This is a handy little machine. I used it to shred some chicken. A little difficult but it worked! Also works great for slicing potatoes and cheese as well as shredding. Doesn't take up the space that a good processor would. I bought this to put in my RV due to it's size!Plastic on my old salad shooter broke after only ~10 yrs of use. Very happy with the new Salad Shooter. Sharp new blades are very welcome addition to the kitchen.I do lots of salad. Salad shooter is great for slicing the carrots. Also use it to grate cheese for tacos, nachos and to grate hard Italian cheese like Parmesan or Grana, Happy with purchase.Had one of these a long time ago and it held up nicely. Then bought a different brand and it broke within a year so I bought this one again..it is much sturdierI had one years ago and broke it, been cutting all my veggies by hand, grating cheese on an antique grater, now I use ny new electric grater and done in no time..I really love it.I received a Salad Shooter as a gift in 1990. I used it until I ordered this one. No matter how much cheese I grated or veggies I sliced, the power worked great. It was so handy to pull out for a quick cheese grating or slicing veggies for a salad and had very little clean-up (just rinse and plop in the dishwasher). Finally, after over thirty years of use, I purchased this new one. The plastic piece that held the grater/slicer in place broke, and I had to hold it in place while using it (but the motor and grater/slicer inserts still worked perfectly). The new one is a little larger with a little different design and works just as great! I am so glad they are still making this handy little gadget.I rarely write reviews but this has been a game changer in my food prep. It will shred potatoes for hashbrowns, shred cabbage for coleslaw, shreds my cheese for everything.It’s quick easy easy to clean small doesn’t take a lot of space to store.Cannot say enough good things.I had one of these 25 years ago when we could afford shredded cheese. Purchased this one for my son, I forget how much better freshly shredded tastes! Never going back to pre-shredded again!Every house needs one of these!In this day and age, you would THINK they could make a grater that will do the trick, with no frustration…easier then hand grating, but things get blocked, have to take time to clean out…would I still Use it…yes. Worth $40 something…..noI bought this as a gift because all the reviews were great, however the one thing it neglegted to say was this product is not a uk plug and to be able to use it you need a convertor (only found this out once gift was opened)Hopefully we can get this sorted and get to use it otherwise it's money wastedProduct works well but it turns out that not only CAN you use it as a handheld device, but you HAVE TO use it as a handheld device. The chute is too low to use as a countertop gadget, so when you're pushing the food down with the depressor tube, while holding the machine up with your other hand, it's a royal pain in the behind.Update: I should add that it's fine if you want to use 2 hands and shoot the food onto something like a flat cutting board. I definitely use this item regularly, but you have to work around its shortfalls.Tout dépliant informatif en Anglais ! Impossible de commander des pièces additionnelles ! 1-800-877-0441 en Français mais retourneront votre appel dans les 3 jours suivant. Ridicule ! Je veux ajouter une pièce et impossible de commander à partir du Canada. J'apprécie le produit mais la compagnie a oublié qu'elle vendait dans un pays ou il y a 2 langues officielles et qu'ils doivent respecter cela, sinon qu'ils se retirent. J'aurais pu commander d'une autre compagnie mais l'on me chargeait un minimum de 19$ us pour une pièce de 7$us, donc 26$us, INACCEPTABLEDernière heure ! Presto Canada m'a contacté et m'a donné SATISFACTION. L'appareil n'aurait pas dû être vendu au Canada.This product is made mostly of plastic. The product is failing after 4 months of use. Plastic is cracking as shown in the photo. I’m confused about the high number of positive ratings. In my opinion, this is poor quality. This is also not countertop friendly and I think it’s made to hold over your food while using. A different brand we used before allowed us to shred products into a bowl beside it but this definitely isn’t designed for thatThis is the best kitchen tool! My husband and I purchases one 27 years ago on our honeymoon and it is still going strong. The only criticism we have is that the medium grater cone cracks and we've had to replace that part a few times. This time we decided to purchase the whole thing again because with living in Canada it would have cost us almost the same amount to replace just the cone we needed.