Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I will update later about the quality of the machine and longevity... in the meantime: This unit gets a single star. The "directions" are in English... but makes about as much sense as if they had thrown darts at a dictionary and added the words randomly. This sort of sloppy work is inexcusable. Here is a quote: "Please cautiously read usage manual before use my plant product. Moreover and specifically notice: The First: In the Manual of whets knife and regulation, particularly notice the method that the front whets knife: Wanting to slightly press to fix the knife emery wheel hand handle about a second can immediately, the most can't over 2 seconds, the hair of razor blade stabs to throw away then, otherwise the razor blade will change bluntness." It gets even worse from there! Pay Attention to the bearing disk in meat, absolutely can't make the bearing plate is in the position of the blade!... WHAT!? Laziness.... sheer laziness. UPDATE: After first use (and a lot of cleanup) I have to say that this thing is poorly manufactured. I am returning it just after this review. I am shocked at the number of "good" reviews this slicer has been getting. It sure convinced me to buy. I wish I hadn't. Screws: 5 screws (by my count) were damaged while manufactured (or this is USED and cleaned up for resale/whichever ). This made it difficult (and impossible in some cases) to remove hardware for cleaning. Let me repeat that. It is impossible to clean this slicer properly due to the design and the damage present in the hardware used for manufacture. Guides are too pliant, and strike the blade under use! The surface where food that is sliced is collected is too small, not of a proper slope/angle, and creates a dam that must be cleared constantly. Considering the faults of this unit... the most egregious is the fact that cleaning is so difficult or even impossible (in my case). This slicer is in contact with food. You can not simply use a feather duster to clean it. It must be dissembled and cleaned properly.... or you will become sick. Since my goal was to slice food first... and not die of food poisoning second... this is a pass for me. Strike three is the deplorable manual that is absolutely, and laughably useless to anyone (since it is nonsense "English" and not even in it's native Chinese so even the Chinese couldn't decipher it). I was also very alarmed (since I do have Children that are sometimes not civil) to read: Children and without civil capacity or with limited capacity for civil conduct of the person are prohibited from playing in the near the machine, in order to avoid danger. Try as I might, I could not stop my civil limited children from playing in the near machine. So this was a dangerous item in my household. I am returning it and stand by my 1 star rating 100%.