The vegetable slicer is fully consistent with my wishes and ideas. In particular, the adjustment bgei the "thickness" of vegetables is class. One gets Julienne so precisely and finely as it probably can not even professional chefs hand. Advantage / disadvantage: The sharpness. I have the same planed a little fingernail at first because I did not use the vegetable holder. This was in turn was hardly possible, because I (15-20 cm long) planed carrot. With the vegetable holder, even with cucumber, which is an extremely shaky. Unless you go and cut the vegetables earlier in 4-5 cm pieces.