I have to eat gluten free and making this type of pasta is extremely difficult. With this it is so easy a child could do it and the results are much better, almost like making regular pasta. This thing isn't cheap, but it's worth every penny! You rarely see a product that ends up simplifying one's life as this (for me at least). Now I can make fresh pasta whenever I want and for a gluten free version, it's ready in less than 15 minutes and tastes as good as regular pasta.