The item must be received back as there were potatoes fine particles on the blade and that it had had a whitish color .... In short the customer had tried, has not been satisfied, the same does not clean and returned, then the send me !!!!! This is not very cool on the part of amazon and customer, not very hygienic that! As for the device, it makes his job more or less easily depending potatoes (sometimes a hassle I Max, sometimes it cuts like butter!). I save a lot of time today in the preparation of home fries!