Planned obsolescence built in
I bought this in April, liked it a lot, used it almost daily and today, October, the little spring gave out. I don't consider 6 months a good longevity for something that costs this much, I expected a year or two of use, especially since it is French made and I thought that would be higher quality than Chinese.  Reading other reviews I guess I should have expected it. It is a lovely plastic tortoise shell look, and now I will go look for another that looks similar and hope for it being better made.
Rating: 3 stars