping and shake vigorously! Then dump into skillet to fry!I have to look and see if OXO has different size cutters so I don't need to buy a whole new setup...My only issue w/ this chopper is a bit of difficulty separating the parts for cleaning. Especially with wet hands. It's hard to pull them apart. Pressing that little tab ain't so easy. The grid cleaner insert is a nice touch though.This is a real value for the money Hands Down.--EDIT:Mine broke. A blade separated. Put in for a return and had another one literally the next day. I think I just had a tough onion. Poop happens. One last issue. The cover won't stay upright/open in use. No big issue... Just wanted to mention it. I still give it 5 *'s...

I bought this for chopping onion, and the cut pieces are just less than 1/2" cubes. Some of the pieces were bigger and needed to be cut, but it sure beats cutting the whole onion with a knife, while my eyes burn painfully and my nose runs. Thank you to everyone who wrote reviews, because they were extremely valuable. I think I can address all the shortcomings. I saw it recommended in Consumer Reports, but the reviews here were very concerning. There really IS a two-page manual [https://www.williams-sonoma.com/netstorage/pdf/OXO-Vegetable-Chopper-87322-Assembly-Instructions-User-Manual.pdf] which does not come with the item but I found necessary.Yes, my purple grid did fall out until I turned it 90 degrees (as suggested in one of the reviews) and then it stayed in. Yes, it does take some effort to push down quickly and firmly with both hands on the black area ("soft touch point") on the top. It made a sharp popping noise, but not audible in the next room, and a couple pieces did jump out the back, which is open so the contents can be poured out. So cover the back. The manual shows how to cut items to be chopped. For onions, cut in half and place one half on the cutting area with cut side down, chopping one half at a time.It comes apart into three pieces. I'm one of the least mechanical people who ever lived, and I never would have figured it out. Remove the lid (top) by lifting up. Push on the 3 dots under the opening on the back side to release the clear container from the cutting grid. All 3 pieces can go on the top rack of the dishwasher. Remove the purple grid first, which helps remove food from between the plastic teeth on the top. I'm going to wash the purple grid by hand.I've covered everything in the "manual" but I'm a visual person and like to see the pictures. I gave this 4 instead of 5 stars because the manual doesn't come with it, and because the chopped onion pieces are a bit on the big side, and some still needed to be cut with a knife. I have no intention of cutting anything other than onions with it, so can't comment on how it might handle other foods, although the manual says it's not for meat or cheese.

I was given this for Christmas last year and was not sure if I would actually use it. I have had so many different types of choppers, and either they are a pain to clean or they end up actually being difficult to use or something.I wanted it to be easy. I was not sure about this since I did not pick it out myself.It is everything I wanted. It is super easy.Read the directions. They help.In order to clean it all you do is raise the lid and lift it straight off. Then separate the bottom two parts. They seem like they're hard to get apart but practice with it before and you'll see they are super easy.There's also a purple thing that you pull, and it prevents any food getting stuck in the lid.I have developed some little hints that I think work well. I chop the broccoli first because it is the messiest. Everything else after that helps clean all the broccoli off of the chopper.Things like carrots can get stuck but the trick is to put more carrots on top of them which push the first carrots through. Then it's easy.I have not tried onion because I don't care about onion. I have chopped zucchini, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, and some other vegetables.I make myself vegetable soup every day and I chop enough to last for a few days. I use old (clean!) peanut butter jars to store the chopped vegetables. In the glass jars, the vegetables stay very fresh.I have never washed this in a dishwasher because I don't have a dishwasher but I'm sure this would do very well.It's so nice and such a good value that I ordered three more for gifts. This is the only chopper I have ever used consistently.