Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I cure and smoke my own bacon. I bought this slicer because I was sick of hand slicing. The slicer works well but for larger pork bellies there are 3 lacking features. First off the base of the "sled" or food carriage is only 7" long (parallel to the blade) so the bacon hangs off the end of the sled and is floating unsupported when it hits the blade, which can be problematic. Secondly from the stop of the sled to the blade is only 9 1/2" long. So, larger bellies will not fit unless they are trimmed. And, thirdly the hand/finger gaurd to pressure the meat to blade is only 5" long (3 1/2" tall) so to get good even slices on bacon I have been using a fork to guide and add pressure. I have yet to feed said fork to the blade...yet. I found freezing the bacon remedies the first problem and trimming the second. It does cut the frozen bacon with ease still and it's not a problem to slice a few pounds in 15min. Overall the machine is easy to clean and lube. It is well built. It is made in China. The thickness adjustment is great and can be set to naught to 3/4". I wish there was an aftermarket sled available or the designers had given the same thought, attention and capability into the sled that they did for the rest of the machine.