The clips aren't strong enough to hold the plates.  The waffle iron is difficult to open when the waffle is done.  The finished waffle usually sticks to one of the plates and has to be clawed away from the other with a fork, destroying it.  Sometimes BOTH sides stick and the waffle rips apart in the middle, with one half stuck to the top and the other half stuck to the bottom.  It cooks unevenly, with, say, the left side dark and right side very light.  That's because the heating rings tilt and can't be made to stay horizontal.  Most inferior product I have ever bought!