I think this is a good Mandoline, but like others have said it is confusing to get it working because it is like a Chinese puzzle to get the separate parts out. But I read the instructions and carefully played with it for about 15 minutes and got it figured out. It is complicated to put the blades and parts back together for storage. If you don't need to conserve the space then put the extra parts and blades in a zip lock bag. It is a pain to put it hidden back into the Mandoline, otherwise it works great like it should. I also like the rounded hand piece that protects your hands. It works quite well slicing something right down to the last sliver. It is great for slicing opinions, tomatoes, apples, potatoes and things like that.