I was in the market for a new food processor in January this year. My previous one hadn't been an expensive one, and bits of it had broken off over the years until it was unusable. This time, I decided that I was going to go upmarket and get one that would last a bit longer (in one piece without plastic bits breaking).
I researched which ones got good reviews and this one had lots of people saying positive things about it, not just on Amazon but other review sites. So, I bought it - and very glad I am about it.
I love the three nesting bowls. I most often use the smallest bowl and especially like that you don't have to take the other bowls out to use it. They go in the dishwasher to clean, although it does say keep it on a gentle wash with liquid rather than powder wash, no doubt to prevent the plastic going cloudy as it will over time if you machine wash rather than handwash. It's robust, simple - I like the on, off, pulse buttons, there's nothing small and fiddly about them. It's easy to use, easy to clean, it's robust and sturdy. The motor is powerful and the blades really sharp and sturdy.
It is quite heavy, (not a fault, makes it more stable), but it means I have left it out on the work surface...however, this has meant I've used it much more as it's easily accessible than having to dig it out of the cupboard. It's too tall to fit between the work surface and my top kitchen units, but I have a small space with no top units and it sits there nicely.
It comes with a little fliplid storage box for the spares and extras, which is a nice touch, and I noticed that on the Magimix website you can purchase replacements and extra attachments and there's space in the box for extra blades, if you wanted to extend the tools it comes with.
It doesn't have a blending jug, but I have a Proline Premier glass blender, which is terrific, so I didn't need one. However, it does come with an orange juicer that fits into the large bowl that works very well and has stackable attachment which means you can juice small or large citrus fruit, which I thought was really useful.
Overall, I'd say that as the 3rd food processor I've bought, this one is more expensive, but it's streets ahead of the cheaper ones that cost under £100. I also think it will last a lot longer, and I've had much more pleasure using it over the past month...the way you do when you feel you've made a really good buy. If I have any regret it was that I didn't go the extra few quid and buy the one with the large feeder that takes the veg whole. But such is life. I didn't know if it would be worth the extra cost, but I think now it might have been.
I'll add my name to the list of people who'd be happy to recommend this machine.