Considering the experence ive had in the fine art of cooking i can say this works as it should i loved using them at work and wanted to ha one for my house this works as entended and if you see some thing like takes more effort then asumed or harder then they thought then they are probly using it wrong to them i say fast and some what hard not slow and see how it gose momentum is key with this tool a how to press it a little to make s