This planer is absolutely high quality. The offered options for the planing mouth and the knife depth are easy to use. For the clamp to fix the knife a little finger force is necessary. The knife can be quickly and very precisely. The planer is fixed but not especially "round" in the hand. Operating / Maintenance instructions and also quality belt pouch are included. I have no comparison to other one-hand planing, but I am absolutely satisfied with the Stanley.