Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I've had my Saladacco for a couple years and pull it out every summer when it's too hot to boil pasta and zuchini is in season. I use it for exactly one thing: making great angel-hair (or thinner) "pasta" from zuchini. I have to agree with all of the reviews here: 1. It is cheap feeling. 2. You have to lop off the ends of the zuchini to make sections about 3.5" long. 3. The zuchini has to be ripe but not overly ripe. 4. The zuchini has to be straight (for best results). 5. You waste about 1/2" of the zuchini each pass. 6. The device is challenging to operate. But all that said, it produces something that I've never seen come out of any other device. And that something has amazed many people - a fresh, light, "live" angel-hair pasta with no heat that even an insulin-dependent diabetic can eat. It's probably not for everyone but it's one of my favorite kitchen appliances. Update (2011): I just got a question about my Spiralizer. Both blades on mine are stainless steel. I bought it in 2005, so it's very possible they changed the design and now have a plastic toothed blade. I can't speak for the plastic model. And I second my caveats above. It's really only good for one thing: making raw pasta from ripe, but not overly ripe, zucchini. It's also not the most efficient device in my kitchen. But it gets to come out in the Summer when the zucchini are coming off the vine by the dozen.