Slice red cabbage in minutes and another with a setting simplissime thickness. But impossible to grated carrots or turnips, which require Herculean strength and ceaseless dismantling combs due to "jam". Bron Coucke contacted, advocate for that electric grater !! (Yet my grater an orange brand does well). For the price, we expected better. Otherwise great quality and with its ability to sharpen disadvantage heavy item and manipulate quiet to preserve his fingers!