You get what you pay for
I bought this because I wanted an extruder for pasta since I make my own by hand and have a manual roller as well. I was worried by the reviews of other similiar products based on what they said about the suction usually used for these devices. Here are my pros and cons.
Pros
* inexpensive
* easy to use and assemble (the blade inside is extremely sharp)
* the suction base is EXTREMELY strong, I was able to lift my dining room table with it and it's a heavy wood one
* meant to be used for either handmade sausages or extruding pasta dough
Cons
* it looks like a child's toy made for playdough
* it doesn't handle pasta dough very well. After attempting to make spaghetti and working the crank for 15 min, I had about an inch of spaghetti coming out. I didn't continue after that.
* the other extruder plates are just as slow, it seems to be made for a dough that is not kneaded as much as pasta dough should be.
* most of it is...
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