I have owned this one (DLC-8S Pro Custom 11 cup – White) and a 7 cup processor for years. Both processors that I own have a compact flat cover, which I love. I only use the metal S blade, so I can’t review the other attachments. I only fill it to the top of the metal S blade or perhaps a quarter inch below the top of the metal S blade (about 4 cups), otherwise it seems to stress out the machine or if semi-liquid, it will spill out somewhat. I like the flat covers so much, I bought extra covers, just in case.

UPDATE: I recently bought this from amazon and the unit squeaks. It is irritating. It’s not an extremely high noise – probably a medium squeak, which comes and goes during processing. I called cuisinart and they said it wasn’t normal and to return it. I can’t return it because I threw out parts of the unit I never use and I even trashed the receipt. I didn’t realize the problem at first for some reason. I have an identical unit I bought several years ago, which does not squeak (yes, I own 2, 11 cup processors, but the new bowl is a little too loose on the older engine, even though they are both 11 cups). Actually, I have owned 4-5 cuisinart food processors and none of them squeaked. Units might make a noise similar to a squeak if abused or overfilled, but it always goes away once you stop and fill the unit properly. I do recommend this brand, but save everything in case of engine defects like this. The engine does have a 10 year warranty – see the last page of the book. I will keep this squeaky engine for now, since trying to deal with the problem is stressing me out. I will probably just buy a whole new processor in a few months. UPDATE: I bought another unit and it doesn’t squeak. It works great and I’m happy with the unit. I dumped my squeaky engine and kept the bowl and blade.