It was on sale so I bought it. When I opened the package there was blood on the instruction page. Obviously something went wrong with the person who bought it before I did. Horrible design as no easy way to clean, even in a dishwasher which isn't recommended. Extremely difficult to open the little trap door at the bottom which conceals two rows of very sharp blades; trying to be extremely careful, when the little trap door did finally open I cut my knuckle. Guess what.. I told someone else about the sale, she bought it, and lost half her thumb trying to grate a carrot. There are 4 thick prongs to hold the food in the hand-guard piece; yet other designs have several much thinner prongs to better hold the food. I tried to do a zucchini, what a joke. There was no way the thick 4 prongs were going to hold that piece of zucchini. Horrible design, dangerous, don't buy it !!!!!