This little machine is really essential to quickly and easily reduce hard fruit and vegetables strands or blade. To us the zucchini spaghetti, noodles carrots, apples ribbons, etc. And without electricity or engine noise. Essential for raw foodists! By cons, it is better to provide a smooth glass plate to below the suction cups to grip and stabilize the machine first, and allow to recover the tapes and spaghetti out because everything tends to scatter ( not possible to put a plate or bowl underneath because of that carriage, advancing, exits through the front). Anyway, I am very satisfied and I highly recommend it!