The first half year the salad spinner worked great. Meanwhile, however, the tie rod has dissolved, so that it can no longer be hurl! Too bad, because otherwise is quite ok. I have presented them and myself have the same Tchibo. Since I now have the direct comparison, I have to say that hands down is the salad spinner of Tchibo on the quality and the price / performance ratio better. I have my many years in use and it still works great! And if I remember correctly it was even cheaper. Conclusion: I would not buy this, but the Tchibo (if they are there again). Although the looks almost exactly but is of the quality a lot better!