Manual or Electric: Manual and electric vegetable choppers are available, each offering its own benefits. Manual choppers are cheaper and often come with a better variety for cutting heads, while electronic choppers are more efficient but also costlier and likely to have fewer cutting attachments. Manual Vegetable Choppers: A manual vegetable chopper requires you to manually rotate the cutting wheel, so it takes a bit more time and effort to use. That said, the process is still much easier than chopping with a knife, while you usually get a nice range of cutting attachments. It is also the cheaper of the two types. Electric Vegetable Choppers: This vegetable chopper features a small motor that powers the cutting blade. You feed the vegetables through and press a button to chop, making the process much faster than with a manual device. While more efficient, they are costlier and more difficult to clean. They also tend to have fewer cutting blades, although more expensive models often come with multiple types.